# Staff Software Engineer, Cloud FinOps

**Company:** [Attentive](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/attentive)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $180k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Kubernetes, Datadog, Terraform, Java, Spring Boot, Istio, Helm, DynamoDB, Vantage
**Posted:** 2026-02-12

> Staff Software Engineer leading FinOps initiatives to optimize cloud costs, mentor engineers, and drive infrastructure improvements across AWS/Kubernetes environments. Requires 5+ years cloud experience and bachelor's degree.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Accomplish
- Spearhead FinOps initiatives to increase cost transparency and optimize resource utilization across teams
- Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers on cost-optimization best practices
- Collaborate with teams across the organization to implement cost-saving measures
- Analyze, troubleshoot, coordinate, and resolve complex infrastructure issues
- Proactively lead infrastructure initiatives that have a company-wide impact
- Partner with engineering teams to influence cost-effective architectural and design choices
- Develop automation workflows to enhance team productivity and efficiency
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging innovative thinking and challenging established norms

## Your Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree preferred
- 2+ years of experience in FinOps or cloud cost management
- 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure management, development or related roles
- Proficiency in some of the following technologies: AWS, Datadog, Kubernetes, Vantage, Terraform, Java
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment

## What We Use
- Infrastructure runs primarily in Kubernetes hosted in AWS’s EKS
- Infrastructure tooling includes Istio, Datadog, Terraform, CloudFlare, and Helm
- Backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with DynamoDB, AirFlow, Postgres, and Redis, hosted via AWS
- Frontend is built with React and TypeScript, and uses best practices like GraphQL, Storybook, Radix UI, Vite, esbuild, and Playwright
- Automation is driven by custom and open source machine learning models, lots of data and built with Python, Metaflow, HuggingFace, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Pandas

**Compensation (US):** Base salary range $180,000 - $240,000 annually + equity + benefits.

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