Cloud Efficiency Engineer – AWS, FinOps

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Australia.

📋 Description

• Trace cost signals back to their technical origins, which includes customer-specific job costs, state machine modifications, GraphQL costs by function, and per-operation unit economics.

• Create and sustain cost models for frequently utilized and high-cost operations.

• Prioritize cost-saving initiatives based on anticipated savings, associated risks, required efforts, and involved stakeholders.

• Execute safe, quantifiable optimizations within your code or configuration.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on extensive changes, utilizing evidence to support decisions.

• Enhance Datadog and observability efficiency in conjunction with AWS.

• Set baselines prior to any modifications and confirm actual production savings achieved.

• Develop guardrails and tools for attribution, alerting, and cost transparency.

• Act as a liaison between engineering and finance regarding technical and financial inquiries.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated the ability to deliver significant, measurable AWS savings within a large-scale production setting, which includes establishing a baseline, diagnosing issues, implementing changes, making trade-offs, and verifying outcomes.

• A hands-on engineer who reads, writes, and deploys code.

• Strong skills in systems diagnosis.

• Sound judgment in making trade-offs, balancing savings with reliability risks.

• Capability to influence teams without direct managerial authority.

• Proficiency in validating results and ensuring that savings are genuine.

• The role must be based in either the ANZ or PST time zone.

• Experience in Datadog or observability cost optimization, FinOps engineering, finance/unit economics, detailed cost attribution, GraphQL at scale, developer tooling, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, scaled SaaS/platform/observability, and a finance/commercial background are advantageous but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks a year, in addition to a fully remote work setup.

• Enjoy 20 days of paid annual leave along with 10 days of sick and carer's leave.

• Receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (6 weeks for secondary caregivers).

• A remote work allowance to cover home-office equipment, co-working spaces, or other work locations.

• Access to confidential EAP and mental health support.

• Support for your learning and development, with dedicated time and budget for conferences, courses, and coaching.

• Retirement and health coverage provided based on your region.