FinOps Data Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Evaluate billing, usage, and expenditure patterns across AWS and GCP to pinpoint and capitalize on savings opportunities.

• Create and manage BigQuery/dbt models that convert raw billing and usage data into reconciled FinOps marts.

• Develop cost-versus-revenue and customer segmentation models to analyze unit economics and margins.

• Construct forecasting models, statistical anomaly detection systems, and thorough savings opportunity evaluations.

• Enforce tagging policies, cost allocation methods, chargeback, and showback practices.

• Streamline cost reporting, anomaly detection, alerting, and cost-policy enforcement through automation using Python, Terraform, Lambda, or similar tools.

• Collaborate with Engineering to make cost-effective architectural decisions.

• Assist Finance with budget monitoring, forecasting, financial KPIs, dashboards, and self-service analytics.

⛳️ Requirements

• In-depth expertise in AWS and practical knowledge of GCP, encompassing pricing models, billing frameworks, and cost optimization strategies.

• Experience in data engineering with dbt, BigQuery or a similar modern data warehouse, SQL at scale, and analytics data modeling.

• Understanding of dimensional modeling, incremental models, and data validation techniques.

• Fundamental knowledge of data science, including statistical forecasting, anomaly detection, and experimental methods.

• Skills in automation and scripting using Python, Terraform or Pulumi, Lambda, or Bash.

• Familiarity with AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost & Usage Reports, GCP Billing Reports, and BI/dashboarding tools like Hex.

• Experience with or willingness to learn Linear and Notion.

• Capability to analyze cost data and effectively communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Previous experience in data analytics, data engineering, or data science within FinOps, cloud cost management, or cloud governance.

• Familiarity with a dedicated cloud cost management platform such as CloudZero or Vantage is advantageous, though not mandatory.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across various functions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Opportunity to work from any location globally.

• WeWork membership or a co-working allowance applicable anywhere worldwide.

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

• Technology allowance for laptop, monitor, headphones, or other necessary work equipment.

• Comprehensive health insurance: 100% coverage for employees and 80% for dependents.

• Annual company retreats.

• Flexible, asynchronous work structure.

• Annual educational allowance for courses, books, conferences, or other learning opportunities.