FinOps Engineer III

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Optimize cloud and AI expenditures across GCP and AWS, encompassing compute, storage, networking, data services, and multi-provider AI usage.

• Identify, assess, and implement opportunities for cost savings.

• Create and automate budget notifications, anomaly detection systems, rightsizing recommendations, and other efficiency measures.

• Design and enforce tagging and allocation frameworks to facilitate cost attribution, showback/chargeback, budgeting, forecasting, and unit-economics reporting.

• Manage Committed Use Discounts, Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances by analyzing usage patterns, coverage, and utilization rates.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to review and redesign workloads for enhanced cost efficiency.

• Develop dashboards, reports, and forecasts that illustrate spending trends, cost drivers, and optimization ROI.

• Oversee third-party SaaS and technology-stack expenditures, including vendor evaluation, rightsizing, and consolidation efforts.

• Establish and advocate for scalable FinOps standards, best practices, and self-service tools.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or FinOps, with a strong emphasis on cost optimization and governance.

• Practical expertise with at least one major cloud provider (GCP or AWS); experience with both in a multi-cloud setting is highly preferred.

• Comprehensive understanding of cloud architecture, services, and pricing models across compute, storage, networking, and managed services.

• Demonstrated experience in constructing and managing automated FinOps alert systems, including anomaly detection, budget and forecast thresholds, and alert routing and tuning.

• Knowledge of tracking AI model usage and expenses across various LLM providers, including token-based pricing, provider usage and billing APIs, and attributing AI costs to teams or products.

• Expertise in cloud cost-management tools such as GCP Billing/BigQuery billing exports, AWS Cost Explorer/CUR, CloudHealth, or similar platforms.

• Proficient in SQL and at least one scripting language, with a preference for Python.

• Experience in creating dashboards and reports using Looker, Looker Studio, Tableau, or comparable tools.

• FinOps Certified Practitioner certification and/or other relevant cloud certifications are advantageous.

• Ability to translate technical architecture choices into financial impacts and convert financial objectives into technical actions.

• Capable of working with large datasets to extract insights, quantify opportunities, and prioritize based on impact.

• Ability to influence engineering, finance, and procurement stakeholders without direct authority.

• Skilled in developing repeatable, scalable automated solutions.

• Excellent communication skills for presenting intricate cost data and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness programs.

• Flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.

• Collaborative and innovative work environment.

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.