Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Cost Optimization

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

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance internal tools, dashboards, and reporting systems to boost visibility into infrastructure and engineering-related expenditures.

• Examine and refine cloud infrastructure and engineering-managed vendor costs, pinpointing opportunities for improved efficiency and scalability.

• Create cost attribution and unit-cost frameworks that link infrastructure usage to services, products, and business operations.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to comprehend how infrastructure architecture, usage patterns, and technical choices influence costs and product economics.

• Work alongside the finance team to create infrastructure cost forecasts, financial models, and trustworthy data inputs that aid in budgeting and long-term planning.

• Deliver insights on infrastructure costs that assist in shaping product pricing strategies and overall business plans.

• Set up meaningful infrastructure cost KPIs, reporting procedures, and governance practices to enhance financial accountability.

• Assist in managing infrastructure vendors, including cost analysis, utilization, contract renewals, and optimization opportunities.

• Promote cost-effective engineering practices among teams while balancing performance, reliability, scalability, and business requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Solid background in infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering, with experience in owning or influencing infrastructure strategy and technical choices.

• Comprehensive knowledge of AWS or similar cloud environments, encompassing infrastructure architecture, resource utilization, and cost factors.

• Proven experience in analyzing infrastructure expenses, discovering optimization possibilities, and grasping the financial ramifications of technical decisions.

• Awareness of how infrastructure usage translates into unit costs, product economics, and wider business outcomes.

• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, finance, or business stakeholders.

• Familiarity with infrastructure budgeting, forecasting, cost modeling, or capacity planning.

• Strong analytical abilities and experience in developing tools, dashboards, or data models to facilitate technical and business decision-making.

• Capability to take ownership of intricate initiatives, influence stakeholders, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Highly competitive salary.

• Retirement/401K/Pension Savings available globally.

• Competitive paid time off packages, including days off for birthdays!

• Access to a comprehensive mental health care program.

• Health benefits from the first day of employment.

• Reimbursements for working from home expenses.

• Optional global WeWork membership for those seeking a change from their home office, with hubs in London and Toronto.

• A robust training and onboarding program.

• Coverage and support for personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books, etc.).

• Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning.

• An excellent parental leave program.

• A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture.

• Enjoy our social and team events!