Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud & AI Cost Optimization

Affirm; Windsor; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a Staff Cost Engineer to architect tooling and processes that scale cost governance across a fast-growing multi-cloud and multi-AI-vendor footprint. You’ll set technical direction, influence cost strategy with infra and platform leaders, and turn ambiguity into actionable cost visibility and accountability.

You will own tooling for spend visibility, tagging strategy, and proactive cost optimizations, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align business outcomes with

Qualifications

• Design tooling and automation for scalable cost governance.
• Lead cost strategy with infra and platform teams.
• Collaborate across cloud and AI vendor environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement cloud cost governance tooling.
• Monitor and optimize spend across multi-cloud and AI tools.
• Drive tagging strategies and anomaly detection for cost visibility.

Skills

Cost governance

Cloud cost mgmt

AWS cost optimization

Data engineering collab

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Affirm is seeking a Staff Cost Engineer to architect tooling and processes that scale cost governance across a fast-growing multi-cloud and multi-AI-vendor footprint. You’ll set technical direction, influence cost strategy with infra and platform leaders, and turn ambiguity into actionable cost visibility and accountability.

You will own tooling for spend visibility, tagging strategy, and proactive cost optimizations, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align business outcomes with