Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

FinOps Weekly; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

FinOps Weekly is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for our Cloud Platform Engineering team in Singapore. You will design and build cost management and security platforms, owning end-to-end delivery from design to rollout.

The role emphasizes backend work with Go, Python, or Java and hands-on cloud data pipelines. You will work on multi-cloud data processing, access control, and automation to optimize cloud spend and security posture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years building platform or infrastructure tooling.
• Strong backend engineering skills in Go, Python, or Java.
• Hands-on experience with GCP or AWS.
• Experience designing and building data pipelines or backend services that process and aggregate large datasets.
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles: IAM, RBAC/ABAC, least-privilege access, secrets management.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a multi-level billing and cost attribution pipeline ingesting cloud billing data.
• Develop the billing dashboard for self-serve cost reporting across departments.
• Implement anomaly detection and alerting for cloud usage patterns.
• Build cost optimization recommendations based on utilization signals across cloud resources.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Cloud platforms

Data pipelines

Security principles

End-to-end ownership

Tools

GCP

AWS

Kubernetes

HashiCorp Vault

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

# Senior Software Engineer, Cloud PlatformSingaporeFinOpsNot Specified18/05/2026Full-timeOnsiteFavoriteAccess Job## Job DescriptionAbout the Team We are the Cloud Platform Engineering team, responsible for the infrastructure systems that give the entire organization visibility and control over its cloud resources. We build two critical platforms: Cloud Cost Management Platform — a billing and cost attribution system that tracks GCP spend across all departments, enables cross-department chargeback, and provides the data foundation for cost optimization across $30M+ in annual cloud spend. Security & Access Platform — a zero-trust access control system covering Just-In-Time (JIT) access, Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), and self-service credential management for all production GCP environments and CI/CD pipelines. Our work directly impacts engineering productivity, cost governance, and the security posture of the entire company. What You’ll Build Cost & Billing Platform Design and build a multi-level billing and cost attribution pipeline that ingests raw GCP billing data and distributes costs across business units, departments, and feature teams Build the billing dashboard — a self-serve cost reporting system used by all department leads across the organization Develop anomaly detection and alerting for abnormal cloud usage patterns Build cost optimization recommendation systems based on utilization signals across GCP resources Implement automated resource rightsizing and waste reduction tooling Security & Access Platform Implement and roll out a Just-In-Time (JIT) access request system to replace standing IAM privileges Build a self-service credential management system What We’re Looking For Must-Have 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years building platform or infrastructure tooling Strong backend engineering skills — Go, Python, or Java Hands-on experience with GCP or AWS Experience designing and building data pipelines or backend services that process and aggregate large datasets Solid understanding of cloud security principles: IAM, RBAC/ABAC, least-privilege access, secrets management Comfortable owning a project end-to-end: design → implementation → rollout → monitoring Nice to Have Experience building cost management, FinOps, or billing systems Experience with access control systems (JIT, PAM, ABAC/RBAC frameworks) Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault or similar secrets management platforms GitLab CI/CD administration experience, including runner security Experience with Kubernetes resource management, autoscaling, or rightsizing tooling (e.g. ScaleOps, VPA) Prior work in a platform engineering or DevOps/SRE team