Cloud FinOps Engineer II

CarGurus LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid model

Free daily lunch

Car discount

Wellness apps

Job summary

CarGurus LLC is seeking a Cloud FinOps Engineer II to boost cloud cost visibility and governance across engineering, product, and finance teams.

You will build automation, drive cost attribution, and improve self-service cost visibility for AWS and AI spend, collaborating across stakeholders and maturing FinOps practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on AWS/FinOps engineering in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting production workloads in AWS.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure automation and Terraform.
• Experience with Python, Go, Bash or scripting languages.
• Understanding of tagging, allocation, usage reporting, and anomaly detection.
• Familiarity with CloudZero or similar FinOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cloud cost attribution, tagging, and allocation across AWS.
• Integrate CloudZero dashboards, reports, and data quality checks.
• Develop automation for cost anomaly detection, alerting, and investigation workflows.
• Define unit-cost metrics with Engineering, Product, Finance, and FinOps teams.
• Improve showback/chargeback mappings across services, teams, and cost centers.
• Establish FinOps checkpoints in the SDLC and CI/CD processes.
• Identify and automate cloud savings opportunities (rightsizing, Savings Plans).
• Contribute to AI cost governance (Bedrock usage visibility, token costs).
• Build self-service tools and docs for engineering to answer cost questions.

Skills

AWS infrastructure

Cloud cost management

Terraform

Python

Go

Bash scripting

Data analysis

Tools

CloudZero

AWS Cost Explorer

CUR

Job description

At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we’re the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we’ve been profitable for over 15 years.

What we do

The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus—our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!

Role overview

CarGurus is seeking a Cloud FinOps Engineer II to join the Cloud Enablement team and help establish FinOps as an engineering capability. This role will improve cloud cost visibility, attribution, governance, and optimization across Engineering.

You’ll play a critical role in improving the accuracy and coverage of CarGurus’ cloud cost attribution, expanding self-service cost visibility, and helping engineering teams make informed decisions about cloud and AI spend. You’ll build automation and platform capabilities that establish repeatable anomaly-triage and savings workflows, support unit-cost metrics, and reduce the manual effort required to understand and optimize cloud consumption.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain cloud cost attribution, tagging, and allocation capabilities across AWS.
• Implement and improve CloudZero integrations, dashboards, reports, and data quality checks.
• Develop automation for cost anomaly detection, alerting, and investigation workflows.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Finance, and FinOps stakeholders to define useful unit-cost metrics.
• Support showback and chargeback capabilities by improving ownership, service, team, and cost-center mappings.
• Help establish FinOps checkpoints in the software development lifecycle.
• Identify and automate cloud savings opportunities, including rightsizing, lifecycle management, Savings Plans, and Graviton adoption.
• Contribute to AI cost governance, including Bedrock usage visibility, token or inference cost attribution, budgets, and model-cost controls.
• Build self-service tools and documentation that allow engineering teams to answer cost questions independently.
• Write reliable Python, Go, Bash, Terraform, or similar automation.
• Participate in code reviews, incident response, operational support, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate findings clearly and turn analysis into actionable engineering recommendations.

What you'll bring

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, cloud cost management, or FinOps-related engineering in an enterprise environment. Experience may come from cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or a dedicated FinOps role.
• Experience supporting production workloads in AWS.
• Working knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure automation.
• Experience with Python, Go, Bash, or another scripting language.
• Understanding of cloud cost concepts, including tagging, allocation, usage reporting, and anomaly detection.
• Experience with CloudZero, AWS Cost Explorer, CUR, or similar FinOps tooling is preferred.
• Ability to work with incomplete data and improve reporting accuracy over time.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A customer-focused approach to partnering with engineering and product teams.
• Curiosity about AI infrastructure, model usage, and the economics of cloud services.
• Experience partnering with Finance or FP&A on cloud budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and business reporting is a plus.

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Individual pay within this range is determined by work location and other factors such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
This annual base salary forms part of a comprehensive Total Rewards Package. In addition to benefits, this role may qualify for discretionary bonuses/incentives and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Position Pay Range

$109,000 — $136,000 USD

Working at CarGurus

We reward our Gurus’ curiosity and passion with best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways. A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.
CarGurus may require in-person interviews as part of our hiring process, particularly for positions based in our Boston and Dublin offices. Candidates selected for an in-person interview will be notified in advance. Please be aware that travel expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.

We welcome all

CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential—starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That’s why we hope you’ll apply even if you don’t check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. #LI-Hybrid

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