FinOps Engineer

Navina; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Navina, a fast-growing digital health SaaS company, seeks a hands-on FinOps Lead to own the techno-financial operations for cloud, infrastructure, AI, and data services. You will collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Finance to make spend transparent, predictable, and aligned with business value.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years in FinOps and 3+ years in backend/data development, with strong experience in cloud billing and cost governance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in FinOps, Cloud Cost Mgmt or similar.
• 3+ years software development (backend/data).
• Hands-on cloud spend optimization in AWS or major providers.
• Translate cost insights into engineering solutions.
• Understand cloud billing, tagging, budgets, alerts, savings plans.
• Assess cost-optimization impact on performance and reliability.
• Build dashboards, COGS forecasts, cost reviews.
• Analyze large data sets to identify cost drivers.
• Collaborate with Eng, Finance, Product, leadership.
• Drive cost-optimization from discovery to execution.
• Ownership, independence, attention to detail.
• Communicate tradeoffs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the techno-financial operations for Navina's cloud, infra, AI, data, and third-party services.
• Work with Engineering, DevOps, AI Infra, Product, and Finance to align spend with business value.
• Create visibility into cloud costs and drive optimization, forecasting accuracy, and cost governance.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud Cost Mgmt

Infrastructure Ops

DevOps

Backend development

Data engineering

Cloud billing

Cost governance

Dashboards

Forecasting

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

B.Sc / M.Sc in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Datadog

Snowflake

Job description

FinOps Engineer

• R&D
• IL
• Senior
• Full-time

Description

Navina is a fast-growing digital health SaaS company that’s on a mission to transform the way physicians interact with patient data. Thousands of clinicians across the United States already use Navina’s AI-powered solution that transforms complex and fragmented patient data into concise “patient portraits” and actionable clinical insights at the point of care. With Navina, physicians experience less burnout, reduce missed diagnoses, and can devote more time to giving better care to their patients.

Navina has been named one of the Top 100 AI companies globally by CB Insights and made the list of the Top 50 Digital Health startups. We are already working with industry-leading value-based organizations including Privia Health and Agilon.

We’re seeking a hands‑on, analytical, and highly collaborative FinOps Lead to join our Infrastructure group.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will build and own the techno‑financial operations practice for Navina’s cloud, infrastructure, AI, data, and third‑party engineering services. You will work closely with Engineering, DevOps, AI Infrastructure, Product, and Finance to make infrastructure spend transparent, predictable, optimized, and aligned with business value.

The role is in the junction of engineering and finance, You will be responsible for creating visibility into cloud and infrastructure costs, driving optimization initiatives, improving forecasting accuracy, defining cost governance practices, and helping engineering teams make better cost‑aware technical decisions without slowing down delivery.

Requirements

• Team player at heart.
• 4+ years of experience in FinOps, Cloud Cost Management, Infrastructure Operations, DevOps or a similar role.
• 3+ years of experience in software development (backend/data)
• Hands‑on experience managing and optimizing cloud spend in AWS or other major cloud providers.
• Ability to translate cost insights into practical technical engineering solutions.
• Strong understanding of cloud billing, tagging, cost allocation, budgets, alerts, reservations, savings plans, and usage‑based cost models.
• Ability to understand architecture and assess the effort and impact of cost‑optimization initiatives on performance, reliability, and business outcomes.
• Experience building dashboards, reports, COGS forecasts, and recurring cost‑review processes for engineering and leadership teams.
• Ability to analyze large datasets, identify cost drivers, and translate findings into clear recommendations.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work with Engineering, Finance, Product, and leadership stakeholders.
• Ability to drive cost‑optimization initiatives from discovery through execution and measurable impact.
• Strong ownership, independence, and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical and financial tradeoffs clearly.

Advantages:

• B.Sc / M.Sc in Computer Science / Software Engineering
• Experience working in a SaaS company with production‑scale cloud infrastructure.
• Experience working with Datadog and Snowflake.
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure costs, data pipelines, or large‑scale compute environments.
• Experience working in a regulated environment such as healthcare, fintech, or enterprise SaaS.

You don’t need to meet 100% of the requirements to be a great fit. We believe in hiring people, not just checklists, and we value potential as much as experience.