FinOps Engineer

eBay Inc.; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative team at a leading ecommerce company where you will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing cloud costs. As a FinOps Engineer, you will develop strategies that enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of financial accountability. Collaborate with diverse teams to create actionable insights and implement cost-saving initiatives while ensuring transparency in cloud expenditures. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence financial operations in a dynamic environment, making a significant impact on the company's growth and sustainability. If you're passionate about cloud management and financial strategy, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

401(k) eligibility

Paid time off benefits

Parental leave

Medical benefits

Target bonus

Restricted stock units

Qualifications

• 6+ years in FinOps or similar role focusing on cloud cost management.
• Expertise in managing cloud billing models for cost savings.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a FinOps strategy for managing cloud costs.
• Collaborate with teams to provide actionable recommendations for resource efficiency.

Skills

Cloud Cost Management

Financial Analysis

Data Visualization

Collaboration

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or computer science

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Budgets

CloudHealth

Job description

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

Fully Remote within the United States

About the team and the role:

TCGplayer connects hobbyists and hobby businesses to communities. We relentlessly improve the exchange of things and thoughts that fuel passions, providing the most compelling destination and tools for collectible card game enthusiasts and professional sellers! TCGplayer, now a part of eBay, promotes and drives growth of our products and services by connecting a global community of millions of buyers with tens of thousands of retailers in a $25B global collectible hobby market.

As the FinOps Engineer, you will be the driving force behind our financial operations strategy, with a strong focus on managing and optimizing cloud costs across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other SaaS providers. This role is crucial to ensuring our organization achieves a balance of operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and scalability in our cloud environments. This individual will work as a part of the Cloud Architecture team that oversees the architecture and implementation of TCG’s cloud environment. In addition to helping TCGPlayer understand the overall architecture, this team is responsible for building a system to analyze our cloud costs as well as look for ways to reduce costs.

You will collaborate closely with engineering, finance, and product teams to establish financial governance frameworks, create actionable insights, and implement cost-saving strategies. By using your expertise in cloud cost management, you will lead initiatives to forecast, analyze, and report on cloud expenditures, empowering teams to make data-driven decisions. This position combines a hands-on approach to managing cloud costs with a strategic vision for fostering a culture of financial accountability and transparency.

Our team prides itself on a culture that fosters camaraderie, embraces diversity, and exudes passion! We are one of New York State’s 50 best employers and Fortune.com’s top 100 companies for women in the U.S.

What you will accomplish:

• Develop and lead a comprehensive FinOps strategy to manage and optimize cloud costs across AWS as well as other COTS and SaaS providers in use at TCGPlayer.
• Build and maintain a robust financial governance framework, ensuring clear policies for cloud spend and resource utilization.
• Create and implement cost optimization initiatives, including rightsizing, reserved instance planning, as well as other waste elimination.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to provide actionable recommendations for resource usage efficiency.
• Partner with the finance team to deliver accurate cloud cost forecasting and budgeting.
• Establish real-time reporting and dashboards to improve visibility into cloud expenditures.
• Lead training and awareness initiatives to embed a culture of financial accountability across the organization.
• Assist team with system tagging and tagging compliance.
• Monitor industry trends and evolving best practices to ensure the organization remains ahead of the curve in cloud cost management.

What you will bring:

• 6 or more years experience in a FinOps or similar role, with a focus on cloud cost management (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud experience required; experience with other SaaS providers preferred).
• Demonstrated expertise in managing and optimizing cloud billing models, with a consistent track record of achieving cost savings through effective cost allocation and optimization strategies.
• Exceptional analytical skills, including the ability to interpret complex financial data, identify trends, and develop actionable insights. The ideal candidate will be proficient in financial modeling, cost optimization strategies, and data visualization techniques to effectively communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, CloudHealth, or similar FinOps platforms.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical partners.
• Familiarity with finance principles, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost allocation.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

$100,000 - $173,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

TCGplayer, a subsidiary company of eBay, is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status.