FinOps Engineer – Remote Work | REF#298073

FinOps Weekly; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work from anywhere

Compensation in USD or local currency

Home office hardware and software

Flexible hours with self-managed sched

Paid parental leave, vacations, and (国

Mentorship, promotions, skill dev, and

Collaborative international work env

Job summary

FinOps Weekly is seeking a FinOps Engineer to optimize cloud spend, build cost models, and drive governance across a fully remote, global team. You will collaborate with engineering and finance to embed cost awareness in day-to-day decisions and support forecasting and budgeting processes.

The role emphasizes cost visibility, policy governance, and continuous improvement across cloud resources and investments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in cloud financial management or FinOps.
• Proven ability to optimize cloud spending and create cost allocation models.
• Experience with cloud cost management tools like CloudHealth, Kubecost, or AWS Cost Explorer.
• Strong English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cost allocation models to improve transparency into cloud spend across teams.
• Identify and deliver cloud cost-saving opportunities by detecting architectural waste and underused resources.
• Implement and oversee cloud financial policies using approved cost management tools.
• Partner with engineering and finance stakeholders to improve forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Track and report cloud efficiency metrics to support infrastructure investment decisions.
• Educate development teams on FinOps practices and cost-conscious engineering habits.
• Improve cloud spend visibility across the organization.
• Build and maintain cost allocation models.
• Identify and execute cloud cost optimization opportunities.
• Govern cloud financial policies.
• Support forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Monitor and report cloud efficiency metrics.
• Promote FinOps best practices within development teams.

Tools

CloudHealth

Kubecost

AWS Cost Explorer

Job description

The FinOps Engineer will focus on improving cloud cost efficiency across the organization and increasing visibility into how cloud spend is allocated and managed. The role exists to help teams use cloud resources more effectively, reduce waste, and strengthen financial accountability for infrastructure spend.

You will work closely with engineering and finance teams to support forecasting, budgeting, and cost governance. The position also includes helping development teams adopt FinOps practices so cost awareness is embedded into day-to-day engineering decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cost allocation models that improve transparency into cloud spend across teams.
• Identify and deliver cloud cost-saving opportunities by detecting architectural waste and underused resources.
• Implement and oversee cloud financial policies using approved cost management tools.
• Partner with engineering and finance stakeholders to improve forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Track and report cloud efficiency metrics to support infrastructure investment decisions.
• Educate development teams on FinOps practices and cost-conscious engineering habits.

Required Skills

• 4+ years of experience in Cloud Financial Management, FinOps, or Cloud Engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize cloud spending and create cost allocation models.
• Experience with cloud cost management tools such as CloudHealth, Kubecost, or AWS Cost Explorer.
• Experience identifying architectural waste and applying cloud governance policies.
• Strong ability to analyze cloud usage and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Advanced English proficiency.

FinOps Responsibilities

• Improve cloud spend visibility across the organization.
• Build and maintain cost allocation models.
• Identify and execute cloud cost optimization opportunities.
• Govern cloud financial policies.
• Support forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Monitor and report cloud efficiency metrics.
• Promote FinOps best practices within development teams.

• 100% remote work from anywhere.
• Compensation in USD or local currency, if preferred.
• Home office hardware and software provided.
• Flexible hours with self-managed scheduling.
• Paid parental leave, vacations, and national holidays.
• Mentorship, promotions, skill development, and growth opportunities.
• Collaborative international work environment.

Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to work on cloud cost optimization in a fully remote environment with a global team. It combines FinOps execution with cross-functional collaboration across engineering and finance. The position is well suited to professionals who want to influence cloud financial accountability and help drive better infrastructure investment decisions.