Staff Engineer, FinOps & Cost Platform

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits from day one

Work from home reimbursements

Retirement/401K/Pension

Paid time off

Parental leave

WeWork memberships (optional)

Training & onboarding program

Conferences, courses, books etc

Job summary

StackAdapt is seeking a Staff Engineer, FinOps & Cost Platform to build and lead our engineering cost-management capability. This founding IC role focuses on making engineering spend attributable, explainable, and actionable, across cloud infra and engineering-owned vendors.

You will drive cost attribution, tagging, and data quality, and in the near term drive measurable savings while enabling showback, chargeback, and unit-cost models for services and customer footprints.

Qualifications

• Requires strong infrastructure or platform engineering background.
• Proven experience with AWS or comparable cloud environments.
• Experience in cost optimization or FinOps-like work.
• Hands-on with building tooling, dashboards, or internal platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build the internal cost platform and reporting model for engineering spend.
• Own analysis and optimization of cloud spend and engineering-owned vendors.
• Improve cost attribution, tagging, and data quality.
• Define and implement showback, chargeback, and unit-cost models.
• Partner with engineering, finance, and procurement on forecasting and governance.
• Design telemetry-backed cost models linking infra spend to usage.

Skills

Infrastructure

Platform engineering

AWS / cloud

FinOps / cost optimization

Data modeling

Tooling / dashboards

Cross-functional influence

Communication

Tools

Telemetry & cost-modeling tools

Job description

# Staff Engineer, FinOps & Cost PlatformUnited StatesFinOpsNot Specified09/05/2026Full-timeRemoteFavoriteAccess Job## Job DescriptionStackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels. We are looking for a Staff Engineer, FinOps & Cost Platform to build and lead our engineering cost-management capability. This is a founding individual contributor role focused on improving visibility, understanding, and optimization across all engineering-controlled spend, including cloud infrastructure and engineering-owned technical vendors. You will build the systems, tooling, and data models required to make engineering spend attributable, explainable, and actionable. In the near term, you will drive measurable savings. Over time, you will help build showback, chargeback, and unit-cost capabilities that allow us to understand the cost of services, platforms, and customer footprint more deeply. What You’ll Do build the internal cost platform and reporting model for engineering spend own analysis and optimization of AWS and engineering-owned vendor spend improve cost attribution, tagging, and data quality define and implement showback, chargeback, and unit-cost models partner with engineering teams to drive optimization opportunities partner with finance and procurement on forecasting, renewals, and vendor rationalization design telemetry-backed cost models that connect infrastructure spend to real usage establish governance, review cadences, and cost-aware engineering practices What We’re Looking For strong infrastructure or platform engineering background deep experience with AWS or comparable cloud environments proven experience with cost optimization, capacity economics, or FinOps-like work strong analytical and data-modeling ability hands-on experience building tooling, dashboards, or internal platforms ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority strong communication across technical and business audiences Nice to Have experience with CloudZero, Apptio, CloudHealth, or similar platforms showback or chargeback experience telemetry or unit-cost modeling experience engineering-vendor utilization and cost-governance experience prior experience building a new internal capability from scratch StackAdapter’s Enjoy: Highly competitive salary Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday’s off! Access to a comprehensive mental health care program Health benefits from day one of employment Work from home reimbursements Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto Robust training and onboarding program Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc) Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning An awesome parental leave program A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture Our social and team events! Please note: Benefits and perks may vary depending on your country of employment and the nature of your engagement. In locations where StackAdapt does not have a legal entity, employment and benefits are administered in accordance with local regulations and partner policies. StackAdapt is a diverse and inclusive team of collaborative, hardworking individuals trying to make a dent in the universe. No matter who you are, where you are from, who you love, follow in faith, disability (or superpower) status, ethnicity, or the gender you identify with (if you’re comfortable, let us know your pronouns), you are welcome at StackAdapt. If you have any requests or requirements to support you throughout any part of the interview process, please let our Talent team know. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the resume reviews of candidates and assess their fit based on the criteria outlined in the job posting. We do not use AI to make any final hiring or interview decisions. About StackAdapt We’ve been recognized for our diverse and supportive workplace, high performing campaigns, award-winning customer service, and innovation. We’ve been awarded: G2 Top Software for 2026 2026 Best WorkplacesTM for Young Talent and in Canada by Great Place to Work #1 DSP on G2 and leader in a number of categories including Cross-Channel Advertising To learn more about our privacy practices, please see our Privacy Policy.