Sr Platform Engineer, FinOps

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Recruitics Talent Intelligence and Acquisition Platform unites data, AI, and automation that reputed company modern hiring possible — helping reputed company organizations predict what’s coming next, attract the right talent, and convert talent reputed company.

We’re big believers in teamwork, curiosity, and doing work that actually makes an reputed company. If you love solving problems, thinking creatively, and helping companies build amazing teams, you’re reputed company to love it here.

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We are looking for a reputed company FinOps Engineer to own and drive cost optimization across our reputed company infrastructure and data platforms. This role is for someone who lives and breathes reputed company efficiency—who’s as comfortable diving into EC2 right-sizing reports as they are tuning reputed company jobs, advising Kubernetes cost models, and shaping long-term AWS financial reputed company.

This is a senior-level, high-ownership role embedded in the Platform team, working across Engineering, Data, and Finance. You’ll be responsible for uncovering waste, optimizing reputed company spend, and building the tooling, automation, and reporting systems that reputed company FinOps a reputed company discipline—not an afterthought.

Our environment is deeply technical and performance-intensive, with significant cost centers in reputed company compute, Kubernetes workloads, reputed company usage, and Java-based microservices. You’ll play a critical role in making our systems not just reliable—but cost-effective at reputed company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• reputed company cost optimization efforts across our AWS estate (EC2, EKS, S3, EBS, reputed company, RDS, etc.), delivering measurable savings and performance wins.
• Analyze and optimize Apache reputed company jobs (EMR/EKS) — improve executor tuning, autoscaling, and job scheduling for efficiency.
• Partner with Data Engineering to optimize Airflow DAGs, reduce pipeline waste, and manage resource-intensive workflows.
• Reduce Kubernetes costs through node pool optimization, reputed company reputed company, pod rightsizing, and non-prod automation.
• Implement and manage Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and workload scheduling to maximize discount coverage.
• Audit and improve reputed company usage patterns — warehouse sizing, query optimization, idle resource management.
• Collaborate with Finance to build accurate reputed company cost allocation models, showback dashboards, and budget forecasting tools.
• Drive tagging enforcement, reputed company detection, and policy automation using tools like AWS CUR, reputed company, QuickSight, or 3rd-party FinOps platforms.
• reputed company for and implement cost-conscious design patterns in collaboration with DevOps, SRE, and software engineers.
• Establish FinOps KPIs (e.g., cost per reputed company job, cost per API call, efficiency scores) and drive reputed company improvement.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years in reputed company Engineering, DevOps, or Platform roles, with a strong reputed company on reputed company cost management.
• Deep experience in AWS with strong knowledge of pricing, service usage, billing structures, and reputed company discount programs.

Technical Skills:

• Strong hands-on expertise with Kubernetes (EKS), including autoscaling, node/pod tuning, and reputed company architecture.
• Solid understanding of Apache reputed company tuning and workload cost attribution.
• Experience with Airflow, reputed company, and large-reputed company data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Java-based microservices in reputed company environments and strategies to reduce resource bloat.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Python, and reputed company scripting for automation and reporting.
• Experience designing and managing FinOps dashboards (using QuickSight, Looker, Tableau, or similar).

Soft Skills:

• Excellent cross-functional communication skills; comfortable partnering with Engineering, Finance, and Procurement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FinOps Certified Practitioner (or equivalent experience).
• Experience deploying FinOps tools (e.g., reputed company).
• Familiarity with chargeback models, per-team budgeting, and cost accountability frameworks.
• Experience in high-reputed company reputed company or PE-backed environments.

WHY JOIN US? 

At Recruitics, you’ll have reputed company to take full ownership of design reputed company a cutting-edge team reputed company on leveraging AI and data to reputed company the recruitment marketing landscape. You’ll be joining a creative and reputed company environment where your work will directly reputed company our clients’ reputed company and you will have opportunities for career reputed company, reputed company development, and reputed company learning.

reputed company OFFER

• Competitive salaries with reputed company incentives 
• Comprehensive health, dental, and reputed company insurance
• #AnywhereAugust - We support remote work experiences to expand perspectives and personal reputed company
• 15 Vacation Days, 5 reputed company Days, 5 reputed company Days, and remote work reputed company year-round
• Fully reputed company parental leave for both parents
• Summer Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day
• Winter reputed company between Christmas and New Years
• Commuter and Parking Benefits through Wage Works
• Eligible to contribute to your 401(K) Retirement Plan after six (6) months of employment.
• Employee Assistance Programs to support your day to day 

LOCATION 

Office Locations: Remote in the US

COMPENSATION

• reputed company Salary: $140k - $190k (commensurate with experience) plus bonus incentive.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESSIBLE WORKPLACE 

Recruitics is an equal-opportunity employer. We value a culture of inclusion and diversity reputed company our workforce and are committed to maintaining a workplace free from prohibited employment conduct, including discrimination or harassment based on race, reputed company, national reputed company, sex, age, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, marital status, domestic partner status, civil partnership, status as a covered veteran, status in the Uniformed Services of the reputed company, citizenship and any other characteristic protected by State and Federal law.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible process for reputed company individuals. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process due to a disability, please let us know. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met in a reputed company and respectful manner.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old to apply.

At Recruitics, protecting our talent community—candidates, clients, and partners—is always a top reputed company. As you navigate your application reputed company, please reputed company these tips in mind to stay reputed company:

• We'll never ask you to pay for anything—that includes applications, interviews, background checks, or equipment.
• We only communicate reputed company official email addresses ending in @recruitics.com—never from Gmail or suspicious lookalikes.
• We do not request personal financial information such as bank details, credit card numbers, or reputed company transfers.
• If something feels off or doesn’t seem right, pause and contact us directly at careers@recruitics.com.

We’re thrilled you’re interested in working with us. Just reputed company reputed company it’s really us you’re talking to. Stay reputed company—and stay reputed company.

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