
Staff Cloud FinOps Engineer
Calendly
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $238,968 - $362,669 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build foundational FinOps capabilities, including cost visibility, forecasting, dashboards, and actionable reporting
- Establish and lead Calendly’s FinOps practice
- Analyze infrastructure usage and cost drivers
- Partner with Infrastructure and Data teams to influence architecture, tooling, and operational decisions
- Collaborate with Finance and Procurement to support budgeting, forecasting, and vendor cost optimization efforts
- Translate complex cost and usage data into clear recommendations
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE, FinOps, or a related technical role
- Deep hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms and SaaS providers (e.g., GCP or AWS; Datadog, Elastic, managed databases)
- Proven ability to define and drive cost optimization initiatives from problem identification through technical execution and measurable outcomes
- Experience operating effectively in high-ambiguity environments
- Strong analytical skills with a track record of turning complex billing and usage data into strategic, durable engineering solutions
- Exceptional communication skills
- Availability for on-call rotation.
Benefits
- Top Performer Bonus program
- Equity awards
- Competitive benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
FinOpscloud infrastructureplatform engineeringSREcost optimizationdata analysisforecastingdashboardsreportingvendor cost optimization
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillscollaborationleadershipproblem identificationstrategic thinkinginfluencingoperational decision-makingadaptabilityhigh-ambiguity environments