Calendly

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

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

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
FinOpscloud infrastructureplatform engineeringSREcost optimizationdata analysisforecastingdashboardsreportingvendor cost optimization
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillscollaborationleadershipproblem identificationstrategic thinkinginfluencingoperational decision-makingadaptabilityhigh-ambiguity environments