Staff Engineer – FinOps

GEICO

Staff Engineer leading FinOps Engineering projects focusing on cloud services and cost optimization at GEICO. Collaborating on budgeting, forecasting, and process enhancements.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeBethesda • California, Maryland, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in FinOps, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization strategies, while providing technical leadership in cloud architecture and full stack web application development. Proven ability to collaborate across teams and communicate effectively with stakeholders to drive process enhancements and cost savings.

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FinOps Project ManagementCloud Architecture and DesignBudgeting and ForecastingFull Stack Web Application DevelopmentCost Optimization Strategies

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Hard Skills

Cloud TechnologiesBudgetingForecastingCost SavingsCloud ArchitectureJavaTypeScriptReactJSKubernetesTerraform

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationMentoringLeadership

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGCPDockerBootstrapJS

Industry Keywords

FinOpsCost OptimizationCapacity PlanningPerformance TuningCloud Services

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesMicroservicesPythonReactTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Demonstrating a strong grasp of cloud requirements such as cost optimization and capacity planning, facilitating cross-organizational partnerships for cost optimization discussions.
Managing and implementing optimization and automation strategies for business processes.
Contributing to the creation of a comprehensive strategy to enhance savings, improve spend reporting, governance, and drive process enhancement.
Collaborating with business leaders, engineers, and partner teams to collect budget requirements, establish and maintain budget report using various tools, forecast the cost and relevant tasks.
Overseeing FinOps stakeholder communications, defining FinOps KPIs for IT executives, and collaborating with Controllers/Tech Financials Controls.
Effectively relaying critical information to stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Assisting in developing the Economic Unit using business metrics to manage cloud operational expenses.
Providing technical and thought leadership across multiple stack layers, focusing on full stack web app development and ensuring UI, microservices, and backend systems integration.
Serving as a role model and mentor to senior and junior engineers, guiding them in system architecture, design, and implementation.
Maintaining clear communication with partner teams and leads, explaining technical implementations to stakeholders for alignment across teams.
Utilizing experience in deploying web applications in Kubernetes (k8s) environments to ensure reliable interaction with backend services and seamless integration with cloud and on-premises systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience working in FinOps Projects and understanding of FinOps concepts preferred.
5+ years of experience in budgeting, forecasting, cost savings, and reporting using various tools.
4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks and cloud technologies like Azure, AWS, GCP.
3+ years of experience with cloud architecture and design including cost optimization, capacity planning, performance tuning.
2+ years of professional software development experience and/or solutions engineering experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, ReactJS, BootstrapJS, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
Deep understanding of Cloud Services and architectures, pricing models, and billing structures that will allow the candidate to perform deep dives and complex analysis of cost trends, anomalies, identify areas of improvement and support decision making with data driven insights.
Strong understanding of cloud-based services usage and pricing; AWS and/or Azure and Hands on cloud experience (AWS, Azure etc.).
Strong understanding of cloud requirements, ability to partner across GEICO Tech and drive cost optimization discussions.
Collaborate with application teams to understand their approaches and designs to optimize performance and costs within cloud services.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.
Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.
Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.