Staff FinOps Engineer

NetDocuments is seeking a Staff FinOps Engineer to lead cloud financial operations across AWS and Azure. In this role, you will drive financial governance, cost visibility, and optimization strategies across a large-scale multi-cloud SaaS environment, partnering closely with CloudOps, Engineering, Finance, and leadership teams to improve operational efficiency and maximize business value.

This is a highly strategic and hands-on role grounded in the FinOps Foundation Framework, with direct accountability for translating financial insights into engineering action and measurable cost optimization outcomes.

You will:

Lead Cloud Financial Strategy & Governance

• Drive FinOps practices across AWS and Azure using the FinOps Foundation Framework domains: Understand Usage and Cost, Quantify Business Value, Optimize Usage and Cost, and Manage the FinOps Practice.
• Establish and maintain cost allocation models, tagging standards, and governance frameworks that enable accurate, actionable financial visibility.
• Develop and enforce cloud financial policies, standards, and operational best practices across Engineering and CloudOps teams.
• Partner with leadership to support cloud cost reduction initiatives and long-term infrastructure efficiency goals.

Drive Cost Visibility & Financial Insights

• Own and manage CloudZero configuration, including taxonomy, tagging governance, and cost allocation rules.
• Deliver actionable reporting and analysis for Engineering, Product, Finance, and leadership stakeholders, including anomaly detection, trend analysis, forecasting, and variance reporting.
• Maintain visibility across AWS, Azure, Datadog, Elastic, and related platforms.
• Advance cost intelligence initiatives, including unit economics and cost-per-customer analysis.

Optimize Cloud & SaaS Spend

• Identify and drive optimization opportunities across Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, rightsizing, storage optimization, and SaaS licensing.
• Develop and maintain utilization and cost-per-unit reporting across key infrastructure and vendor platforms.
• Partner with Engineering teams to improve cost-aware architecture and operational decision-making.
• Track optimization initiatives through measurable outcomes and ongoing KPI reporting.

Build & Scale the FinOps Practice

• Embed FinOps processes into budgeting, forecasting, operational reviews, and engineering workflows.
• Coach Engineering and CloudOps teams on cost accountability and sustainable financial operations under a “You Build It, You Run It” model.
• Automate repeatable governance and reporting workflows using SQL, Python, and infrastructure tooling.
• Drive adoption of emerging FinOps standards such as the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS).

Support Emerging AI & Platform Cost Management

• Establish financial visibility and governance models for AI and machine learning workloads, including cost-per-token analysis and budget guardrails.
• Partner with teams across the organization to evaluate evolving infrastructure usage patterns and cost drivers.
• Help shape scalable financial operating models for emerging technologies and cloud-native platforms.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful

• 5+ years of experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, cloud infrastructure operations, or related disciplines.
• Deep expertise in AWS cost architecture and strong working knowledge of Azure cost management.
• Experience administering FinOps platforms, including ownership of cost allocation rules, tagging governance, and financial reporting structures.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for reporting, analysis, and automation.
• Experience building cloud cost forecasts, financial models, and executive-level variance reporting.
• Strong understanding of AWS cost optimization strategies, including Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and enterprise discount models.
• Experience implementing governance policies using Terraform, AWS Service Control Policies, or similar infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to influence Engineering teams and drive operational change without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Applied understanding of the FinOps Foundation Framework, including its principles, capabilities, and operating model.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Engineer certification.
• Experience with CloudZero or similar enterprise FinOps platforms.
• Experience with Azure Enterprise Agreement or Microsoft Customer Agreement discount structures.
• Working knowledge of Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure and architecture reviews.
• Experience in SaaS environments where infrastructure costs directly impact gross margin performance.
• Experience managing cloud financial operations for AI or machine learning workloads.