FinOps Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead the cloud cost optimization strategy across GCP, AWS and on-prem infrastructure, ensuring efficiency, transparency and financial predictability
• ▹Analyze compute, storage, networking and Kubernetes resource usage to identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising performance or reliability
• ▹Build and maintain forecasting models, dashboards and automated reporting that provide real-time visibility into cost drivers and trends
• ▹Develop and implement tagging/labeling standards, budgeting processes and governance policies to enable cross-organizational accountability
• ▹Collaborate closely with Engineering, Finance and Product to guide workload placement, architecture decisions and scaling strategies
• ▹Drive adoption of FinOps best practices including rightsizing, reservation planning, autoscaling optimizations, multi-cloud efficiency and cost-effective storage strategies
• ▹Create and refine internal tooling, automation and pipelines for cost monitoring, anomaly detection and usage attribution across Kubernetes clusters, virtual machines and physical servers
• ▹Advocate for a cost-aware culture by training engineering teams, running FinOps reviews and communicating insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• ▹Stay up to date with cloud pricing models, vendor offerings and industry trends to evolve Xsolla's FinOps maturity

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE or DevOps roles with a strong focus on cost optimization
• ▹Hands-on experience with GCP (priority) and AWS; strong understanding of cloud pricing models, resource types and cost management tooling
• ▹Deep knowledge of Kubernetes resource allocation, autoscaling, workload placement and cost attribution in distributed environments
• ▹Proficiency with cloud cost tools (GCP Billing exports, BigQuery, AWS CUR, third-party cost monitoring tools such as Kubecost and CloudHealth, cost features in observability tools, custom dashboards)
• ▹Strong analytical and data-engineering skills: building dashboards, SQL-based pipelines and forecasting models
• ▹Experience driving cross-functional initiatives and influencing engineering, product and finance stakeholders
• ▹Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-focused recommendations
• ▹Fluent in English (written and verbal)

Nice to have

• ▹GCP and/or AWS cloud certifications (preferably Professional level)
• ▹Understanding of FinOps Framework practices or FinOps Certified Practitioner certification
• ▹Prior experience in gaming, high-growth tech, SaaS or multi-cloud platform environments
• ▹Familiarity with chargeback/showback models, internal cost allocation systems or multi-tenant architecture
• ▹Experience with Terraform, Helm or GitOps workflows in cost-related automation
• ▹Background in data analytics, cloud architecture or financial modeling

Soft skills

About the company

Xsolla is a global commerce company with tools and services that help video game developers fund, distribute, market and monetize their games. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500 game developers.