Cloud Efficiency Engineer (AWS/FinOps)
Buildkite (company site, opens in a new tab)JammuRemoteDirect career pageEst. 18–30 LPA
Posted on 9 Sept
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About This Role
- Own end-to-end cloud cost efficiency at Buildkite by tracing cost drivers from technical operations through to financial impact, building detailed cost models, and driving strategic cost-saving initiatives.
- Implement safe, measurable optimizations directly in code or configuration and collaborate with engineering teams to scale changes without compromising reliability or customer experience.
- Validate cost-saving measures with credible baselines and post-change verification, and build tooling for cost visibility and automated guardrails while translating between engineering and finance perspectives.
Minimum Requirements
- Experience delivering measurable AWS cost savings in a scaled production environment with a full cycle from diagnosis to verified results.
- Strong coding skills with hands-on experience in implementing engineering solutions (not just reporting).
- Proven ability to analyze complex systems to pinpoint cost causes and perform risk-benefit trade-off analysis for optimizations.
- Role requires working remotely within ANZ or PST timezone.
- Work Experience Required: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced engineer comfortable reading and writing code related to cloud cost optimization and operational monitoring.
- Capable of cross-team influence and collaboration to implement cost-saving changes beyond own codebase.
- Biliterate in technical engineering and financial unit economics, able to use quantitative methods (including AI) to justify and prove cost savings reliably.