FinOps Engineer

Blitzy•Cambridge, MA

9d•$170,000 - $220,000•Onsite

About The Position

Blitzy is seeking a FinOps Engineer to establish and lead their infrastructure cost optimization practice. This role involves managing cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments. The FinOps Engineer will collaborate with Engineering, Platform, and Finance teams to leverage infrastructure spend as a strategic advantage. This position offers the opportunity to shape Blitzy's approach to cost management as the company scales, influencing forecasting, tagging standards, and the cost allocation platform that underpins unit economics.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or a related infrastructure/finance-facing engineering role
Hands-on experience managing cost across at least two major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Working knowledge of Kubernetes cost management and how workload design decisions impact spend
Experience building dashboards and data pipelines that consolidate multi-source billing and usage data
Familiarity with FinOps frameworks and practices — tagging governance, forecasting, budgeting, and chargeback/showback models
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across time zones and maintain overlap with our US-based Finance and Engineering teams

Nice To Haves

FinOps Certified Practitioner or equivalent certification
Experience with cloud cost management platforms (e.g., CloudHealth, Cloudability, Kubecost, native cloud cost tools)
Background building or scaling a cost allocation model tied to COGS or unit economics reporting
Experience partnering directly with Finance teams, not just Engineering
Prior experience at a fast-growing startup managing multi-cloud, multi-environment infrastructure

Responsibilities

Own infrastructure cost optimization across AWS, Azure, GCP, and our on-premises environments by identifying opportunities to reduce spend while maintaining reliability and performance.
Build and own a company-wide FinOps practice, including cloud cost governance, forecasting, budgeting, tagging standards, and executive reporting.
Partner with Finance to design and implement a cost allocation platform that accurately attributes infrastructure costs to products, services, and customers, enabling COGS reporting and unit economics.
Develop dashboards, analytics, and data pipelines that consolidate billing and operational data from multiple cloud providers, giving engineering and finance a single source of truth for infrastructure costs.
Work closely with Engineering and Platform teams to incorporate cost optimization into infrastructure design, Kubernetes operations, and cloud architecture, ensuring cost is considered alongside scalability, security, and reliability.