Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Cost Optimization

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Cost Optimization based in the United States.

In this high-impact individual contributor role, you will help shape how infrastructure investments are managed, forecasted, and optimized across a growing engineering organization. Working at the intersection of infrastructure engineering, product, and finance, you will turn complex technical insights into actionable business strategies. You will build the tools, dashboards, and financial models needed to make infrastructure spending more transparent, predictable, and efficient. Your work will involve analyzing cloud consumption, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and developing unit economics frameworks that connect infrastructure usage to business value. Collaborating closely with engineering, product, and finance teams, you will influence capacity planning, product pricing, and long-term investment decisions. This is an opportunity to combine deep infrastructure expertise with strategic and financial thinking while promoting a culture of cost-conscious engineering.

Accountabilities:

Build and enhance internal tools, dashboards, and reporting systems that provide greater visibility into infrastructure and engineering-related expenditures.
Analyze and optimize cloud infrastructure costs and engineering-owned vendor spending, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, resource utilization, and scalability.
Develop cost attribution frameworks and unit-cost models that connect infrastructure consumption to specific services, products, and business usage.
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to understand how infrastructure architecture, usage patterns, and technical decisions influence costs and product economics.
Partner with finance teams to create infrastructure cost forecasts, financial models, and reliable data inputs that support budgeting, capacity planning, and long-term financial planning.
Provide actionable infrastructure cost insights to support product pricing decisions and broader business strategy.
Establish relevant infrastructure cost KPIs, reporting processes, and governance practices to strengthen financial accountability across engineering teams.
Support infrastructure vendor management, including cost analysis, utilization assessments, contract renewals, and optimization initiatives.
Promote cost-conscious engineering practices across teams while balancing performance, reliability, scalability, and business requirements.
Lead strategic initiatives that improve infrastructure financial visibility and encourage more informed technical and investment decisions.
Requirements:
Strong professional background in infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering, with experience owning or influencing infrastructure strategy and technical decisions.
Deep understanding of AWS or comparable cloud environments, including infrastructure architecture, resource utilization, and cloud cost drivers.
Demonstrated experience analyzing infrastructure spending, identifying optimization opportunities, and understanding the financial implications of technical decisions.
Solid understanding of how infrastructure consumption translates into unit costs, product economics, and broader business outcomes.
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, finance, and business stakeholders.
Exposure to infrastructure budgeting, financial forecasting, cost modeling, or capacity planning.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with experience building tools, dashboards, reporting systems, or data models to support technical and business decisions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable insights for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
Ability to take ownership of complex initiatives, influence stakeholders, and independently drive projects from conception through implementation.
Experience working in a growing technology company, particularly in positions involving infrastructure, product, and business operations, is an advantage.
Familiarity with FinOps principles, cloud cost management, infrastructure financial planning, and showback or chargeback frameworks is a plus.
Experience with CloudZero, Apptio, CloudHealth, or similar infrastructure cost management platforms is desirable.
Previous experience developing infrastructure unit economics, contributing to product pricing decisions, managing engineering vendors, or overseeing procurement processes is beneficial.
Experience building new engineering capabilities, internal platforms, or operational processes from the ground up is considered an asset.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation: Annual base salary ranging from $182,400 to $250,800 USD for candidates based in the United States. Final offers are determined by relevant experience, technical expertise, qualifications, and organizational considerations.
Additional compensation: Potential eligibility for annual bonuses, equity awards, and other compensation depending on the position.
Retirement savings: Access to retirement savings programs, including 401(k) plans and other location-dependent options.
Paid time off: Competitive paid leave packages, including a day off for your birthday.
Healthcare coverage: Comprehensive health benefits starting on the first day of employment.
Mental health support: Access to dedicated mental health care and wellness programs.
Remote work support: Work-from-home reimbursements to help create a comfortable and productive home office.
Flexible workspace options: Optional global WeWork membership for employees who prefer working outside their home office, with additional office hubs in London and Toronto.
Professional development: Financial support for personal development initiatives, including conferences, courses, books, and other learning opportunities.
Training and onboarding: Comprehensive onboarding programs and access to specialized courses and certifications to encourage continuous learning.
Family support: Access to a generous parental leave program.
Collaborative culture: A welcoming, inclusive, and supportive working environment with opportunities to participate in social activities and team events.