Senior FinOps Engineer

Company Description

Job Description

As a FinOps Engineer, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing the financial aspects of our cloud computing operations. You will work closely with the CFO and VP of R&D to ensure cost efficiency, budget adherence, and financial transparency across our cloud services. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, hands-on experience with cloud platforms, and a solid understanding of financial principles.

• Work directly with different external hosting providers to manage hosting costs 
• Manage and monitor cost visibility for multi-data center architecture in a large-scale, multi-cloud environment
• Work with financial teams on production-related budgets, forecasts, and expense reports 
• Create financial models to calculate TCO of new projects
• Create financial and usage dashboards, as well as frameworks for efficiency & costs 
• Partner with the development, support and devops teams to encourage financial responsibility
• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in cloud cost optimization and FinOps methodologies

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a FinOps/DevOps engineer 
• An engineer with an eclectic knowledge of hosting-related areas like CDN services, Cloud infrastructure, networking architecture, and monitoring tools 
• Comprehensive understanding of how cloud services work from a financial standpoint, with a proven ability to leverage automation for accurate cost modeling and forecasting
• Able to identify and automate cost optimization opportunities, with a strategic mindset for troubleshooting and resolving financial challenges
• Proficiency in SQL for data querying, analysis, and reporting 
• A can-do attitude, great social skills and a holistic approach to solving tasks, while working within a group of equally-brilliant people
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Advanced degree or relevant certifications is an advantage

Additional Information

We are Wix’s Infrastructure Guild. We’re at the core of building and maintaining the production and CI/CD environment. Our mission is to improve production performance, security  and resilience to ensure 99.99% uptime for millions of users and drive our developer velocity. We design, develop and operate cutting-edge technology and robust tools to service Wix’s Infrastructure needs.