Optimization Engineer
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Job Summary
About Us
Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund distribute market and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles California Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1500 game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.
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About You
We are seeking a highly analytical and hands-on Senior FinOps Engineer to lead and mature our cloud and infrastructure financial management capabilities across GCP AWS and on-prem environments. As part of our talented infrastructure team you will drive cost transparency optimize cloud spend at scale and partner with engineering product and finance teams to ensure that Xsollas global infrastructure is efficient predictable and aligned with business priorities.
The ideal candidate brings a deep technical understanding of modern cloud platforms (GCP / AWS)and experience working in Kubernetes-centric environments. You excel at turning complex usage patterns into actionable insights influencing technical teams and establishing a culture of cost accountability and data-driven decision-making. You balance tactical optimizations with long-term architectural improvements and know how to navigate both engineering conversations and executive discussions.
If youre passionate about building scalable FinOps practices in a fast-growing product-led companyand want to directly impact how we run and scale our global platformwed love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and implement cost-saving strategies across compute storage and network usage
- Lead infrastructure and data migration projects across AWS and GCP environments
- Conduct risk assessments on infrastructure changes data migrations and cost-optimization initiatives
- Develop and refine infrastructure tools in Go Java or PHP to support migrations and enhance the reliability and efficiency of existing systems
- Design maintain migrate and optimize databases and caching layers using SQL RDS Elasticache DynamoDB MongoDB and Redis
- Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to ensure smooth secure deployment pipelines
- Work with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows for deployment and scaling
- Monitor system performance and provide actionable insights for in architectural reviews incident analysis and cross-team technical planning
Qualifications
- 4 years of experience in infrastructure engineering DevOps or backend systems development
- Proficiency in Java PHP and Go with strong development and scripting skills
- Strong knowledge of SQL databases and Redis data storage systems
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus Grafana Splunk Datadog etc.)
- Hands-on experience with AWS and GCP cloud environments
- Solid understanding of cost modeling resource utilization and billing optimization in multi-cloud setups
- Proficient with Git-based workflows and modern CI/CD systems
- Experience with containerization orchestration and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform Ansible Cloudformation or equivalent)
- Ability to assess and mitigate risk in infrastructure and deployment scenarios
- Strong analytical mindset attention to detail and ability to communicate complex topics clearly
- Strong English proficiency and ability to collaborate in a global team.
$130000 - $155000 a year
*Salary for this role is based on experience
Note
This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work being performed and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required.
Benefits
We are passionate about fostering a supportive environment for our team so we prioritize the physical mental and emotional well-being of our employees and their families through a comprehensive Benefits Program. This includes 100% company-paid medical dental and vision plans flexible time off and a personalized career roadmap for each employee. By investing in professional development through training and educational opportunities we ensure that our team thrives both personally and professionally. Together were not just building a business; were cultivating a community that values creativity collaboration and the transformative power of play.
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About Company
Find out how you can launch, monetize and scale your video games worldwide, with no upfront costs, using Xsolla's comprehensive suite of tools and services.
