Senior FinOps Engineer
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
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.
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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Responsibilities:
- Lead the cloud cost optimization strategy across GCP AWS and on-prem infrastructure ensuring efficiency transparency and financial predictability
- Analyze compute storage networking and Kubernetes resource usage to identify actionable cost-saving opportunities without compromising performance or reliability
- Build and maintain forecasting models dashboards and automated reporting that provide real-time visibility into cost drivers and trends across teams and services
- Develop and implement tagging/labeling standards budgeting processes and governance policies to enable cross-organizational accountability
- Collaborate closely with Engineering Finance and Product to guide workload placement architecture decisions and scaling strategies
- Drive adoption of FinOps best practices including rightsizing reservation planning autoscaling optimizations multi-cloud efficiency and cost-effective storage strategies
- Create and refine internal tooling automation and pipelines for cost monitoring anomaly detection and usage attribution across Kubernetes clusters virtual machines and physical servers located both in datacenters and cloud providers
- Advocate for a cost-aware culture by training engineering teams running FinOps reviews and communicating insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Stay up to date with the latest cloud pricing models vendor offerings and industry trends to continuously evolve Xsollas FinOps maturity
Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure platform engineering SRE or DevOps roles with a strong focus on cost optimization
- Hands-on experience with GCP (priority) and AWS; strong understanding of cloud pricing models resource types and cost management tooling
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes resource allocation autoscaling workload placement and cost attribution in distributed environments
- Proficiency with cloud cost tools (GCP Billing exports BigQuery AWS CUR 3rd party cost monitoring tools (Kubecost CloudHealth) cost monitoring features in observability tools custom dashboards etc.)
- Strong analytical and data-engineering skills able to build dashboards SQL-based pipelines and forecasting models
- Experience driving cross-functional initiatives and influencing engineering product and finance stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-focused recommendations
- Fluent in English (written and verbal)
Nice To Have:
- GCP and/or AWS cloud certifications (on Professional level preferable)
- Understanding of FinOps Framework practices or FinOps Certified Practitioner certification
- Prior experience in gaming high-growth tech SaaS or multi-cloud platform environments
- Familiarity with chargeback/showback models internal cost allocation systems or multi-tenant architectureExperience with Terraform Helm or GitOps workflows in cost-related automation
- Background in data analytics cloud architecture or financial modeling
- The duties and responsibilities of this position may evolve over time to support the organizations goals and individual growth
$115000 - $140000 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.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Xsolla is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race color religion sex national origin age disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the Fair Chance Act.
Criminal History Consideration:
For the Senior FinOps Engineer we will conduct a background check that may include the following:
Criminal history check
Employment verification
Education verification
Relevance to Job Responsibilities:
The background check is relevant to this position because of the following role responsibilities:
Accessing confidential company data
Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
Rights Under the Fair Chance Act:
Applicants are encouraged to inquire about their rights under the Fair Chance Act. If you have questions regarding our hiring practices please contact emailprotected.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- APIs
- C/C++
- Computer Graphics
- Go
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Library Services
- Assembly
- GraphQL
- High Voltage
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.
