## About the Role

Xsolla is hiring a Senior FinOps Engineer to help mature cloud and infrastructure financial management across GCP, AWS, and on-prem environments. The role sits within the infrastructure team and is focused on improving cost transparency, optimizing spend, and supporting predictable infrastructure growth across the business.

You will work closely with Engineering, Product, and Finance to analyze usage patterns, identify cost-saving opportunities, and help shape workload placement and scaling decisions. The role also supports broader FinOps maturity by building reporting, strengthening governance, and improving accountability across teams and services.

This position combines hands-on technical analysis with cross-functional influence. It is well suited to someone who can work across cloud, Kubernetes, and infrastructure environments while translating cost data into practical recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

## Key Responsibilities

– Lead cloud cost optimization efforts across GCP, AWS, and on-prem infrastructure.
– Analyze compute, storage, networking, and Kubernetes usage to identify cost-saving opportunities without affecting performance or reliability.
– Build forecasting models, dashboards, and automated reporting for cost visibility and trend analysis.
– Develop and maintain tagging and labeling standards, budgeting processes, and governance policies.
– Partner with Engineering, Finance, and Product on workload placement, architecture decisions, and scaling strategies.
– Promote FinOps practices including rightsizing, reservation planning, autoscaling optimization, multi-cloud efficiency, and cost-effective storage use.
– Create tooling, automation, and pipelines for cost monitoring, anomaly detection, and usage attribution across Kubernetes clusters, virtual machines, and physical servers in both datacenters and cloud environments.
– Train engineering teams, run FinOps reviews, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
– Stay current on cloud pricing models, vendor offerings, and industry trends to improve FinOps maturity.

## Required Skills

– 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, with AWS also required.
– 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.
– Experience with cloud cost tools such as GCP Billing exports, BigQuery, AWS CUR, Kubecost, CloudHealth, observability cost features, and custom dashboards.
– Strong analytical and data engineering skills, including dashboards, SQL-based pipelines, and forecasting models.
– Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing engineering, product, and finance stakeholders.
– Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical ideas into business-focused recommendations.
– Fluent English, written and verbal.

## Preferred Skills

– Professional-level GCP and/or AWS certifications.
– FinOps Framework knowledge or FinOps Certified Practitioner certification.
– Experience in gaming, high-growth tech, SaaS, or multi-cloud platform environments.
– Familiarity with chargeback or showback models, internal cost allocation systems, or multi-tenant architecture.
– Experience with Terraform, Helm, or GitOps workflows in cost-related automation.
– Background in data analytics, cloud architecture, or financial modeling.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
– AWS
– On-prem infrastructure
– Datacenters

### FinOps Platforms / Cost Tools
– GCP Billing exports
– AWS CUR
– Kubecost
– CloudHealth
– Observability cost monitoring features
– Custom dashboards

### Data & Analytics
– BigQuery
– SQL-based pipelines
– Forecasting models
– Cost monitoring
– Anomaly detection
– Usage attribution

### Containers & Kubernetes
– Kubernetes
– Kubernetes clusters
– Autoscaling
– Workload placement
– Resource allocation

### Infrastructure / Automation
– Virtual machines
– Physical servers
– Terraform
– Helm
– GitOps workflows
– Pipelines

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Drive cloud cost optimization across GCP, AWS, and on-prem environments.
– Improve cost transparency and financial predictability across infrastructure and teams.
– Identify savings opportunities across compute, storage, networking, and Kubernetes usage.
– Build forecasting, reporting, and dashboards for spend visibility and trend analysis.
– Establish tagging, labeling, budgeting, and governance practices to support accountability.
– Support rightsizing, reservation planning, autoscaling optimization, and storage efficiency efforts.
– Develop automation for cost monitoring, anomaly detection, and usage attribution.
– Strengthen cost awareness through reviews, training, and stakeholder communication.
– Monitor cloud pricing changes, vendor offerings, and industry trends to improve FinOps maturity.

## Benefits

– Medical, dental, and vision coverage
– PTO
– Personalized career roadmap
– Training and educational opportunities
– Support for employees’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being

## Useful Links

– Company Website: https://xsolla.com

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to shape FinOps practices across cloud and on-prem environments in a technically complex infrastructure setting. It combines strategic cost management with hands-on analysis of Kubernetes, cloud usage, and automation. You would work closely with Engineering, Finance, and Product, giving the role strong cross-functional visibility and business impact. It may suit someone who wants to help build scalable financial governance in a global, product-led company.