## About the Role

Cerence is seeking a FinOps Developer to improve visibility, accountability, and optimization of cloud infrastructure spend across a global, Azure-first environment. The role focuses on building and maintaining tools, reporting, and automation that strengthen cost transparency and operational control.

This position supports the modernization of data pipelines, cost reporting, and FinOps processes during the first year, with an emphasis on scalable workflows, improved cost allocation, and stronger financial governance. The work spans cloud cost management, analytics, and automation across multiple environments.

The role partners with cross-functional teams to improve financial accountability and ensure continuity across FinOps tooling, dashboards, and operational capabilities. It also contributes to documenting team processes and using AI to help accelerate and automate selected tasks.

## Key Responsibilities

– Manage and improve cloud cost reporting across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments.
– Build, maintain, and evolve tooling that supports budgeting, variance analysis, anomaly detection, and executive reporting.
– Maintain and migrate data pipelines, reporting models, dashboards, and automation used in FinOps operations.
– Improve cost allocation processes through better labeling, tagging, allocation, showback, and chargeback.
– Support cloud cost optimization initiatives and efficiency improvements.
– Develop and support analytics solutions using SQL, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and related technologies.
– Work with cross-functional teams to strengthen cloud financial accountability and governance.
– Document operational, development, deployment, and collaboration processes.
– Use AI to help automate selected tasks, campaigns, operational resolution, and monitoring.
– Ensure continuity of FinOps tooling, reporting, and related capabilities.

## Required Skills

– 2+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud engineering, cloud operations, or a related technical discipline.
– Strong knowledge of cloud cost management using native Azure, AWS, and GCP services.
– Experience with third-party cloud cost tools such as CloudZero, Vantage, or CloudHealth.
– Experience with SQL, data analysis, reporting platforms, and dashboard development.
– Power BI experience is preferred for reporting and dashboarding.
– Experience supporting financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, or cost optimization initiatives.
– Strong communication skills with the ability to turn verbal and written input into requirements and deliverables.
– Experience with data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Kubecost, Python, or similar frameworks.
– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
– Equivalent practical experience developing edge and embedded applications will also be considered.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– Azure
– AWS
– GCP

### FinOps Platforms
– CloudZero
– Vantage
– CloudHealth
– Kubecost

### Programming Languages
– SQL
– Python

### Data & Analytics
– Microsoft Fabric
– Power BI

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Improve cloud cost visibility and reporting across multiple environments.
– Support budgeting, variance analysis, anomaly detection, and executive reporting.
– Evolve cost allocation methods through tagging, labeling, showback, and chargeback.
– Contribute to cost optimization and efficiency initiatives.
– Support financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities.
– Strengthen cloud financial accountability and governance.

## Benefits

– Base salary range: $86,450 USD to $129,675 USD
– Annual bonus opportunity
– Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
– Paid time off
– Paid holidays
– Company contribution to the 401(k) plan
– Equity awards for certain positions and levels
– Remote and/or hybrid work available depending on the position

## Useful Links

– Company Website: https://www.cerence.com

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the chance to shape FinOps capabilities in a global, Azure-first environment with visibility across Azure, AWS, and GCP. It combines cloud cost management, analytics, automation, and process improvement in a position with direct impact on financial accountability. The opportunity also includes work with tools such as Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and SQL, along with the chance to help modernize reporting and data pipelines. For candidates interested in building scalable FinOps practices, this is a broad and hands-on role with meaningful operational impact.