Staff Software Engineer, FinOps & Cost Platform

Plus10 Recruitment

  • 30+ days ago
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    Skills

    • Adtechunmatched
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Chargebacksunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Conferencesunmatched
    • Cost Controlunmatched
    • Cost Engineeringunmatched
    • Cost Modelingunmatched
    • Cost Reportingunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Data Modelingunmatched
    • Data Modeling Toolsunmatched
    • Data Qualityunmatched
    • Economicsunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Internet Applicationunmatched
    • Machine Learningunmatched
    • Machine Toolunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Recruiting/Staffing Agencyunmatched
    • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Technical Recruitingunmatched
    • Telemetryunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Training Data Setsunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched

    Description

    Plus10 is a technical recruitment agency with afocusonEngineering and Product professionals that build web applications using a modern stack. Plus10 recruiters are knowledge stewards that open doors for individuals looking to progress their career. We are working hand-in-hand with the following client to help find a Staff Software Engineer for their FinOps & Cost Platform team. 
     
    The client is one of Canada's strongest tech companies. Their an industry leader in AdTech and have now bridge the gap with their MarTech solution to offer a seamless integration for brands and advertisers. The client is constantly pushing with some of the most progressive work in machine learning meets cutting-edge user experience. Dealing with high complexities and scalability challenges, their platform does 465 billion automated optimizations per second. 

    We are looking for a Staff Engineer, FinOps & Cost Platform to build and lead our engineering cost-management capability. This is a founding individual contributor role focused on improving visibility, understanding, and optimization across all engineering-controlled spend, including cloud infrastructure and engineering-owned technical vendors.

    You will build the systems, tooling, and data models required to make engineering spend attributable, explainable, and actionable. In the near term, you will drive measurable savings. Over time, you will help build showback, chargeback, and unit-cost capabilities that allow us to understand the cost of services, platforms, and customer footprint more deeply.

     
    What you'll be doing:
      • Build the internal cost platform and reporting model for engineering spend
      • Own analysis and optimization of AWS and engineering-owned vendor spend
      • Improve cost attribution, tagging, and data quality
      • Define and implement showback, chargeback, and unit-cost models
      • Partner with engineering teams to drive optimization opportunities
      • Partner with finance and procurement on forecasting, renewals, and vendor rationalization
      • Design telemetry-backed cost models that connect infrastructure spend to real usage
      • Establish governance, review cadences, and cost-aware engineering practices

    We'll be reaching out to applicants that have:

      • Strong infrastructure or platform engineering background
      • Deep experience with AWS or comparable cloud environments
      • Proven experience with cost optimization, capacity economics, or FinOps-like work
      • Strong analytical and data-modeling ability
      • Hands-on experience building tooling, dashboards, or internal platforms
      • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
      • Strong communication across technical and business audiences
    Nice to haves
      • experience with CloudZero, Apptio, CloudHealth, or similar platforms
      • showback or chargeback experience
      • telemetry or unit-cost modeling experience
      • engineering-vendor utilization and cost-governance experience
      • prior experience building a new internal capability from scratch

    Benefits 

      • Competitive salary + equity
      • RRSP matching
      • 3 weeks vacation + 3 personal care days + 1 Culture & Belief day + birthdays off
      • Access to a comprehensive mental health care platformFull benefits from day one of employment
      • Work from home reimbursements
      • Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office
      • Robust training and onboarding program
      • Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, etc)
      • Access to industry-related programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
      • Mentorship opportunities with industry leaders
      • An awesome parental leave policy
      • A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
      • Our social and team events!
     
    Discuss with your Plus10 Recruiter or complete the form below to apply for this role.
     

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