CloudZero is growing fast. Our customer base is expanding, the data challenges we're solving are getting more complex, and the core platform team is scaling to match. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Droptable team (Billing Ingest), you'll own the architecture at the heart of our product: the backend data processing, storage, and query infrastructure that powers everything our customers depend on.
This is actual platform engineering work at actual scale, not a maintenance role or a backlog triage job. You'll design the data models, pipelines, and query systems that let us onboard increasingly large customers with increasingly complex analytical needs, and you'll work directly with engineers and business stakeholders to build features that answer questions no one has thought to ask yet.
If you thrive on hard data problems, care deeply about performance and scalability, and want to see your work matter to customers in direct and measurable ways, this role was built for you.
What You'll DoDesign and optimize scalable data models, queries, and storage solutions to improve performance and efficiency across the platform
Maintain and enhance a custom-built query engine, ensuring flexibility and optimal performance as customer needs evolve
Build for scale. Onboarding customers with larger datasets and increasingly complex analytical requirements is a core part of the job
Collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders to develop data-driven features that solve real customer problems
Continuously improve engineering processes and data infrastructure to enable rapid development and iteration
Proficiency in SQL and hands-on experience with cloud-based databases and data storage solutions (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery)
Proficiency in Python
Hands-on experience building and optimizing ETL pipelines and frameworks
Deep understanding of data modeling principles and data warehouse design for analytics
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in large-scale data environments
Ability to communicate complex data concepts clearly to business stakeholders and cross-functional teams
Experience with Snowflake data stores, AWS Step Functions, and AWS Lambda
Exposure to machine learning pipelines and model deployment in data environments
Cloud cost management is one of the biggest challenges organizations face today. As cloud adoption continues to accelerate, so do the complexities and costs associated with it, and macroeconomic conditions only increase pressure to prove cloud efficiency.
CloudZero is a SaaS platform at the intersection of next-generation cloud cost management and FinOps. We ingest billing and usage data from all cloud, SaaS, and PaaS providers, organize it in real time according to our customers' business structures, and empower organizations to make more informed business decisions.
Since our founding in 2016, our mission has been to make efficient innovation a reality for every cloud-driven organization. We believe every engineering decision is a buying decision, and we're applying proven reliability engineering principles to financial efficiency.
We believe the best AI empowers users with clear insights and confident decisions, transforming complex cloud cost data into actionable intelligence that drives meaningful business outcomes.
To date, we've raised over $56 million from leading venture capital firms. We're solving problems of massive scale, business importance, and complexity in a space that needs it more than ever.
Equal Opportunity EmployerCloudZero is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. All job offers are contingent upon the candidate passing background and reference checks.
Skills Required
- Proficiency in SQL and experience with cloud-based databases
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience building and optimizing ETL pipelines
- Understanding of data modeling principles and warehouse design
- Problem-solving skills in large-scale data environments
- Ability to communicate complex data concepts
CloudZero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CloudZero and has not been reviewed or approved by CloudZero.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision. This breadth is consistently presented as a core part of the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is presented as flexible and generous, with practices like Focus Fridays supporting balance. Remote-first policies and periodic meetups complement the time-off approach.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are included broadly, giving employees a stake in the company’s success. This equity component is positioned as a meaningful part of total compensation.
CloudZero Insights
What We Do
CloudZero is the only cloud cost intelligence platform that puts engineering in control by connecting technical decisions to business results. CloudZero ingests cost data from AWS and Snowflake, organizes it for analysis, and delivers the insights to engineering teams who can understand how their work is impacting the business. You can answer question like: * Who are my most expensive customers? * Which product, feature, and team is spending the most? * Has the profitability of my product changed quarter over quarter? The outcome is real-time intelligence that helps companies control their cost of goods sold (COGS) and gross margins — aligning engineering and finance teams once and for all.
