Senior Cloud Cost Engineer

Posted 19 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in India
Remote
Senior level
Cloud • Software • Database
We're the company behind YugabyteDB, the 100% open source cloud native database for mission critical applications.
The Role
The Software Engineer II will design and manage cloud infrastructure, lead FinOps initiatives focusing on cost optimization, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and implement monitoring for cost management and performance.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to become the default transactional database for enterprises building cloud-native applications. YugabyteDB is our PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database for cloud-native apps. Resilient, scalable, and flexible, it runs on any cloud and enables developers to become instantly productive using well-known APIs.We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.The transactional database market is estimated to grow to $64B by 2025. YugabyteDB is cloud-native by design, has on-demand horizontal scalability, and supports geographical distribution of data using built-in replication. This means that we are well-positioned to meet market demand for geo-distributed, high-scale, high-performance workloads.
Join the Database Revolution at Yugabyte.
Modern applications need a cloud-native database that eliminates tradeoffs and silos. YugabyteDB retains the power and familiarity of PostgreSQL by pairing its trusted API with a precision-engineered, distributed, cloud-native architecture. Even better, it’s 100% open source. Many of the world's leading enterprises are migrating from legacy RDBMSs (like Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2) to YugabyteDB, to meet their mission-critical app demands.

About Yugabyte

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to become the default transactional database for enterprises building cloud-native applications. Our flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database purpose-built for cloud-native workloads. It is resilient, scalable, and flexible—capable of running across any cloud or on-premises infrastructure. With familiar APIs and developer-friendly tools, YugabyteDB empowers developers to be instantly productive.

The transactional database market is projected to reach $64B by 2025, and YugabyteDB’s cloud-native design, horizontal scalability, and geo-distribution capabilities position us perfectly to meet this demand. Many of the world’s leading enterprises are migrating from legacy RDBMSs (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2) to YugabyteDB to power their mission-critical applications.

Join the Database Revolution at Yugabyte!

Role Overview

We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer who is passionate about building scalable infrastructure while maintaining a relentless focus on cloud unit economics. You will lead our FinOps initiatives, ensuring our cloud footprint (AWS/GCP/Azure) is high-performing, secure, and cost-efficient.

Key Responsibilities
  • Infrastructure Ownership: Lead the design and management of cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform/Pulumi), ensuring cost-efficiency is baked into the architecture from day one.
  • FinOps Leadership: Establish and drive cloud cost-optimization strategies, including rightsization, lifecycle management, and committed use discounts (RIs/Savings Plans).
  • Cost Visibility & Reporting: Build automated dashboards (using tools like CloudHealth, Kubecost, or native Quicksight/Looker) to provide granular visibility into spend by department, project, or microservice.
  • CI/CD Optimization: Maintain and evolve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions) with a focus on reducing "build waste" and optimizing ephemeral environment costs.
  • Anomaly Detection: Implement automated alerting for cost spikes and unexpected resource utilization to prevent "cloud bill shock."
  • Collaboration: Work closely with Finance and Engineering leadership to set cloud budgets, track KPIs (like cost per transaction), and advocate for a "cost-conscious" engineering culture.
  • Observability: Manage full-stack monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) to correlate performance metrics with cost data.
Qualifications
  • Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering.
  • Cloud Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with AWS , GCP, or Azure. Professional-level certifications are a plus.
  • FinOps Proficiency: Proven track record of reducing cloud spend without compromising performance. Familiarity with the FinOps Framework (Inform, Optimize, Operate).
  • Automation: Advanced scripting skills in Python or Go for automating cost-saving tasks (e.g., auto-stopping dev environments, identifying orphaned volumes).
  • Containerization: Strong experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) and knowledge of how to optimize k8s resource requests/limits.
  • Analytical Mindset: Ability to translate complex cloud billing data into actionable business insights.
  • Communication: Strong ability to influence engineering teams to adopt cost-saving best practices.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Yugabyte is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable laws.

 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. 
 
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The Company
HQ: Sunnyvale, CA
400 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

At Yugabyte, we're building a diverse, multi-generational company with the vision to make YugabyteDB the distributed SQL database of choice for mission-critical cloud native applications. After a decade spent modernizing their IT infrastructure and applications, we are seeing companies enter a new phase of database modernization initiatives. We aim to be their database partner on this journey.

Why Work With Us

It’s easy to claim that your company is a best place to work, but at Yugabyte we know that we are. Why? Because our Yugabeings tell us so. Being able to work with and learn from smart people all over the world, along with a sense of ownership, mentoring opportunities, and pride in a job well done. That's what being a Yugabeing is all about.

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