Staff Cloud FinOps Engineer

Calendly is a company that focuses on enabling reliability, scalability, and performance for millions of users through its Infrastructure team. They are seeking a Staff Cloud FinOps Engineer to bridge Finance, Engineering, and Operations, ensuring sustainable cloud and SaaS usage while driving innovation and cost optimization.

Responsibilities:

• Build foundational FinOps capabilities, including cost visibility, forecasting, dashboards, and actionable reporting
• Establish and lead Calendly’s FinOps practice by driving cloud and SaaS cost optimization across compute, storage, databases, observability, and search platforms
• Analyze infrastructure usage and cost drivers to design and implement durable, high-impact technical optimizations
• Partner with Infrastructure and Data teams to influence architecture, tooling, and operational decisions with cost efficiency in mind
• Collaborate with Finance and Procurement to support budgeting, forecasting, and vendor cost optimization efforts
• Translate complex cost and usage data into clear recommendations for engineering leaders and executives

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE, FinOps, or a related technical role, with demonstrated impact beyond a single team or system
• Deep hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms and SaaS providers (e.g., GCP or AWS; Datadog, Elastic, managed databases), including cost and usage optimization at scale
• Proven ability to define and drive cost optimization initiatives from problem identification through technical execution and measurable outcomes
• Experience operating effectively in high-ambiguity environments, setting direction where no established FinOps practice exists
• Strong analytical skills with a track record of turning complex billing and usage data into strategic, durable engineering solutions
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to shape decisions with senior engineering leaders and business partners without formal authority
• Availability for participation in an on-call rotation, ensuring timely and effective responses to critical production issues outside of regular working hours
• Experience building or scaling a FinOps practice as an early or first hire
• Track record of driving company-wide or multi-team infrastructure cost initiatives with sustained impact
• FinOps Foundation certification or equivalent depth of applied experience
• Background in Infrastructure, SRE, or Data platform teams supporting large-scale, cloud-native systems
• Experience designing or implementing cost-aware platforms, guardrails, or self-service tooling for engineering teams
• Strong understanding of cloud vendor pricing models, discount programs, and long-term cost strategy tradeoffs
• Experience presenting cost, ROI, and optimization strategies to executive or VP-level stakeholders
• Experience supporting high-growth SaaS products with usage-based or variable cost models