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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # FinOps Engineer - **Company:** The Sei - **Location:** Oaks, PA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $119,439.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Infrastructure, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Power BI, SQL Databases, GitHub Copilot, Snowflake, AI Platforms, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usf96d748184cda1b697212d911067948b/eaa ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, FinOps, technology finance, analytics. * Working knowledge of consumption-based cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, OCI, Snowflake, GitHub Copilot, AI/token-based services. * Hands-on experience with cloud cost management, billing, tagging, allocation, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and optimization. * Billing data aggregation and normalization across providers to enable consistent dashboards and reporting. * Technical ability to develop dashboard UI's, reports, KPIs, and analytics using tools such as Power BI, SQL, Python, APIs, cloud-native cost tools, or data pipelines. * Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex usage and billing data into clear recommendations. What we need from you: * Engineering-oriented, analytical, automation-minded, and comfortable with evolving usage and billing data. * Ability to influence without authority and guide teams toward cost-aware decisions. * Collaborative across Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Product, Business Management, and Leadership. * Ability to work comfortably with a wide range of people and skill sets. * Excellent problem solving skills with a focus on repeatable processes. ## Description SEI is seeking a FinOps Engineer to improve cost transparency, automation, accountability, and optimization across Azure, AWS, OCI, Snowflake, GitHub Copilot, Devin, and other SaaS and AI/token-based services. This role will build scalable FinOps practices that help workload teams understand and own their spend while aligning technology consumption to business value. This is an engineering-aligned enablement role focused on tooling, reporting, automation, and governance. Role purpose: Operationalize enterprise FinOps capabilities that make cloud, data platform, developer productivity, and AI consumption visible, measurable, and accountable. Guiding principles: * Use automation, tooling, dashboards, alerts, and standards to scale cost management. * Enable workload teams to understand, forecast, and own their spend. * Reinforce FinOps as a shared responsibility across Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Product, Business Management, and Leadership. What you'll do: * Establish Cloud workload cost estimation, forecasting, budgeting, alerting, and spend review processes across SEI's cloud, data, developer productivity, and AI platforms. * Standardize Cloud and AI cost reporting, allocation, tagging, KPIs, showback/chargeback inputs, and GL mapping in partnership with Business Management and Finance. * Identify spend anomalies, analyze cost drivers, track optimization opportunities, and coordinate remediation with accountable workload teams. * Analyze reservations, savings plans, committed-use discounts, enterprise agreements, and usage trends to support Procurement, Finance, and Business Management decisions. * Perform quarterly and annual reviews to identify cost trends, recurring issues, lessons learned, tooling gaps, and opportunities to improve automation, standards, and governance. ## Related Videos - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Move Fast, Break Budgets: FinOps in the Age of DevOps and AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2016-move-fast-break-budgets-finops-in-the-age-of-devops-and-ai) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/162-highest-paying-tech-companies-in-europe)