Staff AI Engineer - Cloud FinOps
Datadog · New York City, NY · Dev Eng
About this role
Datadog is hiring a staff-level Cloud Engineer in the software engineering function based in New York City, NY. The posting calls out experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, Datadog. Compensation is listed at $234,000–$300,000 per year.
- Role
- Cloud Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- New York City, NY
- Department
- Dev Eng
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Job description
from Datadog careersAs a Staff Software Engineer on Datadog’s Cloud FinOps team, you will help shape how the company understands, analyzes, and optimizes its cloud infrastructure spend. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, finance, and executive leadership, building the systems and insights that drive company-wide decisions about infrastructure usage, AI usage and efficiency. You will design scalable solutions that improve cost attribution, forecasting, and visibility across Datadog’s multi-cloud environment. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence strategic decisions, solve complex infrastructure efficiency challenges, and help define the future of FinOps capabilities at Datadog.
At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.
What You’ll Do:
- Design and evolve internal platforms and tools that provide visibility into Datadog’s cloud infrastructure costs across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Partner with Finance, Engineering, and Executive Leadership to analyze cloud spend trends and inform strategic decisions.
- Develop scalable models and systems for cloud cost attribution across complex shared infrastructure.
- Build forward-looking FinOps capabilities that help teams proactively manage and optimize infrastructure usage.