FinOps Engineer

Company Description

Wix makes it possible for anyone to succeed online. Since 2006, we’ve grown to around 5,300 employees in 22 countries, launched over 40 products, and serve over 282 million users and their visitors worldwide. At Wix, we push you to innovate, evolve in non-traditional ways, and collaborate. We operate in small teams that work closely together at a high level. Although we’re already industry leaders in web creation and business, our work is nowhere near done. Our goal is to become the main engine of the Internet so we can create a more open web for all. 

We're proud to be an equal opportunity company. Wix was built around the idea that everyone has the right to be successful, online. This same vision defines us as a company: creating a work environment where everyone is welcome, and anyone has the right to succeed.

As a FinOps Engineer, you'll be responsible for managing and optimizing the financial aspects of our cloud computing operations, including monitoring and controlling AI-related costs. In this role, you will work collaboratively as part of a team, demonstrate initiative, think creatively, and drive innovative solutions. You'll work closely with the CFO and VP of R&D to ensure cost efficiency, budget adherence, and financial transparency across our cloud services.

In your day-to-day, you will: 

• Work directly with different external hosting providers to manage hosting costs 

• Manage and monitor cost visibility for multi-data center architecture in a large-scale, multi-cloud environment

• Work with financial teams on production-related budgets, forecasts, and expense reports 

• Create financial models to calculate TCO of new projects

• Create financial and usage dashboards, as well as frameworks for efficiency & costs 

• Partner with the development, support and devops teams to encourage financial responsibility

• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in cloud cost optimization and FinOps methodologies

• 2+ years of experience as a FinOps engineer 

• Proficiency in SQL for data querying, analysis, and reporting An engineer with an eclectic knowledge of hosting-related areas like CDN services, Cloud infrastructure, networking architecture, and monitoring tools 

• Comprehensive understanding of how cloud services work from a financial standpoint, with a proven ability to leverage automation for accurate cost modeling and forecasting

• Able to identify and automate cost optimization opportunities, with a strategic mindset for troubleshooting and resolving financial challenges

• A can-do attitude, great social skills and a holistic approach to solving tasks, while working within a group of equally-brilliant people

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Advanced degree or relevant certifications is an advantage

We are Wix’s Infrastructure Guild. We’re at the core of building and maintaining the production and CI/CD environment. Our mission is to improve production performance, security  and resilience to ensure 99.99% uptime for millions of users and drive our developer velocity. We design, develop and operate cutting-edge technology and robust tools to service Wix’s Infrastructure needs.