Virtasant (virtasant
Staff Backend / Product Engineer - FinOps & AI Cost Intelligence Platform
Austin, North America, US · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 187 days ago
PythonJavaC++Backend DevelopmentData EngineeringAgentic AIA/B Testing
About the role
- We're looking for a Staff-level, backend-first Product Engineer to help evolve our multi-cloud FinOps platform into a broader cloud and AI cost intelligence platform.
- The role will focus on distributed data systems, reliable processing of cloud billing and usage data, platform architecture, and extending AI cost visibility from aggregate spend toward application, workflow and request-level attribution.
- You'll operate with high autonomy, significant ownership, and direct access to product leadership.
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend-heavy platform features for our platform.
- Implement AI thoughtfully across the entire SDLC - prototyping, testing, iteration, and deployment.
- Design and build distributed data pipelines that process cloud billing, usage, and AI telemetry.
- Build reliable systems that handle backfills, late-arriving data, and historical reprocessing.
- Design scalable data models and APIs that power customer-facing analytics and AI cost insights.
- Build AI features with explicit evaluation criteria, feedback loops, and guardrails (accuracy, latency, cost, and explainability) so models improve predictably over time.
- Experience building and operating data-intensive backend systems or pipelines in production.
- Ability to design scalable systems and take them from concept through production.
- Hands-on experience building on AWS.
- Ability to architect backend services that support asynchronous workflows, event-driven pipelines, and AI agents that operate over time rather than single request/response cycles.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of data modelling, reliability, and data processing.
- Experience with AI driven development to accelerate and drive product development.
Skills
- Direct impact on product direction and commercial outcomes.
- Opportunity to help shape a platform with standalone, licensable AI capabilities.
- Why Virtasant High ownership, high trust environment.
- Work closely with experienced engineering and delivery teams.
- Exposure to broader cloud optimisation and consulting initiatives over time.
Benefits
- Collaborate closely with Product to turn vision into shipped features.
Company info
- What We're Looking For (Non-Negotiables) 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep backend expertise in Python (Java or C++ as secondary languages).
- The Role We're looking for a Staff-level, backend-first Product Engineer to help evolve our multi-cloud FinOps platform into a broader cloud and AI cost intelligence platform.
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