FinOps Architect Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,IT/Tech

Come join our team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games
- Mobile Game Tech (MGT)
Lead the Fin Ops team by setting technical direction, crafting and implementing backend services for our games
We’re looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for technology and the desire to work in a team with dynamic strengths
This unique position will challenge you to tackle situations across a broad set of technical stacks, to soak up internal business logic from all kinds of teams, and to drive cost efficiency improvements across the organization
This Fin Ops team expands beyond just AWS and GCP and investigates cost optimization and unit economics for a variety of technology vendors
Lead all technical aspects of the Fin Ops team’s software development and data analysis, including mentorship of software and cloud engineers
Stay up-to-date on changes within Cloud Hosting Providers (AWS) and other vendor software (Unity, Splunk, Datadog, Jetbrains, etc) to identify new cost savings opportunities for the organization
Propose and design new Fin Ops tooling using a wide array of patterns:
Data Pipeline, API, Cron jobs, Slack bot, UI, SQL, No

SQL, Tableau
Assist Product Management with prioritizing endeavors based upon organization impact, estimated cost reduction, and level of effort
Assist Data Analysts with designing SQL tables and using Tableau effectively for accurate data analysis
Coordinate with team members across the enterprise to ensure cost optimization and cost transparency initiatives are effective and valuable
Partner with engineering, finance, and business teams to resolve ad hoc Fin Ops inquiries, provide actionable insights, and drive data-informed cost optimization decisions
Serve as a technical advisor to internal customers and stakeholders, addressing complex Fin Ops-related questions and providing guidance on cloud cost optimization, architecture decisions, and best practices

Benefits

WELLNESS
- Gym benefits, wellness programs, employee assistance programs and generous time-off policies
FOOD
- Food and snacks made in-house or delivered, healthy snack kitchens with drinks and treats, coffee bars, regular social gatherings and happy hours
WORK & LIFE
- Flexible time-off policies (DTO), office rest areas, gaming spaces, employee discounts and more
TRANSIT BENEFITS
- Shuttle service in select locations, commuter/parking benefits, secure bicycle storage, business travel assistance
RESOURCE GROUPS
- Women at Zynga (WAZ), zCares charitable giving, zParents, zEndurance adventure club, BZU, zPride LGBTQ+ inclusion and belonging
COMPENSATION
- Performance bonuses, opportunities for equity participation & retirement/pension savings support
HEALTH
- Medical, dental & vision covered for employees, with participation for employees eligible dependents, plus disability and life insurance program
FAMILY
- Generous parental leave for birth parents, partners and adoptive families, plus Infertility support, emergency child care and flexible time-off policies

Experience serving as a mentor to other engineers
Experience leading projects from the ground up, breaking work into logical components, and delegating tasks
B.S. in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or other quantitative field (or equivalent experience)
Experience collaborating with customers across many teams and levels within an enterprise
Hands-on experience developing APIs, UIs, and data pipelines
Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous integration testing
8+ years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS)
Experience serving as a technical leader in an enterprise (collaboration with 50+ teams)
Hands-on experience with SQL tables and SQL queries
Strong collaborative approach
8+ years of hands-on experience with software programming (preferably Python)
Previous experience with Fin Ops practices and cost management analysis

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