Company Description

At SEEK, we serve a noble purpose: to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and to help organisations succeed. By joining us, you’ll be part of a multi-national technology business that is far-reaching with a start‑up working culture that focuses on a set of collaborative values and appreciates dynamic cultures. SEEK is a place where potential meets possibility – it’s where your career aspiration and our purpose can make great things happen. Why join us?

Be part of a multi-national tech company with strong core values to help us solve complex challenges for our customers while building a flexible, exciting career – one that could take you anywhere. We’re looking for people who thrive in dynamic teams and enjoy tackling regular new challenges in a large-scale, modern, and agile environment. As one of Asia Pacific’s largest tech companies, you’ll contribute to multi‑lingual systems, solving high‑impact problems to the benefit of millions of people within the region. Be part of a fast-growing company with a strong culture and clear purpose, innovation and strong investment in responsible AI. SEEK offers you the prospect to be involved in impactful work and be part of a great team. Expect a great investment in your career development with access to workshops, conferences and courses while you work alongside seasoned experts. Job Description

The team

The Cloud Enablement team’s role is to provide a stable, secure and optimised cloud for all SEEKers, enabling engineering teams to use cloud technology by providing services and prescriptive guidance that promotes agile, autonomous delivery and supports business transformation. The team is split into FinOps and Engineering squads, with this role sitting within the FinOps squad. About the role





As a FinOps Engineer at SEEK, you will help engineering teams make better cloud cost decisions without slowing delivery. This is a hands‑on technical role focused on optimising costs and strengthening governance to foster a cost‑aware culture. You will work across Engineering, Platform, Operations, and Finance to improve how we understand, forecast, optimise, and govern cloud spend. You will combine FinOps practices, cloud engineering knowledge, data analysis, and automation to help teams manage spend proactively and maximise the business value of cloud. Responsibilities

Drive cloud cost optimisation, including rightsizing, waste reduction, architectural improvements and commitment‑based savings opportunities. Develop reporting dashboards and actionable insights on cloud spending, cost trends, optimisation opportunities, and financial performance. Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Finance, and other stakeholders to align cloud resource usage with business objectives and budgets. Participate in architecture and design reviews to ensure cost‑efficient solutions are implemented early in the development lifecycle. Leverage AI tooling and workflows to automate insight generation and drive FinOps at scale. Establish, support and automate recurring FinOps governance policies, processes, and best practices. Investigate cost anomalies and fix them so they stay fixed.



Promote a cost‑aware culture at SEEK by delivering FinOps best practice workshops. Essential skills and experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Finance, or equivalent professional experience. AWS, GCP, and/or FinOps certifications. Proficiency in scripting or coding languages (e.g. Python, Bash). Hands‑on experience with cloud cost management tools and services (e.g. AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing). Experience with data analysis tools and building BI dashboards (e.g. Quicksight, Athena, SQL, BigQuery, Looker, Domo, Tableau, etc.). Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and identify cost optimisation opportunities. Proven experience in a FinOps role, with an understanding of cloud cost management and corporate accounting processes (e.g. forecasting, invoicing, chargeback, accruals‚ etc.). Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations to leaders. Open‑minded collaborator with a growth mindset and a practical, can‑do approach. Familiarity with agile methodologies and DevOps practices. Other skills and experience

Experience with FinOps for AI and AI for FinOps.

Experience managing AI/ML inference costs, API consumption, and token‑based pricing across AI services, and experience with agentic AI solutions to provide automated insights at scale. Qualifications

Essential skills and experience

Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, computer science, information technology, finance, economics or a related quantitative field, or equivalent professional experience. Strong SQL and data modelling skills, with hands‑on experience querying large, granular billi

📌 FinOps Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 SEEK
📍 Sydney