Lead Cloud Optimization Engineer

Summary

Join Ubiminds, a GPTW-certified company, as a Lead Cloud Optimization Engineer and contribute your data analysis and customer empowerment skills to a groundbreaking SaaS platform. You will lead a team of cloud optimization experts, work directly with clients to provide cost intelligence, and guide them on their FinOps journey. This role involves collaborating with various teams, designing and implementing optimization algorithms, and ensuring cloud solutions adhere to best practices. The position requires strong experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure, proven leadership skills, and excellent communication abilities. Ubiminds offers a remote-first policy, a MacBook, professional development opportunities, and other perks.

Requirements

• Advanced/fluent English skills – Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You are comfortable working 9-5 EST - we have a fair amount of flexibility for people to get their work done whenever works for them, but our core hours are Eastern Timezone
• Strong experience consulting on AWS, GCP and/or Azure services/solutions required
• Proven experience leading technical teams, with a track record of delivering cloud-based solutions and optimizations
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (knowledge of Azure and GCP is a plus), including deep familiarity with pricing models and cloud-native services
• Solid background in Cloud, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), with expertise in building well-architected, scalable, and cost-effective systems
• Proficiency in infrastructure automation and development, with experience in tools and languages such as Python, Terraform, or similar
• Strong data analysis skills, including experience with SQL, cloud monitoring tools, and cost management platforms
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex cloud architecture and cost optimization strategies to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Prior experience in a client-facing role, with a passion for delivering value-driven solutions and exceptional customer experiences
• A "Get Stuff Done" mindset, thriving in fast-paced, collaborative environments where innovation and execution are key
• Passion for continuous learning and staying ahead of cloud technology advancement

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of cloud optimization experts to deliver innovative solutions that discover and automate cloud cost and performance optimization
• Act as a player/coach by contributing directly to code development, infrastructure automation, and technical design while driving your team’s success
• Collaborate with customers to understand their cloud usage patterns, business objectives, and pain points related to cloud costs and scalability
• Design and implement algorithms and tools that analyze cloud usage (AWS, Azure, GCP) to surface optimization opportunities and deliver data-driven recommendations
• ICoordinate optimization research across core cloud platforms as well as services such as Snowflake, Databricks, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI and data infrastructure services
• Ensure cloud solutions adhere to best practices for reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency
• Engage directly with customers, conducting technical briefings, deep-dive optimization discussions, and collaborative solution sessions
• Work closely with our data science team to integrate ML and AI into the cost optimization process, developing models and strategies that drive automated insights and recommendations
• Collaborate with our data science team to develop models for cloud cost forecasting, allocation, and governance tailored to the unique needs of our customers
• Stay current with emerging trends, pricing updates, and best practices across cloud platforms to maintain a competitive edge

Preferred Qualifications

• You are a FinOps Certified Practitioner
• You hold at least one AWS, GCP and/or Azure Certification
• You’ve built BI dashboards before (Quicksight, Looker, Domo, Tableau, etc…)
• You have experience authoring SQL

Benefits

• Are placed in a product-based company, with the same treatment as their full-time employees
• Have our full back-office support, from career guidance to HR and concierge services
• Enjoy our remote-first policy – we are a distributed team, after all
• Get your own MacBook (none of that "bring your own device" stuff here)
• Have access to growth opportunities with other amazing technology professionals, through tech talks, chapter meetings, and even remote happy hours for tons of fun!
• Improve your English through free lessons with a native English speaker - get to the next level on your communication skills!
• Candidate Referral bonus (promote Ubi to your tech friends, and get paid for it!)
• Miss working in the office? Our cool Florianópolis headquarters is available, whenever you want, with weekly quick massages & tasty snacks, soft drinks, and games