Senior Engineer, Checkout.com
Cloud Optimization
3+ days a week in office (Shepherdess Walk London)
To enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy.
Posted today
To enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy.
1001+ employees
Posted today
3+ days a week in office (Shepherdess Walk London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud cost management/FinOps roles
- In-depth knowledge of AWS services and pricing models, including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda
- Proficiency with AWS billing and cost management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
- Hands-on experience with FinOps tools such as CloudHealth, CloudZero
- Scripting and automation experience (e.g., Python, AWS CLI)
- Familiarity with IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for cost-aware infrastructure management
- Strong financial modeling and forecasting skills with a focus on cloud economics
- Proven ability to work with large data sets, analyze trends, and deliver actionable insights
- Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in FinTech, payments, or other high-transaction environments is a strong plus
- Familiarity with global regulatory and compliance requirements related to cloud operations (e.g., PCI-DSS, ISO)
What the job involves
- You will provide expert leadership in driving financial accountability and operational efficiency across our global cloud infrastructure
- Collaborating closely with engineering, finance, and leadership teams, you will establish financial best practices, ensure cost optimisation, and provide visibility into cloud spend in a dynamic, high-transaction environment
- You will help define the standards for cloud financial management and work with product and engineering leadership to shape our cost optimisation and efficiency roadmap
- As an expert in cloud financial operations, you will act as a mentor and coach, providing strategic guidance and fostering a culture of financial discipline across teams
- Analysing AWS usage and spending patterns to identify optimisation opportunities, including rightsizing, reserved instances and savings plans
- Implementing and monitoring cost governance policies to control cloud spending across multiple regions and accounts
- Collaborating with DevOps and engineering teams to integrate cost-aware practices into application and infrastructure design
- Designing and implementing strategies to enable accurate cost attribution and accountability
- Partnering with the finance team to forecast cloud spending and track budget adherence
- Building and maintaining detailed financial models for AWS cost forecasting and ROI analysis on cloud initiatives
- Generating actionable insights using tools like AWS Cost Explorer, CloudHealth, or CloudZero, and present them to stakeholders
- Leveraging AWS tools such as AWS Budgets, AWS Cost and Usage Reports, and AWS Trusted Advisor for real-time monitoring and automation of FinOps processes
- Developing custom scripts and dashboards to enhance cost visibility
- Automating cost anomaly detection and alerts to minimise unplanned expenditures
- Establishing and enforcing FinOps policies across global teams to ensure alignment with financial and operational goals
- Acting as a liaison between engineering, operations, and finance teams to ensure AWS cost strategies align with business objectives
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The payments industry has exploded in the last decade as eCommerce continues to grow as the use of cash falls. Checkout.com are building the go-to platform for all things related to payments, such as accepting transactions, processing them and detecting fraud. They've secured a steady stream of funding from top investors like Tiger Global Management, and are the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Patreon, Dashlane, Udacity, Wise, Sony Electronics, and Klarna.
They focus on large merchants and try to make their product as customisable as possible, so that companies integrate Checkout.com as an infrastructure partner in their product. This increases the stickiness of the product and creates many opportunities for them to generate revenue.
Checkout.com have high quality proprietary technology (their platform has been designed from the outset so they can easily deliver incremental services as they expand their offering) and claim to offer the most comprehensive cross-border payment solution for digital commerce.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
37% female employees
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
People of all backgrounds are welcomed
"DEIB is where Checkout.com takes it to the next level. This company is excellent at building a sense of belonging and celebrating people from all..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$1bn
SERIES D
Jan 2021
$450m
SERIES C
Total funding: $1.8bn
Company benefits
- Additional day off on your birthday
- Learning scheme: 2 x Learning Days per year, financial support for external courses
- Internal employee communities and social clubs
- Employee-led community outreach, payroll giving and 2 x volunteering days
- Private comprehensive health insurance via BUPA (Medical history disregarded)
- 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Great Place to Work accredited in the UK and USA
- We proudly provide stock options to our high performing employees under our equity program
- Global Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Family Forming financial support in partnership with Carrot
- Leadership Development Training
- Pension scheme provided via Aegon (We match contributions up to certain amount!)
- Group Income Protection via AIG
- Private Dental Insurance provided via BUPA
- GymPass subscription
- Season Ticket Loan
- Cycle to Work Scheme (Up to £5,000)
Company values
- Aspire
- Excel
- Unite
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Guillaume Pousaz
(CEO)Previously founded NetMerchant, which sold European currencies to US merchants. Background in mathematical engineering.
People progressing
First joined as a Software Engineer, was promoted to Senior Software Engineer after 1.5 years and was then promoted to Engineering Lead 6 months later. Ignas is now a Senior Engineering Manager.
Betty joined in late 2019 as a Product Analyst. After just 8 months Betty was promoted to a Product Manager, before becoming a Senior Product Manager just 10 months later.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Checkout.com
- Our IT Infrastructure Engineer, Sheryl Lingachetti, spoke to Zoë Schulz from myGwork - LGBTQ+ professionals & allies about trans rights in Mauritius, allyship and the support she has found in her workplace community 🏳️⚧️👇 https://www.attitude.co.uk/life/business/it-engineer-sheryl-on-coming-out-at-work-support-improves-productivity-for-everyone-442696/
- CTRL-ALT-CONNECT is Tech's latest community 🔥 We've partnered with our friends at Wise to create an inclusive community for people in tech to connect over conversation, networking and drinks. Last week we hosted our first panel discussion in our London office, which centred on the topic of Growth. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/checkout_tech-community-activity-7071841326060720129-qDOt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- Our Pride Community provides a safe and welcoming space for our LGBTQIA+ colleagues and allies to connect, learn, and advocate for change. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/checkout_lifeatcheckout-activity-7074738991102611457-u7v5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- Our Pride Community spoke with Adel Naamneh, VP of Solutions Engineering to learn about their experiences of being a member of LGBTQIA+ community and the importance of having corporate responsibility on hiring a diverse work force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0e9WUmNdVk&t=561s
- Read an interview hosted by The Black Young Professionals Network with the leaders of our Black Community: https://byp-network.com/news/314821
- Read more about the 'FinTech for all' charter, of which we were a founding signatory. The charter aims to create a speak up culture across FinTech, eliminating harassment and bullying: https://fintech.inchorus.org/
- Read this inspiring interview hosted by SheCanCode and one of our female QA Engineers: https://shecancode.io/blog/victoria-santiago-qa-engineer
- Our Principal Product Manager Yasmin, also sat down with SheCanCode on two inspiring articles: https://shecancode.io/blog/meet-yasmin-christie-checkout-principal-product-manager-an-inspirational-tech-career-journey and https://shecancode.io/blog/14-pieces-of-practical-product-management-guidance-from-checkout-part-2
- Plus, our Senior Engineering Manager Marina tells her story with SheCanCode: https://www.shecancode.io/blog/how-to-get-the-best-from-your-team-and-your-own-career-from-one-of-checkouts-engineering-leads
- And finally, our Graduates share some insights too: https://www.shecancode.io/blog/grad-programme-insider-tips-from-checkout
- Find out more information at our Diversity and Inclusion webpage: https://www.checkout.com/diversity-and-inclusion
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