Director of Finance, Pulumi
$175-210k
+ Bonus/Variable + Equity
Universal infrastructure as code
Be an early applicant
Universal infrastructure as code
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-210k
+ Bonus/Variable + Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To democratize the cloud for every engineer.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of progressive finance experience in high-growth SaaS environments
- Demonstrated ownership of both FP&A and accounting/controller responsibilities
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills
- Experience operating with minimal oversight in early-stage or scaling companies
- Successfully evaluated, implemented, and integrated financial systems and tools; Netsuite implementation experience preferred
- Certified Professional Accountant (CPA) or Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) preferred
- Comfortable operating as a team of one initially and building over time
- Clear, confident communicator who can translate finance into business insights
- Analytical problem-solver with the judgment and communication skills to influence and partner with the CEO and executive leadership team
What the job involves
- Pulumi is seeking a hands-on Director of Finance to own the company’s finance function end-to-end
- This role will lead financial planning and analysis while also maintaining ownership of accounting operations, reporting, and compliance, with responsibility for leading the finance function today and preparing it to scale over time
- You will partner closely with the CEO and executive team to translate strategy into financial plans, provide visibility into performance and runway, and build scalable finance processes to support Pulumi’s next phase of growth
- This role is ideal for a finance leader who enjoys operating independently, building from first principles, and balancing strategic thinking with day-to-day execution
- Partner with company leadership to develop financial goals, operational targets, and long-range plans aligned with business strategy
- Own company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, providing frequent status updates and variance analysis
- Build and maintain financial models to support headcount planning, spend decisions, and growth initiatives
- Appraise the company’s financial position and deliver regular reporting on financial performance, liquidity, runway, and growth
- Forecast cash flows and manage the company’s cash and capital structure
- Provide scenario modeling and decision support for strategic initiatives and business tradeoffs
- Prepare executive-level, board, and stakeholder financial reporting in partnership with leadership
- Oversee and manage daily finance and accounting operations, including accounts receivable and payable, payroll (including commissions and bonuses), billing and invoicing, and sales transactions
- Directly manage a lean finance team while laying the groundwork for future team expansion as needed
- Own the general ledger and oversee monthly and quarterly close, financial reporting, and audit readiness
- Ensure consistent application of corporate accounting principles, procedures, and revenue recognition policies in compliance with U.S. GAAP
- Ensure compliance with all local, state, federal, and international tax requirements and regulatory filings
- Maintain the company fiscal calendar, ensuring timely execution of all reporting deadlines, including close cycles and tax filings
- Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable finance policies, processes, and internal controls
- Lead the evolution of the finance function to support company growth, including upgrading financial systems, tools, and infrastructure
- Manage relationships with external partners such as auditors, tax advisors, payroll providers, and financial institutions
- Support investor and stakeholder reporting in coordination with executive leadership, as needed
- Analyze cost structures, operational metrics, and financial data to inform decision-making and improve efficiency
Our take
The Infrastructure-as-code space is new and growing, thanks to the increasing complexity of cloud services, and their increasing adoption by developers and teams who would rather not manage them. Pulumi works to bring together infrastructure, developer, and security teams to help build and operate these cloud applications, better.
The service is compatible with all clouds and all major programming languages, meaning it’s casting its net appropriately wide to shore itself up against unpredictable new developments in the market. This breadth of scope saw Pulumi win 10x growth in adoption over 2019 alone, and the company has since expanded out into what it hopes will provide a more comprehensive cloud engineering platform. This means the addition of capabilities like governance and compliance features, testing support, and policy as code - all shoring up its already strong position in the space.
Also playing firmly in Pulumi’s favor is that it’s been built as cloud-native from the ground up, meaning that it has a head start on earlier infrastructure-as-code businesses that needed to pivot to accommodate new developments like serverless and multi-cloud tech. Plus, its multi-language compatibility means that silos don’t form so readily as they do with rival HashiCorp’s Terraform, which requires that developers learn a proprietary language.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2023
$41m
SERIES C
Oct 2020
$37.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $106.5m
Company benefits
- Time Off - Unlimited personal time off (PTO). We ask that employees take at least 3 weeks off during the year in addition to the 13 US holidays we recognize
- Parental Leave - 20 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing parent or primary caregiver, and 16 for non-birthing parent or secondary caregiver
- Remote-First - We are a 100% remote-first company with employees in nearly 20 states, and growing internationally; we encourage asynchronous communication and autonomy. We also provide an annual work from anywhere fund to help cover the employee costs of working remotely
- Professional Development & Growth - We encourage a lifelong learning mindset and every employee is given an annual professional development budget
- Equity - As a small but growing startup, we all act like owners and you will earn equity in the company
- Additional Funds - We offer employees a monthly wellness fund to be spent on anything physical and/or mental wellbeing related. We also provide a quarterly happiness fund to be used toward anything that makes our employees happy!
- Health - We offer competitive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance. It is free for our direct employees to be on our insurance
- 401K - With employer match
Company HQ
Pike Pine Retail Core, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Joe Duffy
(CEO)Worked as an independent consultant, then Senior Software Engineer at EMC. Subsequently spent over a decade in various senior roles at Microsoft, ultimately Partner Developer of Technical Strategy and Developer Tools.
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