Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is a leading technology company that connects brands and partners with a vast audience. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the FinOps team, responsible for managing platforms, data products, and operational workflows that enhance cloud cost visibility and financial accountability across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Lead the FinOps Engineering Team: Manage and develop a hybrid team of engineers and analysts. Coach team members and identify opportunities to implement AI-driven efficiencies in day-to-day engineering and analytical workflows
- Own FinOps Platforms & Tooling: Lead the roadmap for internal systems supporting cloud visibility and chargeback. Transition manual reporting into AI-augmented oversight systems that proactively flag cost anomalies and optimization opportunities
- Drive Architectural Modernization: Modernize fragile processes into durable platforms. Leverage LLMs and natural language interfaces to make complex cloud billing data accessible and actionable for non-technical stakeholders
- Support Cloud Financial Strategy: Partner with Finance/FP&A to ensure accurate data delivery. Implement predictive forecasting models using AI/ML to improve the accuracy of monthly and annual planning cycles
- Collaborate & Influence: Serve as a trusted partner to senior leadership, translating technical cloud usage patterns into business-relevant cost insights and advocating for a mindset of continuous AI-driven optimization
Skills
- Deep expertise in AWS and GCP billing data, cloud cost structures, and cost allocation challenges
- Experience with AI-assisted design or coding tools to accelerate team delivery
- Strong judgment around data quality, documentation, and building scalable processes
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between technical engineering and corporate finance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years of experience in engineering, cloud platforms, data systems, or internal platform domains
- 3+ years of people management experience, with a track record of leading hybrid technical/analytical teams
- Familiarity with prompt engineering and structured interaction with LLMs for data analysis
- Experience with tools such as Cloudability, BigQuery, Looker, or AWS Cost Explorer
- Experience in a Platform Engineering organization at a global scale
- Experience replacing repetitive data-cleansing tasks with automated or AI-assisted workflows
Benefits
- Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions
- Healthcare
- A great 401k
- Backup childcare
- Education stipends
Company Overview
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.yahoo.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Yahoo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 197 in 2023, 646 in 2022, 381 in 2021, 463 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.