Senior / Staff FinOps Engineer / Architect, Apple Data Platform

Job Description

Seeking a Staff FinOps Engineer / Architect to design and drive cost governance, efficiency, and optimization systems for Apple’s Data Platform.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, or platform engineering with a focus on performance, scalability, or cost optimization.
• Deep technical understanding of cloud and on-prem compute, storage, GPU/accelerator, and network cost models.
• Proven experience building cost attribution, chargeback, or FinOps automation systems at scale.
• Strong programming proficiency in Python, Go, or Java, and familiarity with large data systems (Spark, Kubernetes, or distributed schedulers).
• Hands-on experience with observability platforms, telemetry collection, and usage analytics (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or custom metrics pipelines).
• Ability to model resource usage, design allocation frameworks, and build automation that enforces efficiency policies.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to influence partner engineering, finance, and capacity planning teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to define structure and frameworks in new domains.
• Passion for driving measurable cost and efficiency improvements through engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the foundational FinOps architecture for the Apple Data Platform.
• Lead the design of a scalable cost attribution and chargeback framework spanning compute, storage, caching, GPU, and network layers.
• Build instrumentation and data pipelines for collecting usage telemetry and surfacing insights.
• Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to integrate cost efficiency automation.
• Develop dashboards and reporting systems for real-time visibility into utilization, waste, and savings opportunities.
• Guide efficiency initiatives across teams and drive measurable cost reduction.
• Collaborate with Finance, Capacity Planning, and Engineering to define budgeting models, KPIs, and showback/chargeback policies.
• Mentor engineers in FinOps best practices and foster a culture of fiscal accountability within engineering.

Benefits

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.