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Paylocity is a cloud-based software company that creates customized HR solutions for small to mid-sized organizations. Our workplace enhances communication and enables employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere. Our award-winning culture ensures everyone has a voice and feels truly welcome. Join Paylocity as we shape the future of technology and the workplace!

Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology!

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business. 

Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience.

Take your career to the next level at one of G2's Top 100 Software Companies. Explore our Product & Technology positions to see where you fit!

This is a fully remote position, allowing you to work from home or location of record within the U.S. with no in-office requirements. You must be available five days per week during designated work hours. The work arrangement for this role is subject to change based on business needs and individual performance. This may include adjustments to on-site requirements or schedule expectations, as necessary.

 

The Role 

The Principal FinOps Engineer is an experienced and strategic leader of our hybrid infrastructure cost management initiatives. In this role, you will drive visibility, accountability, and optimization of infrastructure spend across both cloud and on-premise environments. 

You will play a critical part in developing and implementing showback models for our on-premise workloads, collaborating with Finance, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to build cost transparency and drive cost-efficient behaviors across the organization. 

This is a high-impact, cross-functional role suited for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering, finance, and strategy.

Key Responsibilities 

Lead the design and implementation of on-premise infrastructure showback models, integrating technical usage data with financial cost models. Design and create automation and self-service workflows for Engineering teams using APIs and other scripting tools to allow teams to forecast, budget and track their workloads in both public and private cloud. Partner with infrastructure and finance teams to define cost allocation strategies across compute, storage, network, power, licensing, and facility overhead. Deliver accurate, actionable cost reporting to engineering leaders and business stakeholders. Drive adoption of FinOps practices across both cloud and on-prem environments through education, tooling, and governance. Identify and recommend opportunities for cost savings and resource optimization within on-prem and cloud workloads. Evaluate and implement tooling to support showback, chargeback, and consumption-based cost reporting (e.g., Ternary, AWS Cost Explorer etc.). Lead initiatives to improve data quality, tagging hygiene, anomaly detection / tracking and telemetry required for financial modeling, presenting findings, recommendations and next steps to Senior and Executive leadership. Present cost insights and trends to executive leadership to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making. 

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Experience: 

10+ years of experience in hybrid cloud infrastructure, cloud engineering, or DevOps roles 5+ years specifically focused on FinOps or cloud cost optimization Proven experience implementing showback or chargeback models in hybrid cloud. Proven experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Work with distributed teams to influence strategy, tactics, and execution of cloud usage. Deep understanding of FinOps principles across Inform, Optimize, and Operate phases. 

Technical Skills: 

Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation). Familiarity with cloud billing APIs and reporting tools. Experience building APIs and other automations that integrate private and public cloud cost and usage data. Strong understanding of Windows Server, SQL Server and .NET runtimes Strong understanding of Kubernetes, serverless, and containerized workloads Strong technical knowledge of on-premise infrastructure platforms (e.g., VMware, bare metal, SAN/NAS storage, enterprise networking). Familiarity with FinOps analysis and reporting tools (e.g. Ternary, Kubecost, CloudZero) 

Soft Skills: 

Strong communication skills to convey complex financial and technical data to non-technical audiences Experience facilitating budgetary meetings with stakeholders and finance, aligning spend to budgets, highlighting deviations and developing remediation strategies. Passion for continuous improvement and driving a culture of accountability 

Nice to Have

FinOps Certified Practitioner (or higher certification). Knowledge of enterprise financial processes and accounting basics 

 

Why Join Us

Lead the development of a first-class FinOps practice in a forward-thinking SaaS company. Collaborate across engineering, finance, and executive leadership to shape our infrastructure strategy. Work on complex challenges at the intersection of finance and technology in a hybrid infrastructure world. 

Physical requirements

Ability to sit for extended periods: The role requires sitting at a desk or workstation for long periods, typically 7-8 hours a day.Use of computer and phone systems: The employee must be able to operate a computer, use phone systems, and type. This includes using multiple software programs and inquiries simultaneously.

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all 

individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers. 

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants 

and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or 

interview process, please contact LeaveBenefits@paylocity.com . This email address is exclusively 

designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes 

to this email address, as they will be removed.

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $117,800 - $218,800; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.

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