Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Samba TV tracks streaming and broadcast video across the world with our proprietary data and technology. We are on a mission to fundamentally transform the viewing experience for everyone. Our data enables media companies to connect with audiences for new shows and movies, and enables advertisers to engage viewers and measure reach across all their devices. We have an amazing story with a unique perspective on culture formed by a global footprint of data and AI-driven insights.

We are seeking an experienced FinOps engineer to join our Internal Measurement team and help us establish a formal FinOps discipline. You will help in designing, building, and implementing a comprehensive cloud cost management framework covering cost optimization, attribution, forecasting, and governance.

In this role, you will directly influence our bottom line by managing costs incurred by our significant cloud footprint across both AWS and GCP including attribution of that spend back to specific products and business initiatives. This financial visibility is critical for empowering our engineering and product teams to innovate efficiently and sustainably. This is your chance to shape Samba TV's cloud future and embed a culture of cost-consciousness and discipline across the organization.

What Will You Do

• Develop, communicate, and drive cloud cost initiatives across our organization.
• Create tools and dashboards that provide stakeholders in Product, Engineering, and Finance with visibility and actionable insights into their cloud spend.
• Identify and analyze the key drivers of cloud costs and report findings to budget owners.
• Build and maintain models for cloud cost forecasting, spend anomaly detection, and cost attribution.
• Manage our employment of AWS Savings Plans or GCP Committed-Use Discounts.

Who You Are

• Must possess a deep understanding of the cost and billing systems for at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP), including Cost & Usage Reports (CURs) and GCP Billing Reports.
• Knowledge of FinOps principles and ability to put them into practice.
• Must be able to write code to interact programmatically with our cloud resources.
• Must be proficient in SQL and able to dig deeply into cost/usage reports, as well as other cost-relevant activity logs.
• Experience with Terraform and cloud-based Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) is desirable.
• Familiarity with cost aspects of Databricks and Snowflake is desirable.

Samba TV expects to offer a base salary between 200,000 zł - 240,000 zł per year for roles to be performed in Warsaw. Actual base salary offered will depend on various factors, including but not limited to, location, experience, and performance. Base salary is just one component of Samba TV's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include bonuses, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives. In addition, Samba provides health insurance, wellness offerings, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO), and other employee benefits.

Samba TV is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We strive to empower connection with one another, reflect the communities we serve, and tackle meaningful projects that make a real impact.