Lifted, an Upwork Company™ is hiring a Sr. FinOps Data Engineer

About the Role

The Senior Financial Operations Data Engineer will build and manage scalable data pipelines to enable accurate financial reporting, cost analysis, and forecasting. This role bridges engineering and finance by ensuring data integrity, accessibility, and actionable insights across systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data pipelines for financial metrics collection
• Develop and maintain ETL workflows for cost and usage data
• Integrate data from cloud providers, billing systems, and internal platforms
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and timeliness across sources
• Collaborate with finance teams to define key performance indicators
• Optimize data models for query performance and scalability
• Support forecasting and budgeting processes with reliable datasets
• Monitor pipeline health and resolve data quality issues
• Create dashboards and reports for cost visibility
• Enforce data governance and security standards
• Work with engineering teams to track resource utilization
• Identify opportunities to reduce data processing costs
• Document data architectures and transformation logic
• Troubleshoot integration issues across financial systems
• Support audits with accurate and traceable data records
• Evaluate new data tools and technologies for efficiency gains
• Ensure compliance with financial data handling policies
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align data needs
• Maintain metadata and data lineage documentation
• Automate routine data validation and reconciliation tasks
• Improve data accuracy for cloud infrastructure spending
• Assist in scaling data infrastructure for business growth
• Implement monitoring for anomalies in financial data flows
• Contribute to data strategy aligned with financial goals
• Enable self-service access to financial data for stakeholders

Compensation

Competitive salary with performance incentives

Work Arrangement

Remote with flexible scheduling

Team

Collaborative engineering and finance team focused on data-driven decision-making

Why This Role Matters

Financial data drives strategic decisions across the organization. This role ensures that cost data is accurate, accessible, and actionable for teams managing cloud infrastructure and operational spending.

What You’ll Bring

A strong foundation in data engineering with a focus on financial systems, a commitment to data quality, and the ability to translate complex billing data into clear insights.

Available for qualified candidates