About Ditto:
Ditto is redefining how data moves at the edge. Our mission is to make it seamless for developers to build resilient, real-time applications, regardless of network conditions. Whether you're in a stadium, airplane, or remote military base, Ditto's peer-to-peer sync engine ensures devices stay connected and data stays consistent, even without internet. With more than $145 million in funding and trusted by organizations like Chick-fil-A, Delta Airlines, and the U.S. military, Ditto powers mission-critical experiences across aviation, retail, travel, hospitality, defense, and more. As a globally distributed, fast-growing startup, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the wide range of perspectives needed to solve the world’s hardest connectivity problems.
Ditto is redefining how data moves at the edge. Our mission is to make it seamless for developers to build resilient, real-time applications, regardless of network conditions. Whether you're in a stadium, airplane, or remote military base, Ditto's peer-to-peer sync engine ensures devices stay connected and data stays consistent, even without internet. With more than $145 million in funding and trusted by organizations like Chick-fil-A, Delta Airlines, and the U.S. military, Ditto powers mission-critical experiences across aviation, retail, travel, hospitality, defense, and more. As a globally distributed, fast-growing startup, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the wide range of perspectives needed to solve the world’s hardest connectivity problems
The Financial Operations Manager (Engineering) will live within the Engineering organization and report directly to the CTO. You will be the key liaison between Infrastructure Engineering, Finance, and Procurement, responsible for optimizing cloud spend, negotiating vendor contracts (particularly AWS and related infrastructure vendors), driving cost visibility and forecasting, and influencing architecture decisions with a financial lens.
You will partner closely with engineering leads, data teams, and finance to help balance performance, scalability, and cost. You’ll be shaping how Ditto scales infrastructure affordably and responsibly.
What You’ll Be Up To…
Cloud Contracting & Vendor Strategy
Lead end-to-end negotiations for cloud service agreements (e.g. AWS EDP, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, SaaS infrastructure contracts).
Construct negotiation strategies that balance technical flexibility, scale, and cost efficiency.
Establish and maintain relationships with cloud provider account teams (TAMs, field reps, business dev).
Build and manage a vendor sourcing / renewal calendar and roadmap.
Cost Monitoring, Forecasting & Optimization
Oversee cloud spend forecasting, budgeting, and tracking, partnering with Finance to align forecasts to corporate goals.
Partner with engineering and infrastructure leads to model and monitor unit economics per workload, product, or service.
Identify and drive cost reduction initiatives — rightsizing, workload scheduling, utilization optimization, multi-region tradeoffs, etc.
Deploy and maintain cloud cost visibility tools, dashboards, and reporting (e.g. AWS Cost Explorer, CloudHealth, custom dashboards).
Collaboration & Influence
Serve as the financial lens for architecture and infrastructure decisions across engineering.
Influence roadmap prioritization by surfacing cost/leverage tradeoffs.
Educate engineers and product teams about cost tradeoffs, finite infrastructure budgets, and efficiency practices.
Facilitate regular reviews (e.g. monthly cloud cost review, architecture reviews with cost input).
Process & Governance
Define and enforce FinOps governance processes (chargeback showbacks, cost reviews, trend tracking).
Create playbooks, templates, and standard operating procedures for cloud cost management, contract negotiation, and renewal.
Stay up-to-date on provider pricing changes, new discount programs or marketplace offerings, and competitive vendor alternatives.
- 5+ years professional experience in cloud financial operations, cloud strategy, procurement, or technical vendor management.
- Proven track record of negotiating large-scale cloud / infrastructure contracts, especially with AWS (EDP, Savings Plans, RI).
- Deep understanding of cloud pricing models (on-demand, reserved, spot, tiering, capacity, committed use).
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills. - Excellent communication ability — can translate technical tradeoffs into business outcomes, and vice versa.
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineers, finance, and procurement in a fast-moving environment.
- Experience with multi-cloud (GCP, Azure) or hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience implementing or operating FinOps tooling (e.g. Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, Kubecost).
- Experience in a startup or high-growth environment with scaling infrastructure.
- Exposure to data, machine learning workloads, or large-scale distributed systems.
Ditto uses a location-based compensation model. This means pay ranges for the same role may vary depending on where you live, based on cost of living and market data.The ranges you see on our job postings represent the full span of target compensation across all markets where we hire. Within that range, actual offers are determined by a candidate’s skills and experience. This ensures we remain competitive with local markets while also maintaining internal consistency and fairness in real spending power across locations.
The Benefits of Building with UsWe offer competitive salaries and meaningful equity. We believe everyone on the team should have a stake in what we’re building. Benefits vary by region to make sure you're covered in the ways that matter most. In the US, that includes health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, plus a 401(k) and flexible spending accounts. In the UK, we offer private healthcare through Vitality, a pension plan, and region-specific coverage. For our team members elsewhere in the world, we work with our global employer platform to offer equitable benefits and coverage.
Regardless of where you live, everyone at Ditto can utilize flexible time off. And while we work remotely, our Atlanta and San Francisco offices are open if you ever want a place to work or meet up with teammates.
Apply AnywayAt Ditto, we know game-changers don’t always come wrapped in a “perfect” resume. Years of experience? Every single bullet point checked? Meh. That’s not what drives us.
What does matter?
- Grit.
- Curiosity.
- Adaptability.
- And a genuine spark for what we’re building.
So if you’re fired up about our mission but not sure you tick every box - hit that apply button anyway. Use your application to show us how you’ll make an impact here.
We’re always on the lookout for exceptional humans who want to grow, stretch, and build something meaningful with us.
Equal Opportunity EmployerDitto is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Ditto is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know.
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