Data Science Engineer, Capacity and Efficiency (AI)

TL;DR

Data Science Engineer (AI): Understanding, optimizing, and strategically managing cloud infrastructure spend for hirify.global's AI systems with an accent on forecasting infrastructure needs, planning capacity, and reducing unit costs. Focus on building cloud cost attribution models, developing forecasting models, and driving efficiency efforts across product and infrastructure teams.

Location: Hybrid role, expecting staff to be in one of the offices at least 25% of the time. Offices are located in New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA.

Annual Salary: $290,000 - $365,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

What you will do

• Build and maintain cloud cost attribution models for infrastructure spend across teams and workloads.
• Develop and maintain cost of revenue pipelines and models.
• Partner with stakeholders to analyze utilization patterns, identify inefficiencies, and drive optimization initiatives.
• Develop forecasting models for infrastructure demand based on business growth and product roadmaps.
• Define and track unit cost metrics, influencing infrastructure and engineering roadmaps with data-driven recommendations.
• Build a cost-aware culture across the organization by creating self-serve dashboards, automated reporting, and accessible datasets.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or FinOps roles, with a focus on cloud infrastructure cost analysis, capacity planning, or efficiency optimization.
• Experience building spend forecasting models and large-scale cost attribution systems.
• Deep knowledge of cloud billing systems, cost allocation methodologies, and spend optimization levers.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, forecasting, data modeling and data visualization tools.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work in a hybrid format from New York City, San Francisco, or Seattle.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as a single cohesive team on large-scale AI research efforts, valuing impact in advancing long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave, along with flexible working hours.
• Visa sponsorship is available, and hirify.global will make reasonable efforts to secure a visa for successful candidates.