Infracost Seeks Marketing Lead to Drive FinOps Awareness

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Infracost, a Y Combinator Winter 2021 alumni company, is currently hiring for a Marketing Lead position. The company focuses on FinOps, a practice that aims to bring cloud cost management earlier into the software development lifecycle. The job listing was posted on Y Combinator's company job board. No further details about the role's requirements or compensation were publicly available in the listing.

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