As a rule of thumb, I devote about 0.5% of my engineering org to cost optimization. At about 200 people it makes sense to invest a single engineer. By the tea

As a rule of thumb, I devote about 0.5% of my engineering org to cost optimization. At about 200 people it makes sense to invest a single engineer. By the team you're approaching 800 it makes sense to have a team dedicates to it. Though cost opt generally involves way more than optimizing code. It's normally about auditing things, creating budget tooling, right sizing, broader architecture redesigns, etc.