Senior Sales Compensation Engineer

Mongodb Software India Private Limited; Bengaluru, Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Sales Compensation Engineer to support global incentive plans and Xactly platform administration. The role requires collaborating with Sales Ops and Finance, designing compensation solutions, and ensuring successful implementations across cross-functional teams.

Based in Bengaluru or Gurugram with hybrid work, this position emphasizes strong analytical and communication skills and deep Xactly product knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/IS or equivalent.
• 5+ years building Sales Compensation systems.
• Xactly Incent certification (e.g., Incent Level 3).
• 3-5 years querying SQL RDBMS (Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Experience with Xactly or competitor suites (SAP CallidusCloud, Varicent, Anaplan, Optymyze, Pigment).
• Experience with planning tools (Anaplan or Pigment).
• Xactly Incent platform development (configuring, testing, deployment).
• Strong software design and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for commissions processing and Xactly components.
• Gather and document detailed business requirements.
• Configure and manage the Xactly platform.
• Write rules, analyze results, and troubleshoot.
• Create test plans and support test cases.
• Collaborate with Sales Ops and Finance on UAT and implementations.
• Design and deploy high-quality solutions on the Xactly platform.
• Coordinate issue resolution with resources.
• Manage improvements and new functionality in Xactly.
• Communicate status updates to stakeholders.
• Document system configuration and payment processes.
• Work with distributed development teams and lead projects.
• Perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
• Stay current with Xactly products and communicate trends to leadership.
• Coordinate with Data Warehouse and ETL teams for data changes.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Xactly Incent certification

SQL and relational databases

Xactly product suite knowledge

Anaplan planning tools

Pigment planning tools

Software design

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent

Tools

Xactly platform

Anaplan

Pigment

SAP CallidusCloud

IBM Varicent

Salesforce

Job description

Senior Sales Compensation Engineer We are seeking a Senior Engineer to join MongoDB's growing Fintech Team. This highly visible role is critical to supporting the company's continued rapid growth and will focus primarily on the administration and analysis of our Global Sales Incentive Plans. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, with strong organizational and time-management skills. Excellent verbal and written communication, along with a collaborative mindset, are essential for working effectively across cross-functional teams and with various levels of management. Please note this role will require weekend availability during quarter-end close and annual plan implementation periods. MongoDB engineering teams take pride in building high-quality software while living our cultural values every day. We value intellectual curiosity and honesty, and we foster an environment that prioritizes collaboration over competition. We are looking to speak with candidates based in Gurugram or Bangalore for our hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

• Act as an organizational subject matter expert for commissions processing, the Xactly product suite, and individual commission plan components as they operate in the solution
• Gathering and documenting detailed business requirements
• Responsible for designing, configuring and managing Xactly platform
• Writing rules, analyzing results, troubleshooting, and improving processes as needed
• Create plans and assist in test case creation & testing
• Collaborate with Sales Operations and Finance teams in user acceptance testing for changes to Xactly system as well as facilitate seamless implementations of new functionality through targeted communications, demos, and the user training
• Design, develop, test, document, and deploy high-quality technical solutions on the Xactly platform based on industry best practices to solve business needs
• Trace unexpected results back to their source and diagnose underlying issues. If unable to resolve directly, own coordination and resolution with appropriate resources
• Manage the process of implementing improvements and new functionality in the Xactly application
• Communicate and collaborate with other technical resources and customers in providing timely updates on status of deliverables, shedding light on technical issues, and obtaining buy-in on creative solutions
• Document system configuration and payment administrative processes
• Work closely with globally distributed development team and lead project efforts with less supervision
• Perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis to provide business insight
• Remain current with Xactly products and modules through regular engagement with and training through Xactly resources and communicate trends and future needs to leadership
• Coordinate with the Xactly Data Warehouse and ETL teams to implement commission data changes, and output data for consumption by other business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience working with and building Sales Compensation systems in a professional, fast-paced environment
• Strong business relationship and partnership skills and experience
• A current Xactly Incent certification (e.g. Incent Level 3 certification)
• 3-5 years experience querying traditional SQL RDBMS (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, HyperSQL, Salesforce, SQLite, etc.)
• Experience with the Xactly product suite or competitive product suites highly desirable (ie, SAP CallidusCloud, IBM Varicent, Anaplan, Optymyze, Pigment)
• Experience with design and maintain planning models in Anaplan or Pigment(Preferred), including: Quota planning Territory planing Account Segmentation
• Xactly Incent platform development experience (Configuring, testing, deployment and production support)
• Strong Software Design experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software.

MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI.

Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB.

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy , we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys.

Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

Experience Level Senior Level