Solution Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the comprehensive Varicent solution architecture, which encompasses application models, data integrations, calculation logic, workflow, reporting, security, scheduling, and environment strategy.

• Spearhead the design and hands-on development of intricate Varicent ICM solutions.

• Collaborate with Compensation Administrators, Finance, Sales Operations, Data Engineering, Payroll, HR, Internal Audit, and Technology teams.

• Design, develop, and sustain source and ELT data feeds connecting Varicent, Snowflake, and downstream payroll or reporting processes.

• Supervise the Varicent scheduler design and manage production processing across nightly, weekly, monthly, and annual cycles.

• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot failures, enhance model efficiency, and resolve recurring issues.

• Set development standards, code review practices, documentation, testing controls, deployment procedures, and migration approvals.

• Lead technical testing and ensure readiness for compensation plans, integrations, and platform enhancements.

• Assist in user acceptance testing, validate calculation results, and coordinate production implementation and stabilization.

• Create and maintain end-user reports and outbound data products.

• Offer technical leadership, mentorship, and design guidance to Varicent developers, analysts, administrators, and delivery partners.

• Act as the senior escalation point for complex platform, performance, and integration challenges.

• Support financial audits, SOX compliance, access governance, data retention, change control, documentation, reconciliations, and segregation of duties requirements.

• Provide technical leadership, work direction, design review, and mentorship without expected direct reports.

• Manage daily technical relationships with Varicent and other software, implementation, and managed-service partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in designing, developing, implementing, or supporting enterprise incentive compensation management solutions.

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in Varicent development or solution architecture.

• Proficiency in Varicent ICM application design, calculation logic, tables, imports, exports, scheduler, workflow, web forms, reporting, security, and environment migration.

• SQL skills and experience in designing and troubleshooting data integrations, dimensional data structures, reconciliation processes, and high-volume batch workflows.

• Experience in translating complex compensation plan rules into technical designs.

• Proven track record in leading solution design, code reviews, technical testing, release planning, deployment, production support, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.

• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle, source and change control, DevOps practices, access controls, segregation of duties, and audit or SOX control expectations.

• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executive, business, audit, and engineering audiences.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, prioritization, and stakeholder-management skills.

• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data/Analytics, Finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.

• Preferred Varicent technical, developer, implementation, or administrator training.

• Preferred Varicent certification or advanced Varicent product training.

• Experience architecting Varicent solutions for large, intricate, multi-plan sales organizations.

• Experience integrating Varicent with Snowflake, cloud data platforms, HR systems, CRM platforms, payroll systems, identity management, or enterprise reporting tools.

• Preferred experience with Python, APIs, ETL/ELT tooling, CI/CD automation, metadata management, data quality monitoring, or observability solutions.

• Preferred knowledge of sales compensation administration, crediting, eligibility, quota or goal management, adjustments, disputes, payroll reconciliation, and financial controls.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive plan bonus.

• Long-term incentive program.

• Health insurance.

• Pre-tax spending accounts.

• Retirement benefits.

• Paid time off.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Life insurance.

• Remote work from a home-based environment.

• Periodic after-hours availability may be required for production releases, payroll-critical processing, incident resolution, or scheduled maintenance.

• Travel up to 10%, based on business needs.