Incentive Compensation System Engineer

Anthropic•San Francisco, NY

1d•$190,000 - $270,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. As an Incentive Compensation Systems Engineer, you will lead the technical implementation, configuration, and optimization of our incentive compensation management (ICM) platform. You will work closely with Revenue Operations, Data Engineering, Finance, Accounting, and HR to translate incentive compensation designs into scalable system configurations, ensuring accurate calculations, reliable integrations, and efficient workflows. This role is critical to building the technical foundation that enables our incentive compensation programs to operate effectively at scale.

Requirements

A passion for Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems
5+ years of experience implementing or administering ICM platforms (e.g., Xactly, Varicent, Anaplan)
Strong technical skills with experience in SQL, data integration tools, and system configuration
Proven ability to translate business requirements into system logic and maintain accurate, auditable calculations
Experience managing data pipelines and ensuring data quality across integrated systems
Strong problem solving skills with a systematic approach to debugging and root cause analysis
Excellent documentation practices and ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field preferred

Nice To Haves

Experience with full ICM platform implementation projects, including vendor selection and data migration
Proficiency with APIs and integration platforms (e.g., Workato, Fivetran, custom ETL)
Experience with Salesforce administration or development
Familiarity with consumption-based compensation models
Experience with Claude Code or other AI-assisted development tools
Background in sales operations, revenue operations, or finance systems

Responsibilities

ICM Platform Implementation & Configuration Lead the end-to-end implementation and configuration of our ICM platform, including plan modeling, crediting rules, quota management, and payout calculations
Translate compensation plan documents into system logic, ensuring accurate and auditable calculation outputs
Design and maintain system workflows for plan changes, exceptions, and adjustments
Develop and execute testing strategies to validate system accuracy before each compensation cycle
Provide technical guidance during plan design discussions, advising on system capabilities and constraints
Data Integration & Architecture Build and maintain integrations between the ICM platform and source systems (CRM, ERP, HRIS, billing platforms)
Ensure data integrity across the compensation data pipeline, from opportunity data through final payout
Partner with Data Engineering and Revenue Operations to define data requirements and resolve data quality issues
Document data flows, transformation logic, and system dependencies
System Administration & Optimization Serve as the primary system administrator for our ICM platform, managing user access, security, and system health
Identify opportunities to streamline and automate compensation processes, reducing manual intervention and cycle time
Monitor system performance and troubleshoot calculation errors or integration failures
Evaluate and recommend new technologies, including Claude-powered solutions, to enhance system capabilities
Reporting & Analytics Build and maintain reporting infrastructure within the ICM platform to support compensation dashboards and attainment tracking
Partner with Revenue Operations and Accounting to deliver accurate, timely compensation data for forecasting and accruals
Enable self-service reporting for compensation administrators and business partners