Job Description
About Vista Equity Partners
Vista Equity Partners is a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. With over $100B in assets under management and a portfolio of 90+ software product companies worldwide, Vista accelerates growth through operational excellence, shared expertise, and long-term partnership. In India, Vista's presence continues to expand with 45+ portfolio companies employing more than 17,000 professionals across technology, product, customer success, and operations — reinforcing India's strategic role as a hub of innovation and talent within the Vista ecosystem.
Through its Agentic AI Factory, Vista is embedding Generative AI across its global portfolio — enabling companies to integrate intelligent, responsible AI into products, operations, and decision-making. This initiative is strengthened through portfolio-wide learning programs, leadership workshops, and AI hackathons that foster innovation, build fluency, and accelerate practical AI adoption across teams.
About Xactly
Xactly, a Vista-backed organization since 2017, is a leader in Sales Performance Management Solutions. The Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform helps businesses improve go-to-market outcomes through increased collaboration, greater efficiencies, and connecting data from all critical functions of the revenue lifecycle on a single platform. Born in the cloud almost 20 years ago, Xactly provides customers with extensive experience in solving the most challenging problems customers of all sizes face, backed by almost 20 years of proprietary data and award-winning AI.
Named among the best workplaces in the U.S. by Great Place to Work six times, honored on FORTUNE Magazine's inaugural list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, and chosen as the Market Leader in Incentive Compensation by CRM magazine. We're building a culture of success and are looking for motivated professionals to join us!
With Vista's investment and strategic guidance, we combine the agility of a growth-stage company with the scale, stability, and career opportunities of a global technology network. Our teams are empowered to innovate, collaborate, and build meaningful solutions that drive measurable outcomes for customers worldwide.
Our Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
At Xactly, Our People Are Our Greatest Advantage. Our Employee Value Proposition Reflects What We Stand For And The Experience We Create For Every Team Member
- Purpose: To empower businesses to maximize company performance by transforming sales through their AI-powered Intelligent Revenue Platform, focusing on aligned incentive compensation, data-driven insights, and seamless revenue management.
- Growth: Centered on unleashing human potential to elevate company performance and empowering employees to achieve enduring success through professional development and a supportive culture.
- Culture: We celebrate the uniqueness of each Xactlian. Diversity fuels our success, and by embracing it, we empower our employees to inspire change in the office and the community.
- Innovation: We unify sales performance management (SPM) and revenue intelligence using over two decades of proprietary data. Recent innovations leverage artificial intelligence and agentic computing to streamline GTM operations.
About The Role - Sr. Platform AI Engineer
In this role, you will be part of a high-performing team that shapes the future of Xactly's AI Sales Strategy. You will serve as the critical bridge between AI Labs and the global Sales organization, taking cutting-edge AI innovations and hardening them into high-impact, customer-ready assets. You will collaborate across teams to solve complex challenges and contribute to delivering high-fidelity AI experiences that prove the value of Xactly's Intelligent Revenue platform to the world's leading enterprises.
What You'll Do
- Harden and Package AI Capabilities: Take experimental features and models from AI Labs/Product and transform them into stable, repeatable Gold Standard demo assets that are performant and reliable for live presentations.
- Rapid Prototyping and POC Velocity: Partner with Solutions Consulting to quickly adapt existing AI capabilities into bespoke Proofs of Concept (POCs), translating unique customer requirements into tangible, interactive demonstrations.
- Engineer Synthetic Data Storytelling: Design and build AI-driven data generation tools to ensure demo environments are populated with realistic, high-depth datasets that showcase the full power of Xactly's predictive insights.
- Scale AI Field Impact: Act as the primary technical expert for the field, creating the wrappers and frameworks that allow Sales Engineers to easily deploy and narrate complex AI features.
- Feedback Loop for Scale: Solicit feedback from the field to understand which AI capabilities resonate most, providing data-driven insights back to AI Labs and Product teams to influence the long-term roadmap.
Must-Have Skills
What We're Looking For
- Solution Building Mindset: 6+ years of experience working on building scalable solutions or products, preferably in a tech-enabled environment (Python or similar exposure is a plus, not mandatory).
- AI/LLM Working Knowledge: Hands-on experience working with AI-driven tools or frameworks (like LLM-based applications, RAG concepts, or similar) with the ability to leverage existing solutions rather than building models from scratch.
- Prototyping & Storytelling: Strong ability to convert abstract ideas into simple, interactive demos or prototypes and clearly articulate the value and why to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Data Handling & Analysis: Good understanding of data structures, SQL, and working with complex datasets to derive insights and support solution building.
- Execution Agility: Proven ability to deliver outcomes in fast-paced environments, especially in roles aligned with business, sales, or customer-facing teams.
Good-to-Have Skills
- Domain Understanding: Exposure to Sales Performance Management (SPM), incentive compensation, or sales operations/forecasting processes.
- Visualization Awareness: Experience using tools like Tableau or Microsoft Power BI to present insights in a clear and impactful way.
- SaaS & Integration Exposure: Familiarity with enterprise SaaS platforms or working with APIs and integrations in a business context.
Why Join Xactly
Joining Xactly means becoming part of a mission-driven team backed by Vista's global network. You'll work alongside industry leaders, access cross-portfolio development programs, and contribute to innovations that shape the future of enterprise software.
OUR VALUES: Customer Focus | Accountability | Respect | Excellence (CARE).
Benefits And Perks
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Comprehensive Health and Accidental Insurance Coverage
- Tuition Reimbursement
- XactlyFit Gym/Fitness Program Reimbursement
- Free snacks onsite
- Generous Employee Referral Program
- Free Parking and Subsidized Bus Pass
- Wellness program
Xactly is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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