Senior/Staff Software Engineer
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Overview
Job Description
Company Description
At Maxima, we’re building an agentic AI platform to automate enterprise accounting.
Our system handles high-volume financial data, complex accounting workflows, and robust executions that must be accurate and reliable.
We’re tackling some of the hardest problems in enterprise automation, and we’ve assembled a world-class engineering team with staff-level talent from Robinhood, Glean, Google, Netflix, and Meta. Maxima is backed by top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins and Redpoint Ventures, and we’re trusted by category-defining customers like Scale AI and Rippling.
Role Overview
As a senior/staff engineer, you will be driving initiatives with broad business and technical impact. This role is not tied to a single area - senior/staff engineers at Maxima help solve our most important and complex problems. Notable challenges include:
Building our agentic systems that power real-world enterprise accounting automation
Scaling our platform to support large and growing enterprise workloads
Architecting a durable and scalable financial data processing layer
Building the infrastructure that powers our agentic systems
Solving intricate accounting workflows through clean and robust abstractions
You’ll own major product and engineering areas and get to work closely with customers. Beyond technical excellence, we value engineers who are curious and take initiative.
What We're Looking For
Typically 5+ years building systems at high-growth companies
Strong familiarity with web development, relational databases, and distributed systems
Experience with AI agents, data pipelines, mission-critical systems (e.g. fintech), or complex workflow engines is a strong plus
Loves in-person culture, we are 5 days a week in office in downtown San Mateo
Why Join Us:
Be a core part of a mission-driven startup looking to transform accounting processes.
Work in a fast-paced environment where your decisions directly impact product direction and company growth.
Opportunity to grow with the company and build a technical team from the ground up.
Competitive salary, equity, and benefits (401k, unlimited PTO)
Join us in revolutionizing accounting month-end close and making accounting operations more efficient for businesses everywhere!
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