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As a software engineer at Maxima, you’ll work on building and improving core parts of our product, with a primary focus on either backend or frontend development.
Backend-focused engineers will work on systems that handle high-volume financial data, accounting workflows, and the infrastructure that powers our agentic AI platform. Frontend-focused engineers will build intuitive, reliable user experiences for complex enterprise workflows, working closely with product and design.
Regardless of focus, you’ll collaborate closely with other engineers, product managers, and customers to ship high-quality features end to end. We value engineers who take ownership, care deeply about correctness and reliability, and enjoy working on challenging, real-world problems.
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.
As a software engineer at Maxima, you’ll work on building and improving core parts of our product, with a primary focus on either backend or frontend development.
Backend-focused engineers will work on systems that handle high-volume financial data, accounting workflows, and the infrastructure that powers our agentic AI platform. Frontend-focused engineers will build intuitive, reliable user experiences for complex enterprise workflows, working closely with product and design.
Regardless of focus, you’ll collaborate closely with other engineers, product managers, and customers to ship high-quality features end to end. We value engineers who take ownership, care deeply about correctness and reliability, and enjoy working on challenging, real-world problems.
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2+ years building product at high-growth companies
Familiarity with web development, relational databases, and distributed systems
Experience with Typescript, React, Redux, or similar frameworks
Experience with data pipelines, mission-critical systems (e.g. fintech), or complex workflow engines is a plus
Loves in-person culture, we are 5 days a week in office in downtown San Mateo
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!
Private AI-native accounting platform automating journal entries, reconciliations, flux analysis, and financial close for enterprise accounting teams.
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