Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Toronto

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, location near Union Station / King street Cares deeply about culture 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!

You will drive initiatives with broad business and technical impact while architecting scalable financial data processing layers. You will also build agentic systems to automate complex enterprise accounting workflows.

Candidates should have 5+ years of experience building systems at high-growth companies with strong proficiency in web development and distributed systems. Experience with AI agents, data pipelines, or mission-critical fintech systems is considered a strong plus.

• Competitive salary • Equity • 401k • Unlimited PTO

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• ComptabilitéSouhaitée
• Month-End CloseSouhaitée

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• Software engineering
• Agentic AI
• Enterprise accounting
• Distributed systems
• Web development
• Relational databases
• Data pipelines
• Fintech
• Workflow engines
• System architecture
• Financial data processing
• Enterprise automation
• Financial Technology (FinTech)
• Accounting Operations
• Agentic Systems
• Workflow Management
• Month-End Closing
• Curiosity
• AI Agents
• Abstractions
• Accounting
• Artificial Intelligence
• Automation
• Relational Databases
• Web Development
• Financial Data
• Scalability
• Maxima
• Proactivity
• Data Pipelines

• Software
• Engineering
• Finance & Accounting
• Technology
• Data & Analytics
• Staff Software Engineer
• Software Developer / Engineer
• Software Developers

Expérience minimale

5+ ans

Langue de l’offre

anglais

Heures de travail

40 heures par semaine