Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

Maxima; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401k

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Maxima in San Mateo, CA is building an agentic AI platform to automate enterprise accounting. You will design and scale data systems that ingest and process large volumes of financial data, supporting the core accounting workflows.

We value experience with data pipelines, relational databases, and distributed systems, and we require in-office presence five days a week in downtown San Mateo. Join a team tackling hard enterprise automation problems with a strong culture and market-competitive

Qualifications

• 5+ years working with data systems at high-growth companies.
• Familiarity with web development, relational databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience with data pipelines, fintech, or complex workflow engines is a plus.
• Loves in-person culture, we are 5 days a week in office in downtown San Mateo.

Skills

Data systems

Web development

Relational databases

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Fintech experience

Office culture

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

In this role, you'll be building and scaling the systems that ingest and process large volumes of financial data. This platform is foundational to all accounting workflows and the agentic system. Sample work includes architecting our data lakes, building our multi-tenant relational DBs, investigating the right search engine / vector database setup to support various workflows.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years working with data systems at high-growth companies

• Familiarity with web development, relational databases, and distributed systems

• 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

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!