Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Toronto

Maxima

$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in building systems for high-growth companies
  • Strong knowledge of web development and relational databases
  • Experience with distributed systems is essential
  • Familiarity with AI agents, data pipelines, and fintech systems preferred
  • Value in-person collaboration, as the role requires being on-site 5 days a week
  • Commitment to fostering company culture

Responsibilities

  • Drive initiatives with broad business and technical impacts
  • Build agentic systems for enterprise accounting automation
  • Scale platform to support large enterprise workloads
  • Architect a scalable financial data processing layer
  • Develop infrastructure for agentic systems
  • Create clean abstractions to solve complex accounting workflows
  • Collaborate closely with customers to refine solutions

Benefits

  • Be part of a mission-driven startup transforming accounting
  • Fast-paced environment with direct impact on product and growth
  • Opportunity to grow alongside the company and shape a technical team
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Unlimited PTO and 401k plan
Full Job Description
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!

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