Deployment Engineer - San Mateo

We're early and moving fast. The playbook here gets written, not inherited, and the person closest to the work makes the call. We're looking for people who build from first principles and hold themselves accountable for what actually lands — people who'd rather build the category than join it. Everything you need to know is below.

The role

As a Deployment Engineer, you get customers live. You will sit alongside Account Executives through complex deal cycles, run technical proofs of concept, and then build what each customer needs to launch: integrations to their transaction systems, custom modules, and prompt and model tuning so the AI performs the way their accounting requires. When something breaks in production, you are the one who fixes it.

This is engineering with a customer in the room. Communication matters as much as code.

What you'll do

Work with Account Executives on complex deal cycles involving multiple stakeholders

Run technical proof-of-concept processes and present tailored demos based on customer and business needs

Lead technical discovery calls and write the implementation scoping document for each customer that launches with Maxima

Tune prompts and models to get the right AI performance for each client

Build integrations to transaction systems such as revenue, billing, and accounts payable, and the custom modules customers need to go live

Partner with product and engineering to deliver on customer requests and advocate for customer needs

Troubleshoot, debug, fix, and upgrade software for reliable performance in production, and support deployed solutions over time

What we're looking for

2 or more years in forward deployed engineering, sales engineering, implementation engineering, or solutions engineering

Bachelor's degree in any engineering discipline; computer science preferred but not required

Strong verbal and written communication skills and comfort working directly with customers

Proficiency in languages such as Go, TypeScript, or Python

Experience working with Account Executives on technical sales processes for enterprise customers

Proactive, highly motivated, and able to handle the intensity and pace of a startup

Where and how you'll work

This role is based in our San Mateo office. We value in-person collaboration and are in office five days a week for our on-site roles.

Why join Maxima

The work. Agentic accounting is a category being defined right now, and Maxima is one of the companies defining it. The product does the accounting work itself, so what you build, sell, or deploy shows up in a customer's books

The people. Founders who ran the finance org at Rubrik and built the close systems at Twitter and Netflix. Engineers from Robinhood, Glean, Google, Netflix, and Meta. Controllers and accountants on the team who have closed books themselves. Small teams in San Mateo and Toronto that work in the same room, say what they think, and hold a high bar

The benefits. Competitive salary, 401(k) for US employees, unlimited PTO, lunch in the office, and commuter benefits

The process. A person reads every application, and we tell you where you stand at every stage

A note on AI

We build AI and we expect you to use it. Use it to research us and to prepare. In live conversations we want your own thinking in your own words, and if you use AI on a take-home exercise, tell us where it helped.

Equal opportunity

Maxima is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status. If you need an accommodation at any point in the process, tell us and we will arrange it.