Senior Software Engineer, Data Product - SF Only

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Product team at TRM Labs, you will design and build mission-critical data services that analyze blockchain transaction activity at petabyte scale. You join an experienced group of data scientists, engineers, and product managers to power TRM's AI-driven intelligence platforms, which help agencies and businesses investigate and disrupt financial crime worldwide.

What you'll do

• Build highly scalable features that integrate with dozens of blockchains
• Design and architect intricate data models for optimal storage and retrieval to support sub-second latency for querying blockchain data
• Collaborate across departments with data scientists, backend engineers, and product managers to design and implement novel data models that enhance TRM's products
• Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and customer-facing teams to understand user needs and translate them into scalable data solutions
• Write clear design documents, proactively share tradeoffs, and build alignment across disciplines

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting scalable API development and distributed system architecture, guiding projects from initial ideation through successful production deployment
• Exceptional programming skills in Python, and adeptness in SQL or SparkSQL
• In-depth experience with data stores such as BigQuery and Postgres
• Experience building pipelines, data platforms, or ML/BI workflows from scratch, not just maintaining legacy systems
• Ability to simplify complexity and communicate technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Design mindset focused on performance, scale, and efficiency
• Proficiency in data pipeline and workflow orchestration tools like Airflow and DBT
• Expertise in data processing technologies and streaming workflows including Dataflow, Spark, Kafka, and Flink
• Competence in deploying and monitoring infrastructure within public cloud platforms, utilizing tools such as Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Datadog
• Proven ability in loading, querying, and transforming extensive datasets

Nice to have

• Experience mentoring engineers or analysts
• Experience with LLMs or AI-powered workflows, such as prompt engineering, internal tooling, or semantic search

What we offer

• Base salary range of $190,000 to $220,000
• Eligibility to participate in TRM's equity plan
• San Francisco office location with expectation to work in-office at least 3 days per week

About TRM Labs

TRM Labs is a Series C company with $220M in total funding, backed by Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Y Combinator, Thoma Bravo, and others. TRM provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime, enabling investigators to trace illicit activity and build cases against threat networks. Headquartered in San Francisco, TRM operates as a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore.