Senior Software Engineer, Data - SF

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Product team at TRM Labs, you design and build mission-critical data services that analyze blockchain transaction activity at petabyte scale. You work alongside data scientists, engineers, and product managers to create highly scalable features that power TRM's AI-driven intelligence solutions, helping public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime.

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 production deployment
• Exceptional programming skills in Python, and adeptness in SQL or SparkSQL
• In-depth experience with data stores such as BigQuery and Postgres
• Track record owning 0-1 systems: 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
• Cost-conscious mindset, designing for performance, scale, and efficiency
• Experience mentoring engineers or analysts and leveling up those around you
• 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 deploying and monitoring infrastructure within public cloud platforms using Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Datadog
• Proven ability loading, querying, and transforming extensive datasets

Nice to have

• Experience with large language models or AI-powered workflows such as prompt engineering, internal tooling, or semantic search

What we offer

• Base salary of $190,000-$220,000
• Eligibility to participate in TRM's equity plan

About TRM Labs

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions helping public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. A Series C company with $220M in total funding backed by Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Y Combinator, Thoma Bravo, and others, TRM is headquartered in San Francisco and operates as a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore.