Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack | Product Engineering

As a Senior Software Engineer in Full Stack Product Engineering at TRM Labs, you build reliable and scalable software used by all TRM customers. You design backend APIs with deep understanding of customer experience and performance, while working on complex engineering problems that span technical skills, project management, and cross-functional collaboration. As an early team member, you shape TRM's velocity, quality, and impact in building a safer financial system.

This role is based in the San Francisco office. You are expected to work from the office at least three days per week to support in-person collaboration and team engagement.

What you'll do

• Work on complex engineering problems that build technical skills alongside project management and soft skills
• Develop and maintain public APIs that are part of the API Product suite
• Collaborate with stakeholders to transform functional vision into tangible roadmaps with clear outcomes
• Support and enable internal business units through shared engineering services and functionalities
• Develop cross-functional relationships across the organization to understand and empower team missions end to end
• Design and build scalable systems, web applications, APIs, and services (backend is built in Node.js, but prior Node.js experience is not required)

What you bring

• Experience designing and building scalable systems, web applications, APIs, and services
• An understanding of storage systems such as relational databases (e.g. Postgres) and analytical databases
• Demonstrated experience understanding customer pain points and bridging their needs to technical and product requirements
• A high degree of initiative and ownership, combined with the ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt quickly to change
• Exceptional ability to structure problems and identify the most critical issues to prioritize
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional environment with diverse people at all levels in an organization
• Applied AI fluency: demonstrated ability to use AI to accelerate repeatable workflows, structure and solve problems, improve output quality, and increase speed and leverage

What we offer

• Base salary of $180,000 to $240,000 (for US locations; compensation adjusted for different geographies)
• Eligibility to participate in TRM's equity plan
• On-call rotation approximately once every 4-6 weeks (one-week duration)
• Participation in in-person R&D work weeks, typically 1-2 times per quarter, with travel, lodging, and workspace covered by TRM; accommodations available for caregiving, health, immigration, and similar constraints
• Team timezone is a mix of EST and PST with at least 6 hours of overlap (8 am to 2 pm PST)

About TRM Labs

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. TRM's platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. A Series C company with $220M in total funding backed by Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Y Combinator, and Thoma Bravo, TRM is headquartered in San Francisco with hubs in Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore.