Software Engineer, Backend | Product Engineering - US

As a Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team at TRM Labs, you build reliable and scalable backend systems that investigators and agencies worldwide use to trace illicit activity and disrupt crime. You design backend APIs with a deep understanding of customer experience and performance, working on complex engineering problems that span technical execution, project management, and cross-functional collaboration.

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 with stakeholders across the organization to understand and empower their mission end to end
• Design and build scalable systems, web applications, APIs, and services (the 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
• Understanding of storage systems such as relational databases (e.g. Postgres) and analytical databases
• Demonstrated experience in 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 a diverse group of people at all levels in an organization
• US Citizenship required

What we offer

• Base salary range of $180,000 to $210,000
• Eligibility to participate in TRM's equity plan

About TRM Labs

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