<div>TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company committed to fighting crime and creating a safer world. By leveraging blockchain data, threat intelligence, and advanced analytics, our products empower governments, financial institutions, and crypto businesses to combat illicit activity and global security threats. At TRM, youll join a mission-driven, fast-paced team made up of experts in law enforcement, data science, engineering, and financial intelligence, tackling complex global challenges daily. Whether analyzing blockchain data, developing cutting-edge tools, or collaborating with global organizations, youll have the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact.</div>The Data Platform team collaborates with an experienced group of data scientists, engineers, and product managers to build highly available and scalable data infrastructure for TRMs products and services. As a Senior Data Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will be responsible for executing mission-critical systems and data services that analyze blockchain transaction activity at petabyte scale, and ultimately work to build a safer financial system for billions of people. The impact you’ll have here: <ul> <li>Build highly reliable data services to integrate with dozens of blockchains.</li> <li>Develop complex ETL pipelines that transform and process petabytes of structured and unstructured data in real-time.</li> <li>Design and architect intricate data models for optimal storage and retrieval to support sub-second latency for querying blockchain data.</li> <li>Oversee the deployment and monitoring of large database clusters with an unwavering focus on performance and high availability.  </li> <li>Collaborate across departments, partnering with data scientists, backend engineers, and product managers to design and implement novel data models that enhance TRM’s products.</li> </ul> What we’re looking for: <ul> <li>A Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field.</li> <li>A proven track record, with 5+ years of hands-on experience in architecting distributed system architecture, guiding projects from initial ideation through to successful production deployment.</li> <li>Exceptional programming skills in Python, as well as adeptness in SQL or SparkSQL.</li> <li>Versatility that spans the entire spectrum of data engineering in one or more of the following areas: <ul> <li>In-depth experience with data stores such as Iceberg, Trino, BigQuery, and StarRocks, and Citus.</li> <li>Proficiency in data pipeline and workflow orchestration tools like Airflow, DBT, etc. </li> <li>Expertise in data processing technologies and streaming workflows including Spark, Kafka, and Flink.</li> <li>Competence in deploying and monitoring infrastructure within public cloud platforms, utilizing tools such as Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Datadog.</li> <li>Proven ability in loading, querying, and transforming extensive datasets.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> About the Team: <ul> <li>The Data Platform team is the funnel between all of TRMs data world and product world. We care about all layers of stack including petabyte of data stores, pipelines, and processes.</li> <li>We have quite a big scope as a the team with new and exciting projects every quarter. As a result, we collaborate across the board with most teams at TRM.</li> <li>We believe in async communication and are also not afraid to jump on a quick huddle if that helps to move things faster. We are both scrappy when the situation demands and also process-oriented when we need to achieve our OKRs.</li> <li>We are always looking for people who can elevate the quality our tech and our execution. If you enjoy a remote-first and async friendly environment to achieve efficacy and efficiency at petabyte scale, our team could be a great pick for you!</li> <li>Team members are based in the US across almost all timezones! Our on-call tends to be in EST/PST shift, whatever suits you the best.</li> <li>We do try to reserve some overlap in the day for meetings. Our north star - no IC spends more than 3-4 hours/week in meetings.</li> </ul> Learn about TRM Speed in this position: <ul> <li>Build scalable engines to optimize routine scaling and maintenance tasks like create self-serve automation for creating new pgbouncer, scaling disks, scaling/updating of clusters, etc.</li> <li>Enable tasks to be faster next time and reducing dependency on a single person.</li> <li>Identify ways to compress timelines using 80/20 principle. For instance, what does it take to be operational in a new environment? Identify the must have and nice to haves that are need to deploy our stack to be fully operation. Focus on must haves first to get us operational and then use future milestones to harden for customer readiness. We think in terms of weeks and not months.</li> <li>Identify first version, a.k.a., skateboards for projects. For instance, build an observability dashboard within a week. Gather feedback from stakeholders after to identify more needs or bells and whistles to add to the dashboard.</li> </ul> <h4>About TRMs Engineering Levels:</h4> Engineer: Responsible for helping to define project milestones and executing small decision decisions independently with the appropriate tradeoffs between simplicity, readability, and performance. Provides mentorship to junior engineers, and enhances operational excellence through tech debt reduction and knowledge sharing. Senior Engineer: Successfully designs and documents system improvements and features for an OKR/project from the ground up. Consistently delivers efficient and reusable systems, optimizes team throughput with appropriate tradeoffs, mentors team members, and enhances cross-team collaboration through documentation and knowledge sharing. Staff Engineer: Drives scoping and execution of one or more OKRs/projects that impact multiple teams. Partners with stakeholders to set the team vision and technical roadmaps for one or more products. Is a role model and mentor to the entire engineering organization. Ensures system health and quality with operational reviews, testing strategies, and monitoring rigor. The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role: <ul> <li>Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. The compensation details listed in this posting reflect the US base salary only. </li> <li>The estimated base salary range for this role is $190,000 - $220,000.</li> <li>Additionally, this role may be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan.</li> <li>Please note – we factor in the different costs for geographies outside the United States.</li> </ul><div><hr /> <h3>Life at TRM Labs</h3> Leadership Principles Our Leadership Principles shape everything we do—how we make decisions, collaborate, and operate day to day. <ul> <li>Impact-Oriented Trailblazer – We put customers first, driving for speed, focus, and adaptability.</li> <li>Master Craftsperson – We prioritize speed, high standards, and distributed ownership.</li> <li>Inspiring Colleague – We value humility, candor, and a one-team mindset.</li> </ul> Accelerate your Career  At TRM, you’ll do work that matters—disrupting terrorist networks, recovering stolen funds, and protecting people around the world. You will: <ul> <li>Work alongside top experts and learn every day.</li> <li>Embrace a growth mindset with development opportunities tailored to your role.</li> <li>Take on high-impact challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.</li> <li>Thrive in a culture of coaching, where feedback is fast, direct, and built to help you level up. </li> </ul> What to Expect at TRM TRM moves fast—really fast. We know a lot of startups say that, but we mean it. We operate with urgency, ownership, and high standards. As a result, you’ll be joining a team that’s highly engaged, mission-driven, and constantly evolving. To support this intensity, we’re also intentional about rest and recharge. We offer generous benefits, including PTO, Holidays, and Parental Leave for full time employees. That said, TRM may not be the right fit for everyone. If youre optimizing for work life balance, we encourage you to: <ul> <li>Ask your interviewers how they personally approach balance within their teams, and</li> <li>Reflect on whether this is the right season in your life to join a high-velocity environment.</li> <li>Be honest with yourself about what energizes you—and what drains you</li> </ul> We’re upfront about this because we want every new team member to thrive—not just survive. The Stakes Are Real Our work has direct, real-world impact: <ul> <li>Jumping online after hours to support urgent government requests tracing ransomware payments.</li> <li>Delivering actionable insights during terrorist financing investigations.</li> <li>Collaborating across time zones in real time during a major global hack.</li> <li>Building new processes in days, not weeks, to stop criminals before they cash out.</li> <li>Analyzing blockchain data to recover stolen savings and dismantle trafficking networks.</li> </ul> Thrive as a Global Team  As a remote-first company, TRM Labs is built for global collaboration. <ul> <li>We cultivate a strong remote culture through clear communication, thorough documentation, and meaningful relationships.</li> <li>We invest in offsites, regional meetups, virtual coffee chats, and onboarding buddies to foster collaboration.</li> <li>By prioritizing trust and belonging, we harness the strengths of a global team while staying aligned with our mission and values.</li> </ul> <h3>Join our mission!</h3> We’re looking for team members who thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments and love building from the ground up. TRM is remote-first, with an exceptionally talented global team. If you enjoy solving tough problems and seeing your work make a difference for billions of people, we want you here. Don’t worry if your experience doesn’t perfectly match a job description— we value passion, problem-solving, and unique career paths. If you’re excited about TRM’s mission, we want to hear from you. Recruitment agencies TRM Labs does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to TRM employees. TRM Labs is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company without a signed agreement. Privacy Policy By submitting your application, you are agreeing to allow TRM to process your personal information in accordance with the <a href="https://www.trmlabs.com/policies/privacy-policy" target="_blank">TRM Privacy Policy</a> Learn More: <a href="https://www.trmlabs.com/culture">Company Values</a> | <a href="https://www.trmlabs.com/interviewing">Interviewing</a> | <a href="https://www.trmlabs.com/faq">FAQs</a></div>

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