TRM Labs

Senior Software Engineer, Backend | Product Engineering - US

TRM Labs
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7 months ago
USA (city not specified)Senior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$210k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain public APIs within the API Product suite.
  • Design and build scalable backend systems, web applications, APIs, and services.
  • Support internal business units through shared engineering services and functionality.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to turn functional visions into roadmaps with clear outcomes.
  • Understand customer pain points and translate them into technical and product requirements.
  • Lead projects as a technical anchor while prioritizing delivery speed, quality, and impact.
  • Participate in the internal-tools on-call rotation and triage customer support requests from designated Slack channels.
  • Build cross-functional relationships with stakeholders across the organization.

Requirements

  • Experience designing and building scalable systems, web applications, APIs, and services.
  • Understanding of storage systems, including relational databases such as Postgres and analytical databases.
  • Demonstrated ability to connect customer needs and pain points to technical and product requirements.
  • Strong initiative, ownership, adaptability, and comfort navigating ambiguity.
  • Exceptional problem-structuring and prioritization skills.
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing.
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with diverse stakeholders at all organizational levels.
  • Node.js experience is not required, provided the candidate has transferable backend engineering experience.

Benefits

  • US base salary range is provided in the posting, with potential eligibility for TRM’s equity plan.
  • Distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore.
  • Team time zones span EST and PST, with at least six hours of overlap with PST from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. PST.
  • Access to a psychologically safe, collaborative, high-ownership team culture.
  • Opportunity to work on mission-driven problems involving AI, national security, financial crime, and public-sector investigations.
  • Participation in a weekly sprint schedule, technical ownership opportunities, and an internal-tools on-call rotation.

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About TRM Labs

201-500 employees

TRM Labs builds AI-powered blockchain intelligence and investigation software for government agencies and financial institutions to detect, trace, and disrupt crypto‑related crime. Its platform supports AML, sanctions, fraud, and threat‑intelligence use cases, combining data analytics with tools for case building and transaction monitoring. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company serves customers worldwide across public‑ and private‑sector markets.

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