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. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.

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 TRM's products and services. As a Software 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.

Build highly reliable data services to integrate with dozens of blockchains. Develop complex ETL pipelines that transform and process petabytes of structured and unstructured data in real-time. Design and architect intricate data models for optimal storage and retrieval to support sub-second latency for querying blockchain data.

Oversee the deployment and monitoring of large database clusters with an unwavering focus on performance and high availability. Collaborate across departments, partnering with data scientists, backend engineers, and product managers to design and implement novel data models that enhance TRM’s products. Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field.

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. Exceptional programming skills in Python, as well as adeptness in SQL or SparkSQL. Versatility that spans the entire spectrum of data engineering in one or more of the following areas:

In-depth experience with data stores and engines such as Iceberg, Trino, BigQuery, and StarRocks,



and Citus. Proficiency in data pipeline and workflow orchestration tools like Airflow, DBT, etc. Expertise in data processing technologies and streaming workflows including Spark, Kafka, and Flink.

Competence in deploying and monitoring infrastructure within public cloud platforms, utilizing tools such as Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Datadog. to optimize routine scaling and maintenance tasks like create self‑serve automation for creating new pgbouncer, scaling disks, scaling/updating of clusters, etc. Focus on must haves first to get us operational and then use future milestones to harden for customer readiness. skateboards " for projects. For instance, building observability dashboard within a week and later gathering feedback from stakeholders to identify more needs or bells & whistles to add to the dashboard.

We are building a safer world. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.

Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem solving.

A high level of personal ownership and accountability Creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking This setting is energizing for people who enjoy building, solving hard problems, and making progress in situations that are not always fully defined. AI Fluency at TRM AI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM.

We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate. We expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft,



not just automate surface tasks.

At TRM, AI fluency means you are among the top 10 percent of operators in your function in how you apply AI to:

Improve output quality You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.

We put customers first and move with speed, focus, and adaptability. We treat every plan like an experiment - test, ship, measure, and iterate quickly. At TRM, we care deeply about our craft. We are looking for individuals who want their work to matter, who experiment with speed and rigor, and who take pride in building a safer world for billions of people.

Headquartered in San Francisco, TRM operates as a distributed‑first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.Learn more about building tools for defenders.

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📌 Senior or Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform (Canada) (Winnipeg)
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