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TRM Labs · 1 day ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Data Product

TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company on a mission to build a safer financial system. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Data Product team, focusing on building and scaling backend systems for real-time blockchain intelligence products.

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Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable, reliable backend services and APIs that serve complex analytics and insights on blockchain activity
Engineer data-centric microservices that power features across TRM’s intelligence platform, balancing performance, resilience, and modularity
Own the full lifecycle of backend systems, from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Model and manage large-scale blockchain data, ensuring efficient access and rapid query performance across various products
Collaborate across product, data science, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration between backend systems and customer-facing features
Drive technical architecture discussions for backend and data services, and mentor junior engineers on backend best practices

Qualification

Backend engineeringPythonDistributed data systemsAPI designData storesWorkflow orchestrationCloud infrastructureMentoringCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

5+ years of backend engineering experience, with deep expertise in designing and scaling backend systems for data-rich applications
Strong Python development skills; bonus if you've worked with Go or other typed backend languages in production
Experience designing and maintaining robust APIs, including schema design, versioning, and system observability
Expertise in distributed data systems: You have hands-on experience with technologies like Spark, Kafka, Flink, or Dataflow for large-scale data ingestion and transformation
Deep familiarity with data stores like BigQuery and Postgres, including performance tuning for large, complex queries
Production experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow or dbt, and containerized deployment (Docker, Kubernetes)
Understanding of cloud infrastructure (e.g. GCP, AWS), including CI/CD pipelines, Terraform-based deployments, and observability with tools like Datadog or Prometheus
Demonstrated success building high-impact backend systems that shipped to production and scaled with user or data growth

Benefits

Additionally, this role may be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan.

Company

TRM Labs

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TRM Labs is a software company that offers blockchain, transaction monitoring, and analytics to help financial institutions and governments.

H1B Sponsorship

TRM Labs has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2024 (4)
2023 (3)
2022 (3)
2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$149.9M
Key Investors
Thoma BravoJP Morgan ChaseTiger Global Management
2022-11-09Series B· $70M
2022-04-04Series B
2022-02-28Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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Esteban Castano
Co-founder & CEO
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Rahul Raina
Co-Founder
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