TRM Labs · 5 hours ago
AI Agent Engineer
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$215K/yr - $230K/yrTRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company focused on building a safer world through innovative technology. They are seeking an AI Agent Engineer to architect and implement frameworks for intelligent agents that enhance decision-making and automate investigative tasks, while ensuring the safety and scalability of AI systems.
Big DataBlockchainComplianceCryptocurrency
Responsibilities
Architect and implement a robust agentic framework that supports tool use, context retrieval, memory, and planning
Build intelligent, modular agents that automate investigative tasks and augment analyst decision-making
Extend and scale our LLM infrastructure (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, local models), including prompt engineering, RAG, and evaluation loops
Design safe, observable, and auditable agent behaviors — ensuring reliability in high-sensitivity environments
Evaluate performance across metrics like reasoning, latency, success rate, and hallucination, and iterate based on user feedback and system telemetry
Contribute to a culture of high ownership, rapid experimentation, and ethical AI deployment
Qualification
Required
Strong engineering background with deep experience in backend or systems work (Python preferred)
Hands-on experience building with LLMs, agents, and tooling frameworks (LangChain, semantic caches, vector DBs, etc.)
Comfort working with agentic pipelines and optimizing information flow into AI systems
Thoughtful approach to system design, with an eye for safety, scalability, and explainability
High product empathy - you care about how agents impact real users (analysts) and optimize accordingly
Bias toward experimentation and iteration - you're excited to try, learn, and ship fast
Preferred
Previous experience with knowledge graphs, task orchestration, or AI safety a plus
Benefits
May be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan
Company
TRM Labs
TRM Labs is a software company that offers blockchain, transaction monitoring, and analytics to help financial institutions and governments.
Founded in 2018
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$149.9MKey Investors
Thoma BravoJP Morgan ChaseTiger Global Management
2022-11-09Series B· $70M
2022-04-04Series B
2022-02-28Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Esteban Castano
Co-founder & CEO
Rahul Raina
Co-Founder
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