OverviewTRM Labs provides blockchain analytics and AI solutions to help law enforcement and national security agencies, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency businesses detect, investigate, and disrupt crypto-related fraud and financial crime. TRM’s blockchain intelligence and AI platforms include solutions to trace the source and destination of funds, identify illicit activity, build cases, and construct an operating picture of threats. TRM is trusted by leading agencies and businesses worldwide who rely on TRM to enable a safer, more secure world for all.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 an Engineering Manager, 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:Lead and develop a team of talented, high-impact engineers, providing cultural, technical, and hands-on leadership.Provide regular coaching and technical mentorship to your immediate team as well as the broader engineering department.Take direct responsibility for the quality and delivery of the team's work, and manage the end-to-end availability and performance of critical services.Drive work based on goals and measurable outcomes that are accountable to KPIs.Encourage best practices in design and usability, creating scalable engines with thorough documentation and knowledge sharing.Resolve escalations arising from operations and work with various teams to solve production incidents through to resolution.Collaborate with management and product teams to plan, estimate, and prioritize roadmap objectives and identify upcoming opportunities and risks.Build highly reliable data services to integrate with dozens of blockchains.Develop ETL pipelines that transform and process petabytes of structured and unstructured data in real time.Design data models for optimal storage and retrieval to support sub-second latency for querying blockchain data.Deploy and monitor large database clusters that are performant and highly available.Work cross-functionally with data scientists, backend engineers and product managers to design and implement, and new data models to support TRM’s products.What we’re looking for:Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field.5+ years of experience building distributed system architecture, from whiteboard to production.Strong programming skills in Python, and SQL or SparkSQL.Versatility. Experience across the entire spectrum of data engineering, including:Data stores (e.g., ClickHouse, ElasticSearch, Postgres, Redis, and Neo4j)Data pipeline and workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, DBT, Luigi, Azkaban, Storm)Data processing technologies and streaming workflows (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Flink)Deployment and monitoring infrastructure in public cloud platforms (e.g., Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, Datadog)Loading, querying, and transforming large data setsAI-native mindset: ability to leverage modern AI/ML tools and workflows to accelerate engineering productivity, data processing, and problem solvingAbout the TeamOur team is spread out over several countries and time zones. To leverage the opportunities and address challenges that come with this working model, we've built a culture grounded in trust, transparency, and adaptability.Even though we're scattered across different time zones, we stay closely connected through open communication and regular check-ins.The diversity of perspectives and expertise within our team sparks creative exchanges and enhances our problem-solving capabilities.We're driven by a deep sense of ownership, constant pursuit of improvement and an obsession with delivering magical experiences to our customers; these are a core part of our culture.We structure problems and use the 80/20 rule to identify where to direct our razor-sharp focus.Each of us is passionate about excellence and growth, and we're encouraged to challenge the status quo and experiment with new methods.By celebrating our successes and learning from our setbacks, we stay agile and forward-thinking, always striving to elevate our performance and impact.Life at TRMTRM moves quickly. We are a high velocity, high ownership team that expects clarity, follow-through, and impact.Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting financial crime. The problems are complex, the stakes are real, and the environment evolves quickly.At TRM, you should expect priorities and targets to change quickly as we experiment and iterate; work that often requires operating with a high degree of ambiguity; high personal ownership and accountability; close collaboration across teams and functions; frequent, high-touch communication; creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking; and a pace that rewards urgency, adaptability, and outcomes.AI Fluency at TRMAI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM. We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate, and we expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft. You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.Leadership PrinciplesImpact-Oriented Trailblazer: We put customers first and move with speed, focus, and adaptability. We treat every plan like an experiment – test, ship, measure, and iterate quickly.Master Craftsperson: We care deeply about our craft. We balance speed with high standards, own outcomes end‑to‑end, and invest in getting better everyday.Inspiring Colleague: We add clarity and energy, not noise. We bring humility, candor, and a one‑team mindset — giving and receiving feedback to make the team stronger.Join our MissionTRM is 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. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, TRM encourages you to apply — they hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.CompensationThe estimated base salary range for this role is $220,000 - $240,000.Additionally, this role may be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan.