TRM Labs - Staff Software Engineer, Agent Engineering
Requirements
• 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 • Previous experience with knowledge graphs, task orchestration, or AI safety a plus • Work Location Requirement: This role is based in our San Francisco office. Employees in this position are expected to work from the office at least three (3) days per week to support in-person collaboration and team engagement.
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 • This work has real stakes. Depending on your role at TRM, your week might look like: • Driving critical investigations that can’t wait for typical business hours. • Shipping products in days when others would schedule quarters. • Partnering with teams across time zones to deliver insights while the story is still unfolding. • Building new solutions from first principles when the playbook doesn’t yet exist. • Protecting victims and customers by tracing illicit activity and disrupting criminal networks. • 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. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply — we hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast. • TRM is a Series C company with $220M in total funding, backed by Blockchain Capital, Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Y Combinator, Thoma Bravo, and others. Headquartered in San Francisco, TRM operates as a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore. • By submitting your application, you are agreeing to allow TRM to process your personal information in accordance with the TRM Privacy Policy. • Our typical hiring cycles for specialized roles span 24 to 36 months. Accordingly, we retain your personal information for up to 36 months to evaluate your application and to consider you for current and future employment opportunities, unless you request earlier deletion or a different retention period is required or permitted by law. • To notify TRM Labs that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. • We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this form. • Recruitment agencies • TRM Labs does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to TRM employees. TRM Labs is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company without a signed agreement. • Learn More: Company Values | Interviewing | FAQs
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