Senior Software Engineer, Graph Analytics

About the Position

TRM Labs is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Graph Analytics to join our team. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Graph Analytics team, you will build scalable graph systems that analyze large networks of cryptocurrency transactions. You will collaborate closely with engineers, data scientists, and investigators to design mission-critical graph algorithms that analyze flows of funds. You will leverage distributed databases and graph processors to implement real-time graph algorithms at the multi-blockchain scale.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing graph algorithms that analyze large cryptocurrency transaction networks at multi-blockchain scale
• Researching new graph-native technology to evaluate benefit to data science and data engineering teams at TRM
• Working on a highly cross-functional team that collaborates with cryptocurrency investigators to identify key user stories and requirements for new graph algorithms and features
• Understanding and refining TRM’s risk models which analyze large networks of cryptocurrency transactions to assign risk scores to addresses
• Communicating complex implementation details to a variety of audiences from investigators and customer success stakeholders to data engineers and data scientists
• Integrating with a diverse set of data inputs ranging from raw blockchain data to complex model outputs

Requirements

• Academic background in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or Physics
• Strong knowledge of algorithm design and data structures, and experience applying this knowledge towards real-world problems
• Experience optimizing large-scale distributed data processing systems such as Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Dask, and distributed graph databases
• Experience converting academic research into products and have worked with research teams that regularly ship new features
• Strong programming experience with Python and SQL
• Excellent communicator who is skilled at tailoring explanations of complex topics to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Self-motivated, comfortable working with ambiguity, and accountable for outcomes
• Knowledgeable of basic graph theory concepts

We Offer

• Competitive salary: $85k-$120k/year
• Full-time position
• Remote work opportunities

About the Team

Our 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. Our use of digital tools helps us collaborate seamlessly and work at an impressive pace, delivering results at TRM speed while staying in sync.

About TRM Labs

TRM is a blockchain intelligence company that’s on a mission to build a safer world for billions of people. We’re a lean, high-impact team tackling some of the world’s most critical challenges, ranging from human trafficking and financial fraud to terrorist financing. We are builders who power governments, financial institutions, and crypto companies when the clock is running and the consequences are real.

Life at TRM

We build to protect civilization. That promise shows up in how we work every day. TRM runs fast. Really fast. We’re a high-velocity team that expects ownership, clarity, and follow-through. People who thrive here are inspired by hard problems, experimentation, direct feedback. If it takes months elsewhere, it often ships here in days. If you are optimizing primarily for consistent work-life balance, use the interview process to pressure-test fit. We want teammates who thrive here, not just survive here. We coach directly, assume positive intent, and play for the front of the jersey.

Join Our Mission

We look for people who want their work to matter, who build with speed and rigor, and who take pride in protecting others through their craft. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, apply anyway. We hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.

Build to protect civilization. Let’s do it together.