[Remote] Backend Engineer, Agent Tools

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions to help agencies investigate and disrupt crime. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to design and implement scalable API integrations and infrastructure for their AI-native products.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain third-party API integrations that power TRM’s Agentic products and workflows
• Develop scalable integration infrastructure, shared services, and internal tooling that make it faster and safer to add new data sources
• Build reliable APIs, backend services, and data pipelines that support high-volume, mission-critical product experiences
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data, and internal stakeholders to translate integration needs into clear technical roadmaps and measurable outcomes
• Improve the quality, observability, reliability, and maintainability of TRM’s integration platform as usage grows across the business

Skills

• Experience designing and building scalable backend systems, APIs, web services, and production software
• Strong understanding of third-party API integration patterns, including authentication, rate limits, retries, error handling, data normalization, and monitoring
• Experience with storage systems such as relational databases, analytical databases, queues, caches, or event-driven architectures
• Ability to work through ambiguity, structure complex problems, and identify the highest-impact technical priorities
• Strong ownership mindset and comfort driving projects from vague requirements through production launch and iteration
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional environment with product, design, data, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams
• Experience with OSINT data sources a plus
• Experience with AI Production Systems a plus

Benefits

• Remote work model
• On-call rotation approximately one week long every 4–6 weeks
• Reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities (requests can be made via provided form)

Company Overview

TRM Labs is a software company that offers blockchain, transaction monitoring, and analytics to help financial institutions and governments. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://trmlabs.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

TRM Labs has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.