Engineering Manager, Data Science

BUILD A SAFER WORLD.

TRM 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.

TRM Labs is building the world's most advanced blockchain intelligence platform. We're looking for an Engineering Manager, Data Science to own the platforms that power TRM's intelligence data products, from ingestion and processing to serving and front-end delivery. You'll lead two highly synergistic sub-teams and drive end-to-end outcomes that get intelligence into customers' hands faster.

The impact you will have:

• Own the platform that supports 1+ petabyte of intelligence products including batch processing, real-time, 24/7 API requirements

• Drive 10x improvement in the speed and overhead of getting new intelligence models and data products to customers

• Lead two sub-teams spanning from data infrastructure through product-facing delivery

• Set the technical direction for production systems, making sound bets on architecture, tooling, and platform investments

• Build platforms that accelerate DS team work; making it seamless and fast for data scientists to test and deliver intelligence data products

• Hire, develop, and manage a team of engineers, raising the bar on technical quality and AI fluency

What we're looking for:

• 4+ years managing data engineering, data science, or ML teams with direct people management responsibility

• A player-coach who stays close to the technical work - reviewing architecture, debugging pipelines, making system design decisions - while also setting team strategy

• Must have owned production systems at scale: customer-facing data products, APIs, or decisioning engines - not analytics or BI systems

• Strong Python and SQL; experience with BigQuery, Airflow, data lake architecture, serving layers

• Active daily user of AI tools to accelerate development and challenge assumptions

• Good judgment; you'll be making decisions on the technological bets and investments that define TRM's platform

About the Team:

• The computational intelligence team builds the production data science capabilities that power TRM's intelligence products

• This manager role owns the Blockchain Intel Product Pod and Intel Platform sub-teams, a cohesive unit spanning platform infrastructure through product delivery

• Culture is high-trust, technically rigorous, fast-moving, direct, ownership-heavy, and AI-native (90%+ AI fluency expected)

Team Operating Rhythms:

• Distributed, not distant: the team is primarily US-based and operates across EST/PST timezones; at least 6 hours of daily overlap with US Eastern time is expected

• Async-first communication via Slack for day-to-day coordination; Notion and Jira for project tracking and documentation

• Regular cross-functional syncs with public sector GTM, threat intelligence, and product teams to align on intelligence requirements and delivery timelines

LIFE AT TRM

We are building a safer world. That promise shows up in how we work every day.

TRM moves quickly. We are a high velocity, high ownership team that expects clarity, follow-through, and impact. People who thrive here are energized by hard problems, experimentation, and continuous feedback. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.

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. The pace and intensity of the work reflect the importance of the mission. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.

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

• A high level of personal ownership and accountability

• Close collaboration across teams and functions

• Frequent, high-touch communication

• Creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking

• A pace that rewards urgency, adaptability, and outcomes

This environment is energizing for people who enjoy building, solving hard problems, and making progress in situations that are not always fully defined. It also requires comfort navigating ambiguity, adjusting course as new information emerges, and maintaining focus and positivity in a fast-moving and intense environment.

We also recognize that this style of operating is not for everyone. If you are primarily optimizing for predictability or a consistently balanced workload, we encourage you to use the interview process to pressure test whether this environment is truly the right fit. We want teammates who thrive here, not just survive here.

At the same time, many people find this work deeply rewarding. If you are excited by meaningful problems, motivated by ambitious goals, and energized by working alongside mission-driven colleagues, there is a good chance you will find TRM to be an exceptional place to grow and contribute. Learn more: Interviewing at TRM: How We Hire and What Success Looks Like https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/interviewing-at-trm-how-we-hire-and-what-success-looks-like

AI FLUENCY AT TRM

AI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM.

We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate. We expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft, not just automate surface tasks.

At TRM, AI fluency means you are among the top 10 percent of operators in your function in how you apply AI to:

• Accelerate repeatable workflows

• Structure and solve problems

• Improve output quality

• Increase speed and leverage

You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.

LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES

We hire and grow against three leadership principles. They’re the standards for how we operate, treat each other, and make decisions.

• Impact-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 MISSION

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.

PRIVACY POLICY AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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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 an