TRM Labs is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain highly available and scalable data infrastructure for their blockchain intelligence products. The role involves processing petabytes of blockchain transaction data to combat illicit activity and enhance global security.
Requirements
- A proven track record, with 5+ years of hands-on experience in architecting distributed system architecture, guiding projects from initial ideation through to successful production deployment.
- Exceptional programming skills in Python, as well as adeptness in SQL or SparkSQL.
- In-depth experience with data stores such as Icerberg, Trino, BigQuery, and StarRocks, and Citus.
- Proficiency in data pipeline and workflow orchestration tools like Airflow, DBT, etc.
- Expertise in data processing technologies and streaming workflows including Spark, Kafka, and Flink.
- Competence in deploying and monitoring infrastructure within public cloud platforms, utilizing tools such as Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Datadog.
- Proven ability in loading, querying, and transforming extensive datasets.
Responsibilities
- Build highly reliable data services to integrate with dozens of blockchains.
- Develop complex ETL pipelines that transform and process petabytes of structured and unstructured data in real-time.
- Design and architect intricate data models for optimal storage and retrieval to support sub-second latency for querying blockchain data.
- Oversee the deployment and monitoring of large database clusters with an unwavering focus on performance and high availability.
- Collaborate across departments, partnering with data scientists, backend engineers, and product managers to design and implement novel data models that enhance TRM’s products.
- Build scalable engines to optimize routine scaling and maintenance tasks like create self-serve automation for creating new pgbouncer, scaling disks, scaling/updating of clusters, etc.
- Enable tasks to be faster next time and reducing dependency on a single person.
Other
- A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field.
- Impact-Oriented Trailblazer – We put customers first, driving for speed, focus, and adaptability.
- Master Craftsperson – We prioritize speed, high standards, and distributed ownership.
- Inspiring Colleague – We value humility, candor, and a one-team mindset.
- If you're optimizing for work life balance, we encourage you to ask your interviewers how they personally approach balance within their teams, and reflect on whether this is the right season in your life to join a high-velocity environment.
