[Hiring] AI Scientist @TRM Labs

Role Description

As an AI Scientist on our new AI Research team, you will build the models and agents behind the intelligence that powers TRM's products. This includes:

• Training foundation models on blockchain data.
• Building autonomous AI agents that generate intelligence at a scale hand-built heuristics cannot reach.
• Working on Intel Cortex and other ambitious, cross-cutting ideas.
• Driving customer outcomes, from seizing illicit funds to disrupting criminal networks.

The impact you'll have here:

• Train ML models on blockchain data, including foundation models, and take them from research to production.
• Build AI agents (and fine-tune LLMs where it helps) for TRM's products.
• Find new ways to generate net new intelligence using patterns across all intelligence layers (Network / On-chain / Protocol).
• Ship production-quality code: ML models, agents, and data pipelines with rigorous evaluation and scalable architecture.
• Take on ambitious, high-impact bets that raise the ceiling of what our intelligence can do.

Qualifications

• Quantitative background (Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics). Advanced degree or equivalent research experience is a plus.
• Strong machine learning foundations built over years of applied ML and/or research.
• Strong problem-solving mindset: gets to the root cause, leverages creativity, and thrives in ambiguity.
• 5+ years of hands-on machine learning experience.
• Strong skills in Python, SQL, and AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code).
• Experience with distributed data systems (Spark, BigQuery, Airflow) and shipping production ML code.
• Strong async communication skills (Loom, Slack, Notion) and ability to work independently in a remote environment.
• Bonus: experience with LLMs, AI agents, or fine-tuning; domain curiosity or prior work in blockchain, crypto, fraud, money laundering, or financial crime.

Requirements

• Must have at least 4-hour overlap with PST business hours.

Benefits

• Fully remote and globally distributed work environment.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact projects with rapid customer impact.
• Build complex algorithms with tight timeframes and iterate based on real customer feedback.
• Juggle multiple priorities across categories and stakeholders while maintaining quality and speed.

Company Description

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.