[Hiring] Instructional Designer @TRM Labs

Role Description

The Instructional Designer on TRM Academy designs and builds the courses, certifications and learning paths that teach law enforcement, regulators, financial institutions and crypto businesses to detect, investigate and disrupt crypto-enabled crime. You turn the expertise of TRM's intelligence, policy and compliance teams into published, assessment-backed training across self-paced courses, live sessions and product documentation, in multiple languages. What makes this role different: you use AI to build faster, and you own the accuracy that government agencies and financial institutions rely on when they certify their people.

The impact you will have:

• Design learning pathways for a widening range of learners.
• Keep TRM's certifications accurate and defensible.
• Turn expert knowledge into strong training.
• Co-own product documentation and training across TRM's platforms.
• Deliver content in multiple languages without losing accuracy.
• Make the team faster, and prove the training works.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of instructional design or curriculum development for adult learners, with a portfolio of published, assessment-backed courses.
• Experience building on an LMS and writing valid assessments and item banks.
• Ability to translate technical subject-matter content into curriculum; crypto, blockchain, compliance or financial-crime familiarity is a strong plus.
• Production AI fluency: you already use AI daily to draft content, generate assessment items and speed up build and research workflows.
• Readiness to build reusable AI workflows others adopt, including item generation checked against source and module-versus-new-intelligence comparisons, and to own the human verification step.
• Excellent written communication and a track record owning courses end-to-end as the single accountable owner.

Requirements

• Schedule: Business hours with overlap across US time zones for internal syncs and content reviews.
• Travel Requirements: Minimal; occasional travel for team or customer content sessions if needed.
• Onsite Requirements: None required; distributed role.

Benefits

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $155,000-$175,000.
• This role may be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan.

Application Instructions

If you’re interested in joining TRM, we encourage you to apply directly. Every application is reviewed by our Talent team.

• Before applying, review the job description carefully and highlight the experience and impact that best demonstrate the required qualifications.
• Provide thoughtful and accurate answers to the application questions, as these will be used to evaluate your qualifications for the role.
• If you send your resume directly to someone at TRM, we can’t guarantee it will reach the appropriate hiring team.

What to Expect From Our Interview Process

• Recruiter Intro: Explore your experience, motivations, and alignment with the role.
• Hiring Manager: Dive deeper into your relevant experience, skills, and impact.
• First Round: Typically 1–2 interviews focused on the skills most critical to the role.
• Final Round: Meet some of the people you'd be working with.
• References: We’ll speak with former colleagues who can provide perspective on your work and impact.
• Offer: If it’s a mutual fit, your recruiter will walk you through your offer and answer your questions.

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.
• Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime.
• 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.

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.