[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure @TRM Labs

Role Description

As a Senior Software Engineer on Data Infrastructure (RDBMS), you will develop, operate, and scale the relational database systems that serve data at petabyte scale, helping build a safer financial system for billions of people. This role is uniquely broad at TRM: you own the serving layer end to end, from query performance to cost to availability, on infrastructure that product teams depend on every day.

The impact you will have:

• Keep customer-facing APIs fast and available at five-nines by owning query tuning, index design, and schema optimization on petabyte-scale Postgres/Citus.
• Cut storage and compute costs materially by using AI-assisted analysis (pganalyze paired with Claude) to detect compression and data-model opportunities.
• Remove team toil by building agentic automation for routine database operations, such as self-serve pgbouncer provisioning, disk scaling, and blue-green deployments.
• Protect data integrity and latency by driving agentic validation of database changes before they reach production.
• Keep real-time data flowing by managing CDC pipelines (PeerDB, Fivetran, Debezium) and using AI tooling to debug replication failures faster.
• Shape the next-generation platform by migrating workloads off first-gen infrastructure and prototyping new data stores with AI-accelerated spikes.
• Raise the whole team's leverage by codifying your workflows into AI-native runbooks and internal tooling that teammates reuse.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years building and operating production PostgreSQL (Citus, Aurora, AlloyDB, or equivalent distributed Postgres).
• Deep SQL optimization skills (Explain Plans, CTEs, window functions, partitioning, index design, query-planner behavior in distributed environments).
• Hands-on experience with CDC tools (PeerDB, Fivetran, Debezium, Datastream, Airbyte).
• Fluency with database profiling (pganalyze or equivalent) to interpret metrics and logs.
• Production automation experience in Python or Go, including agentic automation of routine database tasks.
• Daily use of AI coding tools (Claude, Copilot) to accelerate development and produce higher-quality output faster.
• A track record of using AI-assisted analysis to drive measurable cost or performance improvements in production database systems.

Requirements

• Distributed, not distant: most collaboration happens async in Slack, Notion, and GitHub.
• Primary timezone overlap across US and Canada working hours.
• Written-first culture: technical specs and decision docs drive alignment before code.
• On-call rotation approximately once every 15 days; each shift is a 24-hour window across 2 days.

Benefits

• Estimated base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $220,000.
• 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.

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: Typically 3–5 interviews to go deeper on your craft, problem-solving, and alignment with TRM.
• 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.
• Welcome to TRM: Once you sign, we’ll get you ready for your first day and onboarding.

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.
• A high level of personal ownership and accountability is required.

Leadership Principles

• Impact-Oriented Trailblazer: We put customers first and move with speed, focus, and adaptability.
• Master Craftsperson: We care deeply about our craft and own outcomes end-to-end.
• Inspiring Colleague: We add clarity and energy, not noise.

Join our Mission

At TRM, we care deeply about our craft. We are looking for individuals who want their work to matter and who take pride in building a safer world for billions of people.