Backend Engineer — API Integrations & Scalable Platform

TRM; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TRM Labs is seeking a Software Engineer focused on API integrations to expand our AI Engineering platform. You will design, build, and scale third-party integrations, APIs, and data pipelines that power TRM’s AI-native products, while collaborating with product, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions.

You will work on an integration platform that connects to external data sources securely and at scale, contributing to faster iteration and safer data access for

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building scalable backend systems, APIs, web services, and production software.
• Strong understanding of third-party API integration patterns, including authentication, rate limits, retries, error handling, data normalization, and monitoring.
• Experience with storage systems such as relational databases, analytical databases, queues, caches, or event-driven architectures.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, structure complex problems, and identify the highest-impact technical priorities.
• Strong ownership mindset and comfort driving projects from vague requirements through production launch and iteration.
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional environment with product, design, data, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams.
• Experience with OSINT data sources a plus
• Experience with AI Production Systems a plus

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain third-party API integrations that power TRM’s Agentic products and workflows.
• Develop scalable integration infrastructure, shared services, and internal tooling that make it faster and safer to add new data sources.
• Build reliable APIs, backend services, and data pipelines that support high-volume, mission-critical product experiences.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data, and internal stakeholders to translate integration needs into clear technical roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Improve the quality, observability, reliability, and maintainability of TRM’s integration platform as usage grows across the business.

Skills

Backend design

API integration

Data pipelines

Third-party APIs

Auth & rate limits

Observability

Relational databases

Event-driven architectures

Ambiguity handling

Ownership mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Job description

TRM Labs is seeking a Software Engineer focused on API integrations to expand our AI Engineering platform. You will design, build, and scale third-party integrations, APIs, and data pipelines that power TRM’s AI-native products, while collaborating with product, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions.

You will work on an integration platform that connects to external data sources securely and at scale, contributing to faster iteration and safer data access for