Engineering Manager - AI Product & Security Leadership

TRM Labs; California; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TRM Labs is seeking an Engineering Manager for the AI Product Engineering team. You will lead frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers to build autonomous, auditable tools for crime-fighting workflows.

You’ll partner with Product and Design to translate ambiguous ideas into scalable experiences, while owning 0→1 bets and scaled production systems. The role blends leadership with hands-on shipping and code reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience and 2–5+ years of people management experience, leading multidisciplinary product teams that ship user-facing software.
• Strong product engineering background building workflow-heavy or data-rich applications end-to-end, from 0→1 through scale.
• Experience building or integrating AI/LLM-powered features into production systems. You understand the practical realities of shipping AI — iteration, evaluation, reliability, and UX tradeoffs.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguous problem spaces, move quickly without heavy process, and turn early ideas into shipped product.
• Technical depth to review code, guide architecture, and make sound tradeoffs across frontend, backend, and AI-integrated systems.
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Design in fast-moving environments, balancing speed, quality, and user experience.
• Strong communication skills and comfort engaging directly with customers to inform product direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a pod of engineers across frontend, backend, and full-stack disciplines with a high bar for craftsmanship and ownership.
• Own execution of key AI-powered product initiatives end-to-end from problem shaping to launch and scale.
• Collaborate with Product and Design on roadmaps, tradeoffs, and prioritization to unlock AI-driven improvements.
• Drive delivery with high standards for quality, reliability, and maintainability in a fast-moving environment.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, architectural discussions, and unblocking engineers.

Skills

Frontend engineering

Backend engineering

Full-stack

Leadership

Code review

Architecture

AI/LLM

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

TRM Labs is seeking an Engineering Manager for the AI Product Engineering team. You will lead frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers to build autonomous, auditable tools for crime-fighting workflows.

You’ll partner with Product and Design to translate ambiguous ideas into scalable experiences, while owning 0→1 bets and scaled production systems. The role blends leadership with hands-on shipping and code reviews.