National-Security Forward Deployed Engineer

TRM Labs Inc.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

TRM Labs is a security tech company delivering AI-powered intelligence to fight illicit crypto activity, with a global mission and a hybrid work model. The Forward Deployed Engineer role places you on-site with national-security customers, deploying the TRM platform, integrating data pipelines, and solving complex problems in constrained environments.

You’ll collaborate across product, engineering, and enforcement teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong programming ability in Python and/or Node.js/TypeScript.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience.
• Production AWS experience.
• Relational databases (PostgreSQL) experience.

Responsibilities

• Deploy TRM's platform inside customer environments - cloud and air-gapped.
• Sit directly with mission users, translate needs into working software, and build it.
• Deliver integrations, data pipelines, and prototypes that prove out a capability.
• Provide end-to-end delivery across application code, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and data stores.
• Act as the technical bridge back to TRM's product and engineering teams, carrying mission context.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Node.js

Kubernetes

AWS

PostgreSQL

Data engineering

AI tooling

Tools

Terraform

Argo CD

Job description

TRM Labs is a security tech company delivering AI-powered intelligence to fight illicit crypto activity, with a global mission and a hybrid work model. The Forward Deployed Engineer role places you on-site with national-security customers, deploying the TRM platform, integrating data pipelines, and solving complex problems in constrained environments.

You’ll collaborate across product, engineering, and enforcement teams to deliver impactful solutions.