Senior AI Engineer (AI Automation)

TRM Labs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TRM Labs is hiring a Senior AI Engineer (AI Automation) to embed with Product and build agentic solutions, automations, and apps that help Product, Product Marketing, and Design move faster. The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, shipping production code, and applying AI to internal tooling and customer insight.

Responsibilities include turning manual work into agents, delivering scalable AI tools, and shipping quick prototypes built with Python or TypeScript.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience in Python or TypeScript with production code shipping.
• Very high AI fluency including daily AI development and agentic solutions.
• Experience translating requirements from non-engineers and operating in ambiguity.
• Judgment on where AI adds value and where it does not.
• Experience building adoption-focused solutions for non-technical teams.
• Daily use of AI-assisted coding tools like Claude Code or Cursor.

Responsibilities

• Convert repetitive work into agents and automations to free up judgment and customer work.
• Provide teams access to customer insights via tools you build.
• Deliver agentic solutions that scale with limited headcount.
• Create reusable components to speed future builds.
• Turn rough ideas into prototypes and ship same-day production fixes.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

AI fluency

MCP

retrieval

evals

observability

Claude Code

Cursor

Slack

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Job description

TRM Labs is hiring a Senior AI Engineer (AI Automation) to embed with Product and build agentic solutions, automations, and apps that help Product, Product Marketing, and Design move faster. The role focuses on end-to-end ownership, shipping production code, and applying AI to internal tooling and customer insight.

Responsibilities

• Convert repetitive, manual work into agents and automations so teams can dedicate time to judgment and customer work rather than busywork.
• Provide teams with direct access to customer insight and the underlying data through tools you build, enabling better-informed decisions.
• Deliver agentic solutions that teams adopt, allowing the same headcount to operate at a scale that would otherwise be difficult.
• Create reusable, maintained components to speed up future builds and prevent duplication of existing work.
• Translate rough ideas into working prototypes quickly and ship same-day production fixes to shared agents, improving speed to market across Product and Marketing.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering experience in Python or TypeScript, with a track record of shipping production code rather than only wiring together workflows.
• Very high AI fluency, including daily development with AI and building agentic solutions on current frontier models. Examples include MCP, retrieval, evals, and observability. Relevant work examples are expected.
• Experience translating requirements from non-engineers and uncovering the real need behind the request.
• Judgment about where AI improves outcomes and where it does not.
• Experience building solutions that non-technical teams adopt and continue using.
• Daily use of AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.
• Senior scope to own problems end to end with minimal direction and comfort working in ambiguity.

Technologies

• Python, TypeScript
• MCP, retrieval, evals, observability
• Claude Code, Cursor
• Slack

About the Team

AI Automation Engineering is the engineering home for internal tooling and agents, embedded with Product, Product Marketing, and Design. You remain connected to engineering for standards, code review, and shared infrastructure so what you build holds up in production and compounds across teams.

• High-ownership work with ambiguity by design, with the ability to set priorities and own problems end to end.
• Globally distributed, fully remote, and async-first environment.

Team Operating Rhythm

• Roughly 6 hours of overlap with 8:00am to 5:00pm PST.
• Embedded side by side with the teams you serve, with a connection back to the AI Automation team and engineering.
• Async-first communication through Slack and written documentation.
• No travel, no onsite, and no on-call.

Required Online and Collaboration Hours

Schedule: roughly a 6 hour overlap with 8:00am to 5:00pm CT.

Learn About TRM Speed in This Position

• Move from a rough idea to a working prototype in hours so teams respond to reality rather than descriptions.
• Ship improvements to a shared agent or app to production the same day a user reports a problem.
• Within the first 90 days, teams rely on what you built as part of their weekly work.

Interviewing With TRM

Most interview processes include a case study, an AI skills assessment, and a Leadership Principles interview.

AI Fluency at TRM

• AI fluency is a baseline expectation.
• TRM expects every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft, not only to automate surface tasks.
• Applied AI fluency is evaluated during the interview process, including accelerating repeatable workflows, structuring and solving problems, improving output quality, and increasing speed and leverage.

Life at TRM

• High-velocity, high-ownership culture that values clarity, follow-through, and impact.
• Strong emphasis on experimentation and continuous feedback, with delivery timelines measured in days rather than months.
• Work at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime.
• Expect frequent changes to priorities and targets, operating with ambiguity, and maintaining personal ownership and accountability.

Leadership Principles

• Impact-Oriented Trailblazer: customer-first focus with speed, adaptability, and fast test-ship-measure-iterate cycles.
• Master Craftsperson: commitment to craft with end-to-end ownership and high standards.
• Inspiring Colleague: clarity and energy through humility, candor, and a one-team mindset with feedback.

Privacy Policy and Additional Information

• By submitting an application, you agree to allow TRM Labs to process your personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy.
• TRM collects application information (such as your resume, work history, and contact details) to evaluate your candidacy for current and future roles.
• Your information may be retained for up to 36 months from the application date, as hiring cycles may span 24 to 36 months.
• If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with applicable data protection laws, you may access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data before that period ends.
• Use of AI tools during TRM interviews is not permitted without prior approval (including notetakers, interview assistants, and real-time coaching tools such as Otter.ai, Fireflies, Fathom, Cluey, or similar). TRM uses internal note-taking tools.
• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available via a request form.

Recruitment Agencies

• TRM Labs does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and requests that candidates not forward resumes to TRM employees.
• TRM Labs is not responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company without a signed agreement.