Senior Infrastructure Engineer

TRM Labs; United States; On-site; USD 210,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Job summary

TRM Labs is seeking an engineer who has built and shipped production services with real traffic. You will own multi-cloud (GCP + AWS) at exabyte scale, operate Kubernetes in production, and drive secure, low-latency analytics workflows.

The role emphasizes deep Linux, Go/Python, and Terraform experience, with autonomy to own what you build. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Production services you built and shipped yourself with real traffic.
• 5+ years operating production AWS and/or GCP (compute, storage, IAM, VPC, load balancers).
• Hands-on production Kubernetes (GKE/EKS) and Terraform at scale.
• Deep Linux knowledge, containers, web servers and databases.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-cloud architecture (GCP + AWS) with high-scale routing and security.
• Build self-hosted LLM inference and GPU orchestration for investigation agents.
• Write the broker for zero-trust agent access with secret injection at egress (Vault).
• Maintain sub-second latency for batch-first analytics storage.

Skills

Python

Go

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GKE

EKS

Vault

Job description

What This Role Is

A builder role - you should have built and shipped complex production services from scratch, real traffic, talking to other services, in Python or Go. If your experience is mainly CI/CD, Terraform and monitoring, this isn't the right shape.

The Impact You'll Have Here

• Own multi-cloud (GCP + AWS) at ~1 exabyte/yr, ~1M events/sec peak - cross-cloud routing, mesh + egress, security, standing up services, and writing real code
• Build the self-hosted LLM inference + GPU orchestration for the investigation agents - scheduling, utilisation, multi-node serving
• Write the broker for zero-trust agent access - agents never hold a real credential; secrets injected at egress (Vault), service mesh + scoped JIT
• Hold single-digit-second API latency on batch-first storage built for analytics, not interactive queries

What We're Looking For

• Production services you built and shipped yourself - real traffic, talking to other services. Not pipelines or tooling around someone else's systems
• Strong Python or Go, not just scripting and automation
• 5+ years operating production AWS and/or GCP - compute, object storage, IAM, VPC, load balancing
• Hands-on production Kubernetes (GKE/EKS) and Terraform at scale
• Deep with modern Linux, containers, web servers and databases
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent
• Autonomous. You own what you work on, move fast, and adapt when goals change

Nice to have: Airflow, BigQuery, CentOS/Alpine.

About TRM's Engineering Levels

Engineer: Responsible for helping to define project milestones and executing small decisions independently with the appropriate tradeoffs between simplicity, readability, and performance. Provides mentorship to junior engineers, and enhances operational excellence through tech debt reduction and knowledge sharing.

Senior Engineer: Successfully designs and documents system improvements and features for an OKR/project from the ground up. Consistently delivers efficient and reusable systems, optimizes team throughput with appropriate tradeoffs, mentors team members, and enhances cross-team collaboration through documentation and knowledge sharing.

Applicants must be authorised to work in the US without sponsorship, now or in the future.

Compensation

• The base salary for this role is $210,000–$230,000 depending on experience.
• Additionally, this role may be eligible to participate in TRM's equity plan.

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. People who thrive here are energized by hard problems, experimentation, and continuous feedback. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.

Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime. The problems are complex, the stakes are real, and the environment evolves quickly. The pace and intensity of the work reflect the importance of the mission. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.

This environment is energizing for people who enjoy building, solving hard problems, and making progress in situations that are not always fully defined. It also requires comfort navigating ambiguity, adjusting course as new information emerges, and maintaining focus and positivity in a fast-moving and intense environment.

We also recognize that this style of operating is not for everyone. If you are primarily optimizing for predictability or a consistently balanced workload, we encourage you to use the interview process to pressure test whether this environment is truly the right fit. We want teammates who thrive here, not just survive here.

At the same time, many people find this work deeply rewarding. If you are excited by meaningful problems, motivated by ambitious goals, and energized by working alongside mission-driven colleagues, there is a good chance you will find TRM to be an exceptional place to grow and contribute. Learn more: Interviewing at TRM: How We Hire and What Success Looks Like

AI Fluency at TRM

AI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM.

We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate. We expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft, not just automate surface tasks.

At TRM, AI Fluency Means You Are Among The Top 10 Percent Of Operators In Your Function In How You Apply AI To

• Accelerate repeatable workflows
• Structure and solve problems
• Improve output quality
• Increase speed and leverage

You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.

Leadership Principles

• Impact-Oriented Trailblazer: We put customers first and move with speed, focus, and adaptability. We treat every plan like an experiment – test, ship, measure, and iterate quickly.
• Master Craftsperson: We care deeply about our craft. We balance speed with high standards, own outcomes end‑to‑end, and invest in getting better everyday.
• Inspiring Colleague: We add clarity and energy, not noise. We bring humility, candor, and a one‑team mindset — giving and receiving feedback to make the team stronger.

Join our Mission

At TRM we care deeply about our craft. We are looking for individuals who want their work to matter, who experiment with speed and rigor, and who take pride in building a safer world for billions of people. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply — we hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.

TRM is a Series C company with $220M in total funding, backed by Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Y Combinator, Thoma Bravo, and others. Headquartered in San Francisco, TRM operates as a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore.

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