Staff Software Engineer, TRM Labs
Blockchain Protocols
Blockchain investigations & risk management
Open for applications
Blockchain investigations & risk management
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a safer financial system for billions of people.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a Staff Engineer with deep expertise in network protocol design and implementation, as well as strong foundations in systems engineering and distributed systems
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field
- Extensive experience in designing and implementing network protocols and distributed systems
- Proficiency in lower-level programming languages such as Rust, C++, or Java, and familiarity with systems and networking technologies such as TCP/IP, HTTP, gRPC, libp2p, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, and Elasticsearch
- Hands-on experience with peer-to-peer networking, client-server protocol development, and real-time communication systems preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; clear documentation and succinct communication are very important
- Ability to work independently, be proactive, prioritize, communicate, and set and meet goals
- Flexibility to coordinate across global time zones and an ability to work independently with minimal oversight
- Strong interest in acquiring knowledge in any Blockchain at the protocol level and Networks
- A passion for solving complex network and protocol challenges at scale, and building systems that are robust, performant, and secure
What the job involves
- TRM’s Blockchain Infrastructure team is responsible for monitoring the flows of data on blockchain networks
- You will lead projects from research and ideation through protocol feasibility and production, with a focus on network or blockchain runtimes
- This is a unique opportunity to apply your low-level systems and networking expertise to help build a safer financial system for billions of people
- Blockchain knowledge is preferred but if you are deep into networking or cryptography protocols, the team would love to talk to you
- Architect and build highly scalable, reliable, and data-heavy distributed systems that will integrate a variety of data sources
- Build and maintain performant, production-grade systems from whiteboard to deployment
- Research, design, and productionize proprietary network and blockchain protocols, focusing on client-server and peer-to-peer (p2p) communication layers
- Design and optimize protocol behaviors including message passing, consensus, synchronization, and fault tolerance in distributed environments
- Work across the stack (databases, caches, application code, deployment pipelines) to resolve technical challenges end-to-end
- Mentor fellow team members and participate in code reviews and design reviews
- Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, designers, and product managers to define and implement services
- Drive innovation around challenges in p2p networking, libp2p, block propagation, chain re-org detection, and network observability
- Staff Engineer: Drives scoping and execution of one or more OKRs/projects that impact multiple teams. Partners with stakeholders to set the team vision and technical roadmaps for one or more products. Is a role model and mentor to the entire engineering organization. Ensures system health and quality with operational reviews, testing strategies, and monitoring rigor
Our take
The crypto space has become more mainstream but it is also intensely volatile and poorly regulated, with a high degree of anonymity afforded to its users. As such it has become a major source of financial fraud with $20 billion in crypto stolen in 2022 alone. TRM Lab exists to return trust to the blockchain, helping banks, government agencies and crypto companies detect and combat fraud with its blockchain intelligence solutions.
As the risk of blockchain fraud is only increasing, with the proceeds often being used for organized crime, there are a number of companies working in this space. TRM stands out with the breadth of its crypto asset coverage and the strength of its cross-chain analytics. It has partnered with the FBI and Europol to aid its investigations, and is also used by major crypto companies MoonPay and Binance.
The company has grown its revenue by almost 500% year on year since its founding in 2018, and has raised a significant amount of capital. With the funding its secured, its further developing its product and hiring additional talent. And as businesses and government agencies increasingly come to grips with fraud in the crypto space, TRM is well poised to continue its rapid growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2022
$70m
SERIES B
Dec 2021
$60m
SERIES B
Total funding: $150.1m
Company benefits
- DIstributed, not distant
- Competitive compensation package
- Paid time off: 25 days of vacation and competitive holistic paid time off plans
- Parental leave & family planning: 18 weeks of paid parental leave (if employed for at least 180 days unless the home state or country required less tenure). For select eligible regions, we also offer fertility treatments via the Carrot platform
- Health coverage: Premium coverage for medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Company retreats
- Career growth
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Esteban Castaño
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. Founded the Digital team at Generation, a high growth youth employment program, before launching TRM in 2018.
Rahul Raina
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. Former Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services and Opendoor.
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