Backend Engineer, Agent Tools

The role

You will design and build third-party API integrations, scalable infrastructure, and backend services for AI-native products. You will work with the AI Engineering team to connect TRM systems to external data sources.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain third-party API integrations
• Develop scalable integration infrastructure, shared services, and internal tooling
• Build reliable APIs, backend services, and data pipelines
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data, and internal stakeholders
• Improve quality, observability, reliability, and maintainability of the integration platform

Required qualifications

• Experience designing and building scalable backend systems, APIs, web services, and production software
• Strong understanding of third-party API integration patterns including authentication, rate limits, retries, error handling, data normalization, and monitoring
• Experience with storage systems such as relational databases, analytical databases, queues, caches, or event-driven architectures
• Ability to work through ambiguity and structure complex problems
• Strong ownership mindset
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional environment
• AI fluency

Nice to have

• Experience with OSINT data sources
• Experience with AI Production Systems

Benefits

• Equity plan eligibility

Before you apply

• Review job description to highlight relevant experience
• Provide thoughtful and accurate answers to application questions
• AI tools are not permitted during interviews without prior approval
• You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process

About the company

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. The company is a Series C company headquartered in San Francisco.