Senior Data Platform Engineer - AI Platform

The role

You will own performance tuning on the StarRocks serving layer and build data pipelines for government cloud investigations. You will also use AI-assisted tools to triage production issues and reduce single-point-of-failure risk in a regulated environment.

What you will do

• Own performance tuning on the StarRocks serving layer
• Use AI-assisted query profiling to find and fix slow query patterns
• Build and harden data pipelines feeding government cloud investigations
• Use AI code review workflows to ship reliable changes
• Reduce single-point-of-failure risk on GovCloud data infrastructure
• Operate and troubleshoot the serving layer
• Use AI-assisted debugging and log analysis to triage production issues

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required
• Hands-on experience operating distributed OLAP or serving-layer systems (StarRocks, Trino, ClickHouse, or similar)
• Experience with query tuning and performance optimization at scale
• Experience owning data pipeline reliability and incident response
• Comfort using AI tools (Claude, Cursor, or similar) to accelerate debugging, code review, and documentation
• Independent ownership mindset

Nice to have

• AI fluency

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship is required due to government cloud data access requirements
• Review the job description carefully to highlight experience and impact
• Provide thoughtful and accurate answers to application questions
• Interview process includes a case study, an AI skills assessment, and a Leadership Principles interview

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.