AI Scientist

The role

Build the machine learning models and AI agents behind TRM's intelligence products, including training foundation models on blockchain data. Take models from research to production and ship production-quality code for ML models, agents and data pipelines.

What you will do

• Train ML models on blockchain data, including foundation models, and take them from research to production.
• Build AI agents and fine-tune LLMs where it helps.
• Find new ways to generate net new intelligence using patterns across Network, On-chain and Protocol layers.
• Ship production-quality code: ML models, agents and data pipelines, with rigorous evaluation and scalable architecture.
• Take on ambitious, high-impact bets that raise the ceiling of what the intelligence can do.
• Deliver rapid, high-stakes customer projects, turning around attribution insights in days.
• Take complex algorithms from MVP in 1-2 sprints to production based on customer feedback.
• Balance multiple priorities across categories and stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• Quantitative background in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.
• Strong machine learning foundations from years of applied ML and/or research.
• Strong problem-solving mindset, thriving in ambiguity with a hypothesis-driven approach.
• 5+ years of hands-on machine learning experience.
• Strong Python and SQL, plus AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code).
• Experience with distributed data systems (Spark, BigQuery, Airflow).
• Experience shipping production ML code.
• Strong async communication (Loom, Slack, Notion).
• Strong technical communication in English.
• Ability to own work independently in a remote environment.
• AI fluency: among the top 10 percent of operators in your function in applying AI.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree or equivalent research experience.
• Experience with LLMs, AI agents or fine-tuning.
• Domain curiosity or prior work in blockchain, crypto, fraud, money laundering or financial crime.

Before you apply

• Interviews may include a case study, an AI skills assessment, and a Leadership Principles interview.
• Use of AI tools such as notetakers or interview assistants during interviews is not permitted without prior approval from TRM.

About the company

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions, including the Ardence investigations platform, that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. It is a Series C company headquartered in San Francisco and operates as a distributed-first company.