Forward Deployed Engineer - US National Security

The role

You will deploy and operate TRM's platform inside customer environments, including cloud and air-gapped settings. You will translate mission user needs into working software, such as integrations, data pipelines, and prototypes. You will act as a technical bridge between customers and TRM's product and engineering teams.

What you will do

• Deploy, integrate and operate TRM's platform inside customer environments
• Translate mission user needs into working software
• Build integrations, data pipelines, and prototypes
• Deliver application code, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and databases
• Act as the technical bridge back to TRM's product and engineering teams
• Diagnose and resolve hard problems in constrained environments

Required qualifications

• Strong programming ability in Python and/or Node.js/TypeScript
• Fluency developing with AI including coding agents and LLM tooling
• Hands-on Kubernetes for deploying and debugging workloads
• Production AWS experience building environments
• Working fluency with relational databases like PostgreSQL
• Ability to deliver outside primary specialty
• Outstanding written and verbal communication

Nice to have

• Infrastructure as code (Terraform) and GitOps (Argo CD)
• Data engineering at scale
• Distributed systems design and debugging
• Building machine learning or agentic systems
• Deep Linux/Unix and networking in restricted or disconnected environments
• Prior delivery inside classified or otherwise regulated government environments

Benefits

• TRM coordinates and covers approved travel, lodging, and workspace
• Accommodations available for legitimate caregiving, health, immigration, and similar constraints

Before you apply

• Most interview processes include a case study, an AI skills assessment, and a Leadership Principles interview
• Use of AI tools during interviews is not permitted without prior approval

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 with $220M in total funding.