# Backend Engineer, Agent Tools at TRM Labs

- Company: TRM Labs
- What the company does: Trusted by public sector agencies and private sector institutions on the front lines of illicit activity, including criminal networks, sanctioned actors and state-backed threats. Backed by Bessemer and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.trmlabs.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $180K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-10
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/trm-labs/1eff4d33-7cf1-4682-a548-dcc4abd913f3
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/trm-labs-backend-engineer-agent-tools/

## About the role

We are looking for a Software Engineer, API Integrations to join TRM’s AI Engineering team, focused on building the third-party integrations and scalable integration platform that power our AI-native products. You will design and ship reliable connectors, APIs, services, and integration infrastructure that allow TRM’s AI systems to access external data sources safely, quickly, and at scale.

## What they're looking for

- 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, structure complex problems, and identify the highest-impact technical priorities
- Strong ownership mindset and comfort driving projects from vague requirements through production launch and iteration
- Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Tags: R&D