Senior Data Scientist - Model Engineering for Web3

About the Role

We're hiring a Senior Data Scientist - Model Engineering to join our team at TRM Labs. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a crucial role in developing and deploying sophisticated machine learning and LLM models that power our AI Engineering platform. This position is remote, allowing you to work from anywhere while contributing to our mission of building a safer world through blockchain intelligence.

What You'll Do

• Design and deploy ML/LLM models that meet impactful customer needs within TRM’s AI Engineering platform.
• Develop robust catalogs of evaluation sets and observability tools for ML/LLM models to ensure reliable performance in production environments.
• Monitor for data drift, concept drift, and emerging failure modes in production AI systems serving critical law enforcement use cases.
• Leverage embeddings, retrieval, and ranking methods to enhance the product experience for analysts.
• Build models and analyses that optimize orchestration of multi-agent workflows, enabling complex investigative tasks through natural language interactions.
• Stay up-to-date on state-of-the-art model and system design, implementing modern architecture patterns to serve external users.
• Translate vague infrastructure and product requirements into measurable, data-driven metrics and evaluation frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineers and research scientists to design agentic systems that analyze complex blockchain data structures, cryptographic protocols, and transactional patterns.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in a data science role, with expertise in machine learning and data science.
• Strong fluency with Python and SQL, with experience in collaborative coding environments (git, notebooks, testing).
• Background in data science, experimental design, and hypothesis testing.
• Experience evaluating and building LLMs, embeddings, knowledge graphs, and information retrieval systems.
• Industry experience with ML/AI methods (NLP, RLHF, embeddings) to analyze and improve agent behaviors.
• Ability to analyze large, multi-modal datasets (text, logs, graphs, APIs) for actionable insights.
• Strong ownership mentality and comfort with uncertainty, translating ambiguous intelligence questions into measurable evaluation frameworks.
• Curiosity and drive to solve problems creatively in ambiguous spaces.

Nice to Have

• Experience building and delivering Agentic/LLM systems with active users.
• Hobby or open source contributions in relevant technologies.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range of $170,000 - $195,000 per year.
• Eligibility to participate in TRM’s equity plan.
• A fast-paced, high-velocity work environment that values ownership and clarity.
• Opportunities for direct feedback and experimentation.
• A collaborative team culture that extends beyond work.
• Remote work flexibility with required overlap in PST hours.
• Engagement in meaningful work that protects civilization.
• Access to continuous learning and professional development opportunities.