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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TRM Labs is a company that provides blockchain analytics and AI solutions aimed at enhancing security for law enforcement, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency businesses. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and implement core components of their data lakehouse architecture, focusing on data modeling, ingestion, and query performance optimization. Responsibilities • Architect and scale a high-performance data lakehouse on GCP, leveraging technologies like StarRocks, Apache Iceberg, GCS, BigQuery, Dataproc, and Kafka • Design, build, and optimize distributed query engines such as Trino, Spark, or Snowflake to support complex analytical workloads • Implement metadata management in open table formats like Iceberg and data discovery frameworks for governance and observability using Iceberg compatible catalogs • Develop and orchestrate robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Apache Airflow, Spark, and GCP-native tools (e.g., Dataflow, Composer) • Collaborate across departments, partnering with data scientists, backend engineers, and product managers to design and implement Skills • 5+ years of experience in data or software engineering, with a focus on distributed data systems and cloud-native architectures • Proven experience building and scaling data platforms on GCP, including storage, compute, orchestration, and monitoring • Strong command of one or more query engines such as Trino, Presto, Spark, or Snowflake • Experience with modern table formats like Apache Hudi, Iceberg, or Delta Lake • Exceptional programming skills in Python, as well as adeptness in SQL or SparkSQL • Hands-on experience orchestrating workflows with Airflow and building streaming/batch pipelines using GCP-native services Benefits • May be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan. Company Overview • TRM Labs is a software company that offers blockchain, transaction monitoring, and analytics to help financial institutions and governments. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • TRM Labs has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job

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