Build a Safer World.
TRM Labs provides blockchain analytics and AI solutions to help law enforcement and national security agencies, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency businesses detect, investigate, and disrupt crypto-related fraud and financial crime. TRM’s blockchain intelligence and AI platforms include solutions to trace the source and destination of funds, identify illicit activity, build cases, and construct an operating picture of threats. TRM is trusted by leading agencies and businesses worldwide who rely on TRM to enable a safer, more secure world for all.
TRM Academy delivers a personalized learning platform where anyone, anywhere can learn at their own pace how to detect and prevent fraud and financial crime involving cryptocurrencies. It is a global community of Learners including the world’s experts in blockchain, crypto compliance, and financial crime investigations. Learners get access to personalized courses, instructional videos, practice exercises, exclusive events, and more.
As a member of the Training Team at TRM, you will be responsible for facilitating the rapid upskill required to educate and empower people to protect the blockchain ecosystem. Our team is made up of master instructors — professionals who can command a room, build engaging content, and teach to every level of expertise. We know how our products are used in the real world and help our customers become humble masters too.
This role is ideal for someone with a national security, intelligence, defense, foreign policy, or law enforcement background who is energized by teaching others, building training programs, and supporting mission outcomes. You will translate complex blockchain intelligence into clear, actionable instruction — from foundational training for new analysts to briefings for senior decision-makers.
You will maintain credibility as a practitioner by conducting ad hoc investigations and staying proficient in evolving crypto-related threats. You’ll collaborate with TRM’s blockchain intelligence experts, engineers, and data scientists to deliver cutting-edge support and training to TRM’s clients and partners.
Clearance strongly preferred (TS/SCI ideal). Travel primarily in the DMV (50–75%).
The impact you'll have here:
Instruction & Enablement (Core)
- Program-manage and conduct live and virtual training to a global community of learners, including public sector and national security audiences
- Produce insightful learning modules and deliver them in writing, mixed media, and in-person briefings to TRM's customers
- Design and deliver interactive instruction (workshops, scenario-based exercises, and hands-on labs) that teaches Learners how to operationalize blockchain intelligence
- Develop and maintain TRM Academy curriculum, ensuring materials are always up to date, succinct, and leverage the best teaching tools available
- Create and iterate on assessments (quizzes, capstone exercises, practical investigation labs) that validate proficiency and strengthen learner outcomes
- Translate emerging threats and real-world learnings into updated training scenarios, playbooks, and course content
Stakeholder Engagement
- Proactively identify, build, and manage relationships with industry and public sector partners to add new Learners to the TRM Academy cadre
- Build trust with mission-driven stakeholders by tailoring training to their needs, constraints, and operating environments — including information sensitivity and operational tempo
Practitioner Credibility
- Investigate complex cases involving phishing, blockchain exploits, hacks, terrorism finance, account takeovers (ATOs), money laundering, SIM swaps, ransomware, sanctions evasion, and other activity associated with illicit use of blockchain technology
- Maintain a working proficiency in conducting on-chain investigations, illicit activity in cryptocurrency, and money laundering typologies
- Conduct time-sensitive blockchain analysis for partners and contribute to solutions that allow TRM to scale rapidly and effectively
Travel Requirement
This role requires travel of 50–75%, primarily within the Washington, DC / Maryland / Virginia (DMV) area, with occasional domestic travel beyond the region.
What we're looking for:
Must-have
- 3–5+ years of experience leading trainings, technical instruction, investigations enablement, or operational briefings
- Strong teaching presence — ability to command the room, build rapport quickly, and adapt instruction to different levels of expertise (analyst → senior leadership)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to explain complex concepts clearly and credibly
- Experience building coursework, curriculum, and appropriate testing / assessment
- Blockchain, cryptocurrency, or digital assets subject matter expertise or demonstrated ability to master and teach complex technical topics quickly
- High ownership, strong judgment, and comfort operating in high-stakes environments where time and clarity matter
Clearance (Strongly Preferred)
- Active U.S. security clearance is strongly preferred. Candidates must be eligible and willing to obtain and maintain a clearance.
- Clearance level varies by customer need; TS/SCI is highly preferred.
- Comfortable operating in environments with varying levels of information sensitivity and tailoring instruction appropriately
Strongly preferred (NatSec alignment)
- Experience in national security environments: DoD, IC, DHS, DOJ, State, Treasury, law enforcement, or defense/IC contracting
- Experience briefing or enabling stakeholders across interagency and international partner contexts
- Familiarity with sanctions evasion, threat finance networks, illicit procurement, transnational organized crime, or related mission sets
- Experience building training for operational teams (not solely academic/classroom instruction)
Life at TRM
We are building a safer world. That promise shows up in how we work every day.
TRM moves quickly. We are a high velocity, high ownership team that expects clarity, follow-through, and impact. People who thrive here are energized by hard problems, experimentation, and continuous feedback. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.
Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting financial crime. The problems are complex, the stakes are real, and the environment evolves quickly. The pace and intensity of the work reflect the importance of the mission. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.
At TRM, you should expect:
- Priorities and targets to change quickly as we experiment and iterate
- Work that often requires operating with a high degree of ambiguity
- A high level of personal ownership and accountability
- Close collaboration across teams and functions
- Frequent, high-touch communication
- • Creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking
- A pace that rewards urgency, adaptability, and outcomes
This environment is energizing for people who enjoy building, solving hard problems, and making progress in situations that are not always fully defined. It also requires comfort navigating ambiguity, adjusting course as new information emerges, and maintaining focus and positivity in a fast-moving and intense environment.
We also recognize that this style of operating is not for everyone. If you are primarily optimizing for predictability or a consistently balanced workload, we encourage you to use the interview process to pressure test whether this environment is truly the right fit. We want teammates who thrive here, not just survive here.
At the same time, many people find this work deeply rewarding. If you are excited by meaningful problems, motivated by ambitious goals, and energized by working alongside mission-driven colleagues, there is a good chance you will find TRM to be an exceptional place to grow and contribute. Learn more: Interviewing at TRM: How We Hire and What Success Looks Like
AI Fluency at TRM
AI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM.
We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate. We expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft, not just automate surface tasks.
At TRM, AI fluency means you are among the top 10 percent of operators in your function in how you apply AI to:
- Accelerate repeatable workflows
- Structure and solve problems
- Improve output quality
- Increase speed and leverage
You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.
Leadership Principles
We hire and grow against three leadership principles. They’re the standards for how we operate, treat each other, and make decisions.
- Impact-Oriented Trailblazer: We put customers first and move with speed, focus, and adaptability. We treat every plan like an experiment – test, ship, measure, and iterate quickly.
- Master Craftsperson: We care deeply about our craft. We balance speed with high standards, own outcomes end‑to‑end, and invest in getting better everyday.
- Inspiring Colleague: We add clarity and energy, not noise. We bring humility, candor, and a one‑team mindset — giving and receiving feedback to make the team stronger.
The impact you will have
This work has real stakes. Depending on your role at TRM, your week might look like:
- Driving critical investigations that can’t wait for typical business hours.
- Shipping products in days when others would schedule quarters.
- Partnering with teams across time zones to deliver insights while the story is still unfolding.
- Building new solutions from first principles when the playbook doesn’t yet exist.
- Protecting victims and customers by tracing illicit activity and disrupting criminal networks.
Join our Mission
At TRM we care deeply about our craft. We are looking for individuals who want their work to matter, who experiment with speed and rigor, and who take pride in building a safer world for billions of people. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply — we hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.
TRM is a Series C company with $220M in total funding, backed by Blockchain Capital, Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Y Combinator, Thoma Bravo, and others. Headquartered in San Francisco, TRM operates as a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore.
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