Data Platform Engineer - AI Platform
United States • FullTime
Posted 2mo ago
About the job
TRM Labs is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to join the Data Platform Serving team, focusing on the StarRocks-backed serving layer for government cloud investigations. This role is crucial for maintaining the speed, reliability, and compliance of this high-availability environment. You will work alongside the current domain owner, gaining hands-on experience with distributed systems in a regulated setting. The position offers a unique opportunity to own performance tuning, build and harden data pipelines, reduce single points of failure, and utilize AI-assisted tools for debugging and incident response.
Responsibilities
- Own performance tuning on the StarRocks serving layer using AI-assisted query profiling.
- Build and harden data pipelines for government cloud investigations, leveraging AI code review workflows.
- Reduce single-point-of-failure risk by becoming proficient in operating and troubleshooting the serving layer.
- Use AI-assisted debugging and log analysis to triage and resolve production issues.
- Collaborate with Forward Deployed Engineering and Product teams to maintain parity with the commercial platform.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required due to government cloud data access.
- Hands-on experience operating distributed OLAP or serving-layer systems (e.g., StarRocks, Trino, ClickHouse).
- Experience with query tuning and performance optimization at scale.
- Experience owning data pipeline reliability and incident response.
- Comfort using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor) for debugging, code review, and documentation.
- Independent ownership mindset with the ability to quickly ramp up on unfamiliar infrastructure using AI-assisted research and code exploration.
- Willingness to take on-call responsibility with minimal oversight.