TRM Labs
Senior Data Researcher
$160K–$180K
United States · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 5 to 8 years combining research or data analysis with published writing.
About the job
Lead evidence-based investigations into illicit finance and crime, then publish research and extend its findings into training and threat intelligence.
What you'll do
- Research and publish investigations using blockchain intelligence and non-crypto sources, producing findings that withstand scrutiny.
- Use AI tools to research, analyze, validate methodology, draft, and package findings across channels.
- Turn research into training content and share emerging threat intelligence with product and intelligence teams.
What they ask for
- 5 to 8 years combining research or data analysis with published writing, including at least one high-impact investigation led from evidence-gathering through publication.
- Strong analysis across financial, open-source, court and regulatory records, and structured datasets, using AI to accelerate and check work.
- Public portfolio of investigative or research-led work with measurable reach.
- Deep AI fluency, including experience running and quality-checking agent-based production workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience in financial crime, sanctions, cybercrime, national security, or crypto.
Pay
$160,000 - $180,000 USD base salary
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT
AI focus
AI is central to research, data analysis, methodology validation, drafting, packaging, and agent-based workflows.
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