Senior Technical Recruiter – National Security

Build to Protect Civilization

TRM is a blockchain intelligence company that’s on a mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people. We’re a lean, high-impact team tackling some of the world’s most critical challenges, ranging from human trafficking and financial fraud to terrorist financing. We are builders who power governments, financial institutions, and crypto companies when the clock is running and the consequences are real. This is why every TRMer is a bet on our future and has the power to change our trajectory.

About The Position

At TRM, hiring isn’t a support function—it’s mission-critical. Our ability to identify, engage, and hire exceptional cleared talent directly powers our work with customers across the U.S. National Security ecosystem. The Talent team at TRM is made up of seasoned operators who’ve built Engineering, Data, GTM, and People teams at some of the most respected startups in Silicon Valley. In this role, you’ll lead recruiting for highly specialized, security-cleared technical roles where trust, judgment, and disciplined execution directly impact mission outcomes.

The impact you’ll have here:

• Build a high-velocity recruiting engine that efficiently identifies and recruits the best talent to TRM.
• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across a variety of roles and teams.
• Create positive candidate experiences throughout every touchpoint.
• Develop creative and impactful sourcing strategies that will help us find and hire a diverse and exceptional team.
• Continuously improve our recruiting processes and increase the efficiency of our hiring.
  
  

What we’re looking for:

• 7 years recruiting for cleared National Security engineering roles, with an established network of cleared talent
• Proven experience in hiring hard-to-fill roles, with expertise in using sourcing tools, conducting market research, and developing personalized outreach strategies.
• Ability to analyze and interpret recruiting metrics, conversion rates, and market data, using these insights to refine strategies and provide actionable feedback to hiring managers.
• Quickly familiarize oneself with new roles and requirements, showcasing flexibility, curiosity, and a high tolerance for change in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Exceptional communication skills to work effectively with hiring managers, provide regular updates, and manage expectations. Skilled at building trust and acting as a strategic partner in the hiring process.
• Strong persistence and a results-oriented mindset to handle challenges, follow up on passive leads, and meet ambitious outreach targets.
• Candidates must be located in the Washington, DC area or be willing and able to travel to Washington, DC a minimum of once per month.
  
  

About the Team:

• Our talent team is fully remote, embracing async communication and collaboration through Slack channels, thorough documentation, and proactive updates to keep work moving forward smoothly across time zones.
• We’re committed to structured alignment, holding weekly hiring syncs for each role, weekly team sourcing syncs, and bi-weekly team meetings to ensure everyone is on the same page and to solve challenges collectively.
• Driven by a dedication to our craft, we continuously refine our best practices and data quality to deliver an exceptional experience for both internal stakeholders and candidates, supported by precise, reliable reporting.
• As a globally distributed team, we operate across various time zones, yet most of us overlap for collaboration and meetings between 7am-12pm PST, bringing flexibility and resilience to our work routines.
• All team members, regardless of location, maintain at least a 4-hour overlap with PST business hours to enable real-time collaboration and drive solutions effectively across the team.
  
  

Learn about TRM Speed in this position:

• Within 72 hours of receiving a position, you schedule the intake meeting, open the position in the ATS, post the description, design the interview process, configure the interview plan.
• Within week of opening a position, you have conducted 5-10 Recruiter Screens and have conducted the first sync with the Hiring Team for calibration.
• Two weeks after the initial interviews, you analyze the data to identify what is and isn’t driving pass rates and conversions. You share your insights and recommendations with the hiring team to refine and optimize the search, and you continue to monitor and adjust the approach until the position is filled.
  
  

The following represents the estimated range of compensation for this role:

• Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. The compensation details listed in this posting reflect the US base salary only
• The estimated base salary range for this role is $153,000 - $172,000.
• Additionally, this role may be eligible to participate in TRM’s equity plan.
• Please note – we factor in the different costs for geographies outside the United States.
  
  

Life at TRM

We build to protect civilization. That promise shows up in how we work every day.

TRM runs fast. Really fast. We’re a high-velocity team that expects ownership, clarity, and follow-through. People who thrive here are inspired by hard problems, experimentation, direct feedback. If it takes months elsewhere, it often ships here in days. If you are optimizing primarily for consistent work-life balance, use the interview process to pressure-test fit. We want teammates who thrive here, not just survive here.

We coach directly, assume positive intent, and play for the front of the jersey.

Leadership Principles

• Impact-Oriented Trailblazer: We put customers first, driving for speed, focus, and adaptability.
• Master Craftsperson: We prioritize speed, high standards, and distributed ownership.
• Inspiring Colleague: We value humility, candor, and a one-team mindset.
  
  

Want to learn more about how we interview at TRM Labs? Check out more about our leadership principles and hiring process here.

What You’ll Do Here

This work has teeth. At TRM, your week might include:

• 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

We look for people who want their work to matter, who build with speed and rigor, and who take pride in protecting others through their craft. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, apply anyway. We hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.

Build to protect civilization. Let’s do it together.

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