Senior All-Source Investigator, Severe Harms
TRM Labs · Remote · United States · United Kingdom ·
COMPENSATION
$120k – $168k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior level role
- Fully remote (US/UK)
- Investigative casework
- AI fluency required
- Law enforcement support
Join the Severe Harms pod at TRM Labs to investigate severe crimes like financial sextortion and child sexual abuse material distribution. You will combine open-source intelligence, link analysis, and blockchain tracing to identify offenders and disrupt illicit networks. This individual contributor role focuses on building defensible case packages for law enforcement partners.
What you'll do
- Manage caseloads from referral to disruption using legal process and intelligence fusion
- Conduct all-source collection via OSINT, link analysis, and direct source engagement
- Produce defensible attribution write-ups and legal-process returns for court use
- Map operational networks rather than just cataloging isolated indicators
- Apply AI tools to accelerate workflows while maintaining human judgment
- Collaborate with legal, engineering, and external partners on specific leads
- Follow trauma-informed protocols for evidence handling and victim safeguarding
What you'll need
- 3-5 years of experience in illicit finance, cybercrime, or all-source intelligence
- Proven ability to drive investigations to real outcomes, not just reports
- Strong collection skills in OSINT, social sources, or direct human engagement
- Experience working collaboratively on investigations with other team members
- Ability to deliver answers under tight deadlines and RFI-style pressure
- Resilience and instinct for working with sensitive material like CSAM
- Fluency in using AI to enhance investigative work and problem solving
- Working knowledge of legal processes like subpoenas and warrants
- Excellent written communication skills for creating clear investigative packages
- Based in the US or UK with availability for occasional travel to DC
Nice to have
- Experience with cryptocurrency or on-chain investigation techniques
- Familiarity with sextortion schemes or CSAM distribution networks
- Background in counter-terrorism or serious organized crime investigations
Stack
- OSINT tools
- Link analysis software
- Blockchain analytics
- Slack
- Notion
- AI tools
How you'll work
- Fully remote position for US or UK residents
- Primary time-zone overlap with US Eastern and Central times
- Occasional travel required for periodic DC-based working sessions
- Asynchronous-first culture with structured syncs for alignment
- Surge availability expected during time-sensitive disruption windows
What you get
- Mandatory wellness check-ins and access to specialized counseling
- High autonomy with low bureaucracy and high standards
- Quarterly career-pathing conversations and performance pulse checks
- Opportunity to work on consequential cases with global impact
Hiring process
- Recruiter intro to discuss qualifications and motivations
- Hiring manager interview focusing on relevant experience
- First round interviews assessing critical role-specific skills
- Final round panel session with a hands-on case study
- Reference checks with former colleagues
- Enhanced background check required before employment