Design, build, and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Python(Django/FastAPI)
Write efficient queries and manage data models in PostgreSQL
Work with Redis for caching, queues, and improving service performance
Collaborate with frontend and QA engineers to ship end-to-end features
Write clean, tested, well-documented code and participate in code reviews
Debug and optimize existing services for performance and scale
Work with large datasets related to blockchain transactions (exposure to tools like ClickHouse is a plus)
Strong fundamentals in Python and object-oriented programming
Understanding of Django/FastAPI or any Python web framework
Working knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) — schema design, indexing, query optimization
Basic understanding of caching concepts and tools like Redis
Understanding of REST API design principles
Strong problem-solving and DSA fundamentals (arrays, trees, graphs, hashing)
Familiarity with Git and collaborative version control workflows
Good to Have
Exposure to Docker/containers
Familiarity with message queues (Celery, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Personal projects, open-source contributions, or competitive programming profile
Curiosity about blockchain/crypto — no prior crypto knowledge required
Exposure to relevant AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar AI-assisted coding tools)
Final year (graduating 2027) B.Tech/B.E./Dual Degree students
From IIT / NIT / IIIT only
CSE, IT, or closely related computer science branches only
Strong academic record and demonstrated coding ability (via projects, competitive programming, or coursework)
Preference given to candidates with open-source contributions, external/personal projects beyond academic coursework, and prior internship experience
Duration: 1 year
Work Mode: Hybrid (3 days/week in office, 2 days work-from-home)
Stipend: [As per company policy]
Post-internship: High performers may be offered a full-time role, subject to a 2-year service lock-in period
Skills Required
- Strong fundamentals in Python and object-oriented programming
- Understanding of Django/FastAPI or any Python web framework
- Working knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) -- schema design, indexing, query optimization
- Basic understanding of caching concepts and tools like Redis
- Understanding of REST API design principles
- Strong problem-solving and DSA fundamentals (arrays, trees, graphs, hashing)
- Familiarity with Git and collaborative version control workflows
- Final year (graduating 2027) B.Tech/B.E./Dual Degree students
- From IIT / NIT / IIIT only
- CSE, IT, or closely related computer science branches only
- Strong academic record and demonstrated coding ability (projects, competitive programming, or coursework)
- Exposure to Docker/containers
- Familiarity with message queues (Celery, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Personal projects, open-source contributions, or competitive programming profile
- Curiosity about blockchain/crypto (no prior knowledge required)
- Exposure to relevant AI-assisted coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar)
- Prior internship experience
What We Do
Founded in 2018, Merkle Science is the next generation predictive cryptocurrency risk and intelligence platform that helps crypto companies, financial institutions, and government entities detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities involving cryptocurrencies. Merkle Science’s proprietary Behavioral Rule Engine enables our tools to go beyond blacklists so that compliance teams may fulfill their local KYC/AML obligations and industry players may stay keep pace with the industry’s increasingly complex illicit activities. Merkle Science envisions a world powered by crypto and is creating the infrastructure necessary to ensure the safe and healthy growth of the cryptocurrency industry as it becomes a key pillar of the $22 trillion financial services ecosystem. We enable businesses to scale and mature so that a full range of individuals, entities, and services may transact with crypto safely.
