Team: Product Engineering (Frontend)
Duration: 1 year
Work Mode: Hybrid (3 days/week in office, 2 days work-from-home)
Post-internship: High performers may be offered a full-time role, subject to a 2-year service lock-in period
About the RoleYou'll build user-facing features for our web applications — dashboards, investigation workflows, and compliance tooling used by analysts and investigators daily.
ResponsibilitiesBuild responsive, performant UI components using ReactJS
Translate designs (Figma or similar) into clean, reusable components
Integrate frontend applications with backend REST APIs
Manage application state and optimize rendering performance
Write clean, maintainable, and tested frontend code
Strong fundamentals in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, CSS
Working knowledge of React — hooks, component lifecycle, state management
Understanding of how to consume REST APIs and handle async data
Basic understanding of responsive design and cross-browser compatibility
Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows
Strong problem-solving fundamentals
Experience with TypeScript
Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, React Query)
Familiarity with charting/visualization libraries (D3, Recharts, etc.) — relevant for building analytics dashboards
A portfolio, GitHub profile, or personal projects showcasing UI work
Exposure to relevant AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, v0, or similar AI-assisted coding/design 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/UI ability
Preference given to candidates with open-source contributions, external/personal projects beyond academic coursework, and prior internship experience
1. Resume shortlisting (as per eligibility criteria above)
2. Online coding assessment (DSA + role-specific fundamentals)
3. Technical interview(s) with the engineering team
4. HR discussion / offer
Interested students can send their updated resume to [email protected] with the subject line: "Application for [Role Name] Internship – [College Name]"
Skills Required
- Final-year student graduating in 2027
- B.Tech, B.E., or Dual Degree
- Enrollment at an IIT, NIT, or IIIT
- CSE, IT, or closely related computer science branch
- Strong academic record
- Demonstrated coding and UI ability
- Strong JavaScript ES6+, HTML, and CSS fundamentals
- Working knowledge of React, including hooks, component lifecycle, and state management
- Understanding of REST APIs and asynchronous data handling
- Basic responsive design and cross-browser compatibility knowledge
- Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows
- Strong problem-solving fundamentals
- TypeScript experience
- Familiarity with Redux, Zustand, or React Query
- Familiarity with D3, Recharts, or similar visualization libraries
- Portfolio, GitHub profile, or personal UI projects
- Exposure to AI-assisted coding or design tools
- Open-source contributions, projects beyond coursework, or 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.
