Heurist AI is hiring a

Web3 Backend Engineering Intern

Heurist - AI Agent Internship

Heurist is an AI + Web3 startup. We’re bridging the gap between AI agents and blockchain tools, making AI truly interoperable across the decentralized web. Our mission is to help AI understand crypto better, providing accurate data, powerful agent skills, and intelligent interfaces for traders and developers.

Our Flagship Product, Ask Heurist (live On Base App, Coinbase’s New Web3 Superapp), Gives Analysts, Traders And Everyday Crypto Users Intelligent Agents That Can

Analyze projects, identify trends, and surface alpha instantly

Chat naturally in private or group chats

Personalize insights (like daily portfolio digests or token updates)

Internship Setup

Remote: fully distributed team

Duration: 8-12 weeks or longer

Commitment: 20-40 hrs/week

Start: ASAP

Core Requirements (for all roles)

Hands-on experience using AI to build or ship production-grade projects

Understanding of agent development patterns: system prompts, tool use, reasoning, multi-step plans

Preferred: Experience with OpenAI Agents SDK, LangChain, LlamaIndex or any agent frameworks

Solid communication and ownership mindset - you ship reliably and iterate fast

Backend Engineering Intern

You’ll

Build backend features powering agents

Integrate agents in social platforms such as Base App, Telegram and/or X

Implement tracing, metrics, simple evals, and developer-facing docs

Requirements

Proficient in Python, or Node.js/TypeScript

Strong grasp of database design, and HTTP APIs

Experience integrating LLMs and tool/function calling

Preferred: experience with agent evaluation

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