Intern - UX/UI Front End Engineer

Nelnet•Lincoln, NE

55d

About The Position

As a UX/UI Front-End Engineer Intern at Nelnet, you'll gain hands-on experience maintaining the Unifi Design System's documentation site (unifi.nelnet.io) and help convert its content into machine-readable context for AI-assisted development tooling. You'll work alongside our team of engineers and designers to learn how a design system is maintained and documented at enterprise scale.

Requirements

Actively pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Web Development, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
Coursework or personal project experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Angular required — this role involves maintenance work in an existing Angular codebase, not first exposure to the framework.
No professional/paid experience required.
Working proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Angular.
Interest in developer experience, technical documentation, and AI-assisted tooling.
Familiarity with Git/GitHub.
Strong written communication skills.
Comfortable asking questions and receiving feedback.

Nice To Haves

Basic understanding of, or interest in, web accessibility (WCAG) a plus.

Responsibilities

Help maintain content on the Unifi documentation site (unifi.nelnet.io), primarily updating existing documentation to align with the current state of the design system.
Assist in converting design and accessibility guidelines content into machine-readable formats to support AI-assisted development workflows.
Perform front-end maintenance work on the documentation site (Angular).
Participate in code reviews and follow version control practices (Git).