Summer Intern - Software Engineering: UI/UX
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency1 day ago
Chicago, IL, USAIntern
Responsibilities
- Build, extend, and maintain reusable design-system components, including variants, states, and responsive behavior.
- Implement small-to-medium frontend changes across OCC products, including interface flows, spacing, and typography improvements.
- Translate design mockups and prototypes into accessible, reusable frontend code while identifying edge cases and technical constraints.
- Improve component documentation and usage examples for other engineers.
- Contribute to accessibility work involving keyboard navigation, screen readers, color contrast, and compliance.
- Write and maintain unit and visual regression tests for components.
- Participate in code reviews, standups, release cycles, and UI technical-debt reduction.
- Present internship work to the broader engineering and design organization.
Requirements
- Be a rising senior or second-year graduate student graduating in December 2027 or May/August 2028.
- Be actively enrolled at a college or university during the internship program.
- Computer Science is the desired major, though majors may be flexible.
- Have knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Familiarity with React is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with TypeScript and Tailwind is a bonus.
- Interest in user-focused and accessible practices is a plus.
Benefits
- 12-week seasonal summer 2027 internship running either May through August or June through September.
- Hybrid work in Chicago, generally requiring at least three days per week in an OCC office, with Tuesday and Wednesday as anchor days.
- Interns may work up to 40 hours per week; overtime is not permitted.
- Interns are eligible only for paid sick leave accrued based on hours worked, with no other benefits or technology stipend.
- Mentorship and participation in production engineering practices, including code reviews, standups, and release cycles.