Frontend Engineer Intern

Overview

Frontend Engineer Intern Fearless is excited to launch our internship program in partnership with the Maryland Lighthouse AI Initiative. This program provides college students, recent graduates, and career changers with real-world experience in the government technology industry. Interns will gain hands-on technical skills alongside a broad set of professional skills – including interviewing, resume building, and networking – to support job readiness and long-term career growth.

This internship will begin June 1 and end on August 14, 2026.

As a Frontend Engineer Intern on the Maryland Digital Service (MDWDS) team, you will help build and enhance the reusable web components that power digital services for the people of Maryland. Your work will directly improve how Marylanders interact with their government online - from how forms render, to how content is structured, to how accessible those experiences are for every user.

This role focuses on modern JavaScript, accessibility, and scalable UI patterns implemented as web components. You'll own scoped UI tickets with measurable deliverables, contribute to a shared design system, and learn what it looks like to ship code that serves the public.

• Build and modify reusable web components used across Maryland digital services
• Implement UI enhancements and quality-of-life improvements based on team and stakeholder feedback
• Investigate and resolve frontend defects with clear, well-tested fixes
• Improve styling, accessibility, and overall usability of components and pages
• Help maintain and improve component documentation so other engineers can adopt and extend the system confidently
• Participate in agile ceremonies - standups, sprint planning, retros - and contribute to team discussions and code reviews
• Own scoped frontend tickets end-to-end, from understanding the problem through merging your pull request

Project and Skill Requirements

• Awareness of JavaScript foundation, including comfort with modern language features
• Interest in learning or prior exposure to a JavaScript framework such as Svelte, Vue, or Ember
• Awareness of or interest in learning modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript including "widely available" web platform features from the last ~3 years
• Awareness of or interest in learning Git and Git Hub workflows (branching, pull requests, code review)
• Ability to work independently on scoped frontend tasks while knowing when to ask for help
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A collaborative mindset - we work as a team and value the people on it
• Motivation to learn new skills and frameworks
• A genuine passion for helping your community

• Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
• Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
• Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.

• Fundamental Awareness: You possess common knowledge or an understanding of basic techniques and concepts. Experience has been gained in a "classroom" and experimental scenarios or as an on-the-job trainee. You are expected to need help when performing skills. You understand and can discuss terminology, concepts, principles, and issues associated with this competency/skill.

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
• Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).

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