Jobs at Nelnet

Software Engineering Interns will develop, test, maintain, and support internal and external web applications using .NET, C#, SQL, Angular, and RESTful Web Services. They will collaborate with IT teams, participate in Agile ceremonies and projects, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and build software development skills through mentorship and professional programming.

Manages business process optimization by analyzing workflows, identifying root causes, and developing scalable operational improvements. Partners with Operations, Engineering, IT, Product, and other stakeholders to implement automation, AI-enabled workflows, system enhancements, and integration initiatives. Presents recommendations to leadership, establishes performance metrics, supports strategic planning, and maintains operational standards and documentation to improve efficiency, customer satisfaction, service quality, and organizational capacity.

Leads delivery coordination for a Data Solutions and Engineering team by managing intake, prioritization, roadmaps, JIRA workflows, stakeholder communications, documentation, reporting, and validation. Supervises and coaches a small analyst team, translates business needs into actionable technical work items, facilitates team ceremonies, coordinates cross-functional sessions, tracks delivery metrics, and improves processes. Requires technical fluency in SQL, data warehousing, and analytics, plus experience supporting engineering or data teams.

Design wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma for active product and design system initiatives. Apply design system components, variables, and styles; participate in critiques; collaborate with UX and accessibility teams; and produce implementation-ready designs. Learn and apply visual hierarchy, typography, responsive design, and accessibility principles. Present work, incorporate feedback, and manage multiple design tasks while gaining hands-on production experience.

Maintains and updates the Angular-based Unifi design system documentation site, converts design and accessibility guidance into machine-readable formats for AI-assisted development, performs front-end maintenance, participates in code reviews, and follows Git version-control practices.

Manage relationships with K-12 educational institution clients using financial management, payment, billing, SIS, and Grant & Aid products. Responsibilities include answering high-volume inquiries, resolving issues, providing product guidance and training, maintaining account and profile information, encouraging product adoption, supporting retention, coordinating with sales and internal teams, and reporting activities.

Own the end-to-end client success lifecycle for a SaaS platform and consulting services, including onboarding, success planning, engagement, renewals, health monitoring, risk mitigation, executive reviews, platform adoption, and expansion support. Serve as the primary client advocate and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver measurable compliance, security, and business outcomes.

Develop and maintain Python and Snowflake ETL processes, validate and organize finance data, and build data warehouses supporting reporting and analytics. Create dashboards and analyses using tools such as Power BI or Tableau to provide strategic insights. Collaborate with finance, accounting, and business leadership teams to define data requirements, resolve data issues, and support SQL Server and Snowflake processes.

Designs and maintains scalable data infrastructure, Snowflake databases, data models, and automated ELT pipelines. Extracts, cleans, validates, and transforms data from databases, APIs, and files while ensuring data quality and integrity. Troubleshoots workflow failures, optimizes queries and pipelines, and collaborates with analysts, product owners, developers, and other engineers. The role may require after-hours ownership of critical data pipelines.

Leads the technical team responsible for operating, configuring, and extending the Workday platform. Manages hiring, coaching, performance, capacity planning, stakeholder relationships, incident and change management, integrations, release coordination, platform health, and continuous improvement. Partners with HRIS, Finance, Security, and IT leadership to prioritize technical work, manage risks, and deliver reliable, secure, well-governed platform services.

Lead enterprise CRM architecture, implementation, data migration, integrations, administration, governance, automation, and ongoing optimization. Develop the CRM roadmap, manage vendors and competing initiatives, hire and lead support staff, and present strategy to executives. The role requires strong application architecture, database, software lifecycle, integration, project management, data governance, and people leadership expertise, with a focus on enterprise business alignment and regulatory compliance.

Administer and optimize Microsoft Azure enterprise infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, identity, security, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery. The role develops infrastructure automation with PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bicep, ARM Templates, and Terraform; supports governance, compliance, incident response, cost optimization, CI/CD, and hybrid cloud integrations. It also contributes to cloud modernization, documentation, technical guidance, and on-call operations.

Define scalable SaaS architecture and technical direction while remaining hands-on in software development. Design APIs, integrations, security, and modernization roadmaps; establish engineering standards and DevSecOps practices; write production code; lead architecture and code reviews; coordinate development and QA teams; and ensure secure, accessible, compliant platform delivery.

Develop cloud-native, full-stack applications for Nelnet’s lending platform using microservices and modern JavaScript technologies. Responsibilities include collaborating with product and design teams, designing and coding application and infrastructure solutions, implementing testing and CI/CD processes, managing cloud environments, building REST APIs, and participating throughout the software development lifecycle. The role emphasizes scalable, high-quality code, architectural contribution, Agile practices, and continuous improvement.

Develops product strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and backlogs while coordinating stakeholders, product owners, and development teams. The role oversees initiatives, budgets, release planning, acceptance criteria, delivery progress, return on investment, and final solution signoff. It requires collaboration with executives and understanding of customer needs, regulations, market trends, and business processes, with preferred student loan industry experience. This hybrid position requires work near designated offices and U.S. citizenship due to government contract clearance requirements.

Analyzes business systems and requirements while serving as a liaison between clients, operations, and technical teams. Leads quality assurance activities, including test planning, functional, integration, regression, data, automated, and user acceptance testing. Creates test scenarios, scripts, acceptance criteria, and documentation; executes tests, analyzes results, tracks defects, and communicates outcomes. Supports implementations and releases, provides usability feedback, and helps improve software quality and business processes.

The Senior Product Manager identifies and validates market opportunities, develops product vision and roadmaps, analyzes competitors and win/loss results, manages launches, monitors product KPIs, builds ROI and business plans, and recommends pricing strategies. The role partners with executive stakeholders, engineering, marketing, sales, clients, and product teams to expand revenue, market share, and customer value.

Develop and support high-volume enterprise document management software in an agile environment. Responsibilities include designing solutions, translating business needs into technical requirements, developing C#/.NET backend services and Angular applications, writing SQL, testing, debugging, monitoring production systems, applying secure coding practices, and participating in code reviews, releases, and on-call support.

Develop enterprise software solutions by translating business requirements into technical specifications, participating in solution design, creating technical documentation, and supporting application performance and debugging after implementation. The role requires collaboration with architects and business analysts, adherence to technology and security standards, knowledge of software development lifecycles, relational databases, application integration, and hosted infrastructure, plus the ability to obtain a government security clearance.

Supports internal audit activities by researching business and IT processes, analyzing compliance with company standards, documenting audit work, communicating findings, assisting external auditors, and contributing to special projects. The intern gains exposure to financial services, internal audit, company functions, leadership, and professional training while collaborating with staff across the organization.