Frontend Engineer

The Hub/Danske Bank; København; On-site; DKK 520,000 - 680,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

30 days vacation

Pension

Insurance

Weekly lunch scheme

Snacks and beverages

Job summary

GoWish in Copenhagen invites a Frontend Engineer to join Product Engineering. You will work in one of five cross-functional teams to build and maintain our React Native app, focusing on performance and a seamless user experience across devices.

You will own features end-to-end, translate complex requirements into reliable solutions, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers. The role offers ownership, growth, and a chance to impact millions of users.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of frontend engineering experience building production mobile apps with React Native, TypeScript, and Expo.
• Experience managing application state at scale with solutions such as Context, Zustand, Redux, React Query, or Apollo Client.
• Experience integrating GraphQL and RESTful APIs in production apps.
• Experience building polished mobile interfaces with high-quality UI across devices.
• Experience with CI/CD practices for mobile app deployment and updates.
• Experience working independently in a small, high-ownership team, communicating progress, risks and trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain our React Native app, focusing on functionality and high performance.
• Own frontend features end-to-end, from technical design to production delivery.
• Collaborate within a cross-functional team that manages services from the backend to the app, ensuring product coherence and technical integrity.
• Translate complex business requirements into reliable, scalable, and integrated technical solutions across the entire service stack.
• Ensure seamless interaction and integration across services, supporting a unified and efficient development lifecycle.
• Take responsibility for code quality, readability, and a consistent, high‑quality user interface across all devices.
• Review pull requests critically and provide constructive feedback.
• Communicate proactively about progress, risks, and trade-offs.
• Identify technical gaps and improvement opportunities and act on them.
• Operate effectively in a small team environment with high ownership.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

Expo

State management

GraphQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

Independent work

Tools

GraphQL

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

About GoWish, Ønskeskyen

At GoWish, we’re building the world’s leading wish-list and social shopping platform - a place where you can make a real impact and have fun doing it.

We’re on a mission to reinvent gifting for millions. We win together, driven by curiosity, ownership, and bold ideas that turn into real products. We experiment cross-functionally, push for excellence, and keep things playful as we grow - together.

Team & role overview

As our new Frontend Engineer you will join Product Engineering within our Engineering department, working in one of five cross‑functional teams: Activation, Wishing Experience, Personalization, Creator and Monetization. Each team consists of a Product Manager, Product Designer, Tech Lead, and a dedicated group of backend and frontend developers. Together, we collaborate closely to design seamless, intuitive, and high‑impact experiences for our users’ gifting journeys.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain our React Native app, focusing on functionality and high performance.
• Own frontend features end‑to‑end, from technical design to production delivery.
• Collaborate within a cross‑functional team that manages services from the backend to the app, ensuring product coherence and technical integrity.
• Translate complex business requirements into reliable, scalable, and integrated technical solutions across the entire service stack.
• Ensure seamless interaction and integration across services, supporting a unified and efficient development lifecycle.
• Take responsibility for code quality, readability, and a consistent, high‑quality user interface across all devices.
• Review pull requests critically and provide constructive feedback.
• Communicate proactively about progress, risks, and trade‑offs.
• Identify technical gaps and improvement opportunities and act on them.
• Operate effectively in a small team environment with high ownership.

What we’re looking for

• 3+ years of frontend engineering experience building production mobile apps with React Native, TypeScript, and Expo.
• Experience managing application state at scale with solutions such as Context, Zustand, Redux, React Query, or Apollo Client.
• Experience integrating GraphQL and RESTful APIs in production apps.
• Experience building polished mobile interfaces, with a meticulous eye for detail and a track record of delivering consistent, high‑quality UI across devices.
• Experience with CI/CD practices for mobile app deployment and updates.
• Experience working independently in a small, high‑ownership team, communicating clearly about progress, risks and trade‑offs.

It is further seen as an advantage to have experience with:

• Firebase
• Expo Updates / CodePush
• UI tooling such as AntD and Tailwind
• CSS/LESS
• Backend development fundamentals

Why GoWish should sit at top of your career wish list

At GoWish, we believe great work comes from people who feel energized, supported, and excited to show up every day. That’s why we’ve built a workplace where celebration, growth, and genuine enjoyment are part of the journey - not perks on the side.

Take your birthday off with Happy Birthday Leave, enjoy 30 days of vacation to fully recharge, and join a team that fills the year with events and playful happenings. We invest in your future with pension and insurance, fuel your days with a weekly lunch scheme, and keep you going with unlimited snacks and sodas - because work should feel good.

At GoWish, you don’t just build great products. You build a great work life.

Practical information

We work primarily from our office in Østerbro, located between Nordhavn and Østerport Station. We believe the best collaboration happens in person, and we’re looking forward to welcoming you to the team as soon as you’re ready.

Ready to help shape a platform that already empowers 18+ million users (and counting)? Join us at GoWish – and let's build the future of data‑driven innovation together.

Please note: We're currently enjoying the summer holiday period, so we'll begin reviewing applications in mid to late August. Thank you for your understanding - we look forward to hearing from you.