Frontend Engineer

Ønskeskyen ApS; København; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Happy Birthday Leave

30 days vacation

Pension & insurance

Weekly lunch scheme

Snacks & sodas

Job summary

GoWish, Ønskeskyen Copenhagen is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join Product Engineering. You will own frontend features end-to-end, collaborating across a small, high-ownership team to deliver polished mobile experiences using React Native, TypeScript, and Expo.

You will work closely with backend and product disciplines, translating complex requirements into reliable, scalable mobile interfaces and ensuring quality across devices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of frontend engineering experience building production mobile apps with React Native, TypeScript, and Expo.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain our React Native app, focusing on functionality and high performance.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

Expo

GraphQL

REST APIs

UI Development

CI/CD

Small-team ownership

Tools

Firebase

Expo Updates/CodePush

AntD

Tailwind

CSS/LESS

Backend fundamentals

Job description

GoWish, Ønskeskyen Copenhagen Full-time

Salary Competitive

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.

Nice to have

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

Benefits

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.