Backend Engineer - Activation

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 Backend 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.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Own backend features and services end-to-end, from technical design to production delivery.
• Design, implement, and evolve GraphQL APIs and backend systems using JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Make sound technical decisions that balance short-term delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Take responsibility for code quality, readability, and correctness.
• Review pull requests critically and provide constructive feedback.
• Communicate proactively about progress, risks, and trade-offs.
• Work independently on complex tasks while staying aligned with the team.
• Integrate with internal and external APIs and manage data using SQL-based databases.
• 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 🌟

We Imagine That You Have Experience With

• JavaScript/TypeScript
• GraphQL
• Git/Version-control
• Working with APIs
• SQL

It further seen as an advantage to have experience with:

• Nest.Js
• Google Cloud
• PostgreSQL
• Docker
• Drizzle/ORMs
• Kafka (Events)
• Prometheus/Grafana

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 collaborate in a flexible hybrid setup, with most of our magic happening at our bright, modern office in Østerbro - perfectly placed between Nordhavn and Østerport Station. We’re ready for you to join us as soon as you are.

👉 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.

Due to the holiday period, we will begin reviewing applications at the end of August. Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to receiving your application.