Frontend Software Engineer

Copenhagen - Denmark

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Zendesk is founded by Danish entrepreneurs and dedicated to helping customers build great relationships through well-designed reliable software. Our Copenhagen office is part of a growing team focused on the next-generation AI-powered features delivering the worlds best customer service and knowledge management experiences. We promote a fun inclusive and collaborative culture where innovation and empathy guide our work.

Position Overview

Your work will directly enhance how customers interact with our Help Center and related content services by building robust frontend experiences that integrate AI features and maintain high reliability and responsiveness.

What Youll Do

Develop maintain and improve frontend features using React and JavaScript/TypeScript within a complex service-oriented architecture.
Partner with ML scientists and product teams to implement AI-powered capabilities on the frontend.
Participate actively in agile processes including brainstorming prototyping and delivering high quality tested software.
Ensure frontend applications deliver excellent usability accessibility and performance.
Communicate clearly with team members and stakeholders about design choices implementation plans and technical challenges.

What Youll Bring

3 years of professional experience in frontend engineering with strong proficiency in React and JavaScript/TypeScript.
Solid understanding of software design system architecture and service-oriented environments.
Experience working in agile teams with modern development workflows including code reviews testing and CI/CD.
Familiarity with backend technologies (Ruby on Rails ) and REST/GraphQL APIs enabling effective cross-team collaboration.
Experience working with AI-related frontend features or integrations is a strong plus.
Good problem-solving skills and customer-centric mindset with a focus on usability and accessibility.
Strong communication skills in English both written and spoken.
Passion for mentoring and collaborative teamwork in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field.
Experience with event-driven architectures content management systems or cloud deployment technologies (Docker Kubernetes AWS).
Exposure to observability tools to monitor frontend reliability and performance.
Previous experience working in AI or LLM feature implementation on the frontend.

Our Tech Stack

Frontend: React JavaScript TypeScript
Backend: Ruby on Rails GraphQL REST
Infrastructure: AWS Kubernetes Docker
Data: MySQL Redis ElasticSearch Aurora S3

Hybrid: In this role our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection collaboration learning and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.

The intelligent heart of customer experience

Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.

Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working enables us to purposefully come together in person at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world to connect collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.

As part of our commitment to fairness and transparency we inform all applicants that artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision systems may be used to screen or evaluate applications for this position in accordance with Company guidelines and applicable law.

Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer and were proud of our ongoing efforts to foster global diversity equity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race color religion national origin age sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation marital status medical condition ancestry disability military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer. If you are based in the United States and would like more information about your EEO rights under the law please click here.

Zendesk endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to applicable federal and state law. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application complete any pre-employment testing or otherwise participate in the employee selection process please send an e-mail to with your specific accommodation request.

Job DescriptionZendesk is founded by Danish entrepreneurs and dedicated to helping customers build great relationships through well-designed reliable software. Our Copenhagen office is part of a growing team focused on the next-generation AI-powered features delivering the worlds best customer servi...