About the role
From the employer’s listing · DFDS · posted 9 September 2026
<div><p><span>Join our frontend team as a Frontend Engineer student assistant and help build the tool that runs DFDS freight operations.</span></p></div><div><p><span>Do you want to work on a modern Next.js codebase with real users, real data and a team that cares about how things are built? Are you looking for a student job where you actually ship to production instead of maintaining someone else's side project? Then you could be the newest addition to our Control Tower frontend team.</span><br></p></div><div><p><span><strong>Be part of the movement, and play your part.</strong></span></p></div><div><p><span><strong>About the role</strong></span></p></div><div><p><span>Control Tower is the internal platform our operations teams use to run freight on DFDS ferry routes: customer setup, bookings, preparing shipments for departure, tracking cargo in transit and closing things off afterwards. It is replacing a legacy system from the 90s, so there is plenty of room to do things properly and to make a visible difference for the people who use it every day.</span></p></div><div><p><br><span>We are a small frontend team in Copenhagen working closely with a product designer and several backend teams. We own a Next.js monorepo and the internal component library it is built on, and we ship often. You will be a real part of that team, not a spectator: you will pick up features, get code review from experienced engineers, and see your work land in the hands of operators within days.</span></p></div><div><p><span>If you like getting things done, communicate well and take care in your work: drop us your application.</span></p></div><div><p><br><span>Main responsibilities</span></p></div><div><ul><li><p><span>Build and improve frontend features in our Next.js / TypeScript monorepo, from UI components to data fetching and state</span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span>Turn designs from Figma into accessible, well-structured React components using our in-house design system (Navigator)</span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span>Contribute to the design system itself: components, documentation and small fixes that help the whole team move faster</span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span>Write tests and help keep the codebase clean, typed and easy to work in</span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span>Take part in code reviews, planning and refinement toge