Senior Software Engineer

GYMSHARK; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based Bonus

Funded Healthcare

25 days holiday

Employer pension

Job summary

Gymshark is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help build technology for global growth. You’ll work with Golang, AWS serverless, and event-driven architectures to design scalable APIs and services that power customer-facing and internal products.

You will lead technical implementations, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Product, Data, and Platform teams to deliver high-impact features. This hybrid role in Solihull combines hands-on coding with architectural guidance.

Qualifications

• Experience writing production Golang code.
• Experience with cloud serverless services (AWS/Lambda, Google Cloud Run, Azure Functions).
• Must have demonstrable knowledge building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing, setting up relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining scalable APIs.
• Understanding of Event Driven Architecture concepts.
• Experience using Git and branching strategies.
• Experience implementing quality and testing practices such as unit/contract testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical implementations to deliver high-quality work on time.
• Use Golang to design, build and maintain APIs, services and integrations.
• Implement event-driven solutions for critical processes.
• Create, maintain and develop CI/CD pipelines.
• Leverage AWS Serverless technologies (Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, DynamoDB).
• Write maintainable, well-tested code following engineering standards.
• Follow an Agile development approach.
• Maintain services with strong observability and proactive monitoring; respond to incidents.
• Mentor and coach other engineers; improve engineering standards.

Skills

Golang

Cloud/serverless

CI/CD pipelines

APIs design

Event-driven architecture

Git

Testing (unit/contract)

Observability

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

DynamoDB

Lambda

EventBridge

SQS

Job description

OVERVIEW

We're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help build the technology that support Gymshark's global growth. Working with industry best tools including Golang, Event-Driven Architecture, and AWS Serverless technologies such as Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, and DynamoDB, you'll design and deliver scalable solutions that support key business priorities. As part of a Tech function you will work with Product Engineering, Data Engineering, Operations, Platform Engineering and Delivery, playing a key role in building both customer-facing and internal products that drive the business forward.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Leading technical implementations of projects to help your team deliver high-quality work on time
• Using Golang to design, build and maintain APIs, services and integrations
• Implementing event driven solutions to support critical business processes
• Creating, maintaining and developing CI/CD pipelines
• Building scalable and valuable software leveraging AWS Serverless technologies such as; Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, DynamoDB
• Focus on creating testable, maintainable and scalable code, following Engineering standards
• Following an Agile development approach
• Maintaining existing services, ensuring a high standard of observability and proactive monitoring, in addition to responding to incidents. (Especially during peak sale periods which is critical to business success!)
• Mentoring and coaching other engineers
• Improve engineering standards and best practices

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Must have experience in software engineering and writing production code in Golang or another strict typed language
• Experience using cloud based serverless services (such as AWS Lamba, Google Cloud Run or Azure Functions)
• Must have a demonstrable knowledge building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience designing, setting up databases as well as have an understanding of relational and non-relational approaches
• Experience designing, building and maintaining scalable APIs
• An understanding of Event Driven Architecture concepts
• Experience using Git and understand branching strategies
• Experience implementing quality and testing best practices within the services you produce, such as unit testing and contract testing
• Commercial Awareness and a creative problem solver with the ability to think laterally and understand the cost and value drivers within a competitive business environment

CLOSING DATE

28th September 2026

LOCATION

Please note this is a hybrid role and requires the successful candidate to attend at least 3 days a week in GSIQ, Solihull, UK.

BELONGING AT GYMSHARK

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We're an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We're committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you'd like to request a reasonable adjustment please email [e-mail].

ABOUT US

We're here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today, prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up - for themselves - to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. It's what we want for our community, and our team. A team that's growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymshark's future. Our plans are ambitious, and we're looking for people who want to join us for the ride - our growth will be your growth.

THE PERKS

• Performance-based Bonus opportunity
• Funded Healthcare benefit
• 25 days holiday, additional day for your birthday & Bank Holidays
• Contributory Employer pension scheme
• Flexible benefits programme - including salary sacrifice EV scheme, dental insurance, cycle to work, tech scheme, holiday trading
• Gymshark Employee Discount & long service awards
• Access to High Street cashback and discounts
• Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
• Enhanced Family Leave package
• Life Assurance

Office location specific benefits include (IQ)

• Gym Membership to The Lifting Club (LC)
• Onsite lunch provision & coffee bars
• EV charge points available

Note: The bonus program and benefits have certain eligibility requirements. Gymshark reserves the right to amend these programs in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.