Senior Software Engineer

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:Essential Criteria:
• 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

12th October 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 talent@gymshark.com.

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

• Standard benefits include:
• 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.