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…