HIGH-IMPACT SENIOR RUBY BACKEND DEVELOPER

Welcome to Apeirum, a newly established Swiss-Spanish consultancy. We are a young and innovative company, serving select clients in Switzerland. We consistently strive for excellence and aim to build long-term relationships with our clients.
At Apeirum, we believe in high-performing, highly engaged teams with a family-oriented culture, where learning and mutual support are at the heart of everything we do. We work as hard as we celebrate. While we work remotely across Spain, we come together at least once or twice a year for a strategic off-site event, where we share knowledge and simply enjoy our time together!
We are currently looking for a passionate, ambitious and self-motivated Senior Backend Developer (Ruby) located in Spain to join our client's development team. We are looking for strong technical people who are able to challenge the CTO's opinion and develop innovative solutions together. The client is a startup offering an exciting project that will enable the whole company to innovate.
For our Clients we create innovation results - proven, structured, and repeatable.
If you have a self-starter mentality and want to work with enterprise customers on a tactical and strategic level, read on.
Tasks
As a Senior Ruby Developer, your role will include:

Developing clean and efficient Ruby code for high-impact projects.
Design and implementation of scalable, event-driven architectures. The company is currently on the path from monolithic to microservices.
Identifying and resolving complex technical challenges with innovative solutions.
Collaborating with AI tools and exploring modern technologies.
Maintaining and improving proprietary frameworks for better performance and productivity.
Driving CI/CD practices to ensure seamless development and deployment workflows.
Working closely with the CTO and with an interdisciplinary team to deliver exceptional results.

Requirements
✅ Essential:
You should apply if you...

Are passionate about AI, modern tools, and writing clean, efficient code.
Proactively embrace new technologies and thrive on solving complex problems.
Excel in collaboration, delivering results, and mastering development tools.
Have 5+ years of Ruby experience (10 years preferred).
Are fluent in English.

And experienced with:

Building modern Ruby backends with event sourcing.
Working with proprietary frameworks.
Utilizing GCP cloud infrastructure.
Implementing advanced CI/CD practices.
Prioritizing developer productivity and efficiency.

💎 Bonus Points:
We’d be especially excited if you...

Have experience with event-driven architecture.
Actively contribute to open-source projects.
Are passionate about AI/ML and its real-world applications.
Have experience optimizing processes for efficiency and impact.

You should NOT apply if you...
⚠️ Are looking for a typical 9-to-5 job;
⚠️ Are expecting to only manage and coordinate. We are looking for hungry people who want to solve technical challenges and code on an everyday basis.
Benefits
🔥 We believe in ownership from day one and empower each and everyone in our team to take on responsibility.
🔥 A full-time position remotely in Spain with potential visits to our headquarter in Switzerland.
🔥 Flexible working hours and hybrid work set-up.
🔥 A yearly team offsite to celebrate our the unique startup spirit.
🔥 An adventurous startup journey and a business to scale.
🔥 An excellent opportunity to learn new skills, meet interesting people daily and dive into new topics.
🔥 20 days of paid vacation per year.
Interested? Apply today!

Apply with your CV and Cover Letter
First Interview
Second Interview
Assessment Center (Show us your skills by solving our innovation & customer success challenge)
Reference Call
Finally, be part of our success story :)

🔥 Have any questions? Do not hesitate to contact Anja with the email provided.