Senior Developer / Product Owner

Compensation: $160k – $180k • No equity

Apex is seeking an experienced Ruby on Rails engineer who can own business capabilities end-to-end. This is not a “ticket taker” role. You will partner directly with business owners, shape solutions, deliver working software, and own outcomes in production.

We are an AI-native engineering team: modern AI tooling accelerates implementation, testing, refactoring, and documentation. The core value of this role is excellent judgment—problem framing, system design, risk management, and delivering reliable results.

What you'll own

• A business capability end-to-end (examples: timekeeping, reporting/BI workflows, practice operations tooling, integrations).
• Problem framing: clarifying goals, constraints, edge cases, and success criteria with stakeholders.
• Delivery: design, implementation, automated tests, rollout, and verification in production.
• Operational excellence: monitoring/alerts where appropriate, support playbooks, and continuous improvement to reduce recurring tickets.
• Documentation that stays useful: user-facing notes, internal technical docs, and handoff materials for IT/helpdesk when applicable.

Core Responsibilities

• Partner with business owners (Ops/Accounting/HR/Practice teams) to translate real-world workflows into reliable software.
• Design and implement features in Ruby on Rails (8.0), balancing speed with correctness and maintainability.
• Use AI tools effectively (and safely) to accelerate delivery—while validating assumptions, reviewing generated code, and ensuring correctness in domain-specific logic.
• Own releases end-to-end: feature flags/rollouts, rollback plans, production verification, and stakeholder follow-up.
• Improve system quality over time: reduce operational noise, prevent regressions, and simplify user workflows.
• Contribute to team standards: code quality, testing, documentation patterns, and pragmatic architecture decisions.