Summary
Rubén Gómez is a seasoned Software Architect with over two decades of experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade applications across Java/J2EE, Ruby on Rails and emerging functional languages like Scala. Educated at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and starting his career at Apple Spain in 1992, he has progressed from hands-on development to architecture and engineering leadership roles at companies including Philips, Personio, and FINEOS. He founded and grew an agile-focused consultancy, Extreme Development, which was later acquired, demonstrating both technical depth and entrepreneurial drive. Rubén combines strong expertise in Spring, Hibernate, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD and testing practices with practical experience on major client systems for Nestlé, Roche and GlaxoSmithKline. Known for mentoring teams and championing TDD and refactoring, he blends pragmatic engineering with a long-standing interest in language innovation and software craftsmanship. Based in the Greater Barcelona area, he brings the perspective of someone who has repeatedly bridged product, architecture and delivery across European and global engagements.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Spanish, Catalan