diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 76366c4..81f41a0 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,16 @@ Style/Documentation:
 RSpec/EmptyExampleGroup:
   Exclude:
     - "**/*swagger_spec.rb"
+
+RSpec/NestedGroups:
+  Max: 4
+  
+RSpec/ExampleLength:
+  Enabled: false
+
+Layout/FirstHashElementIndentation:
+  EnforcedStyle: consistent
+
+Layout/HashAlignment:
+  EnforcedHashRocketStyle: table
+  EnforcedColonStyle: table
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 38e6d89..d2b713f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }
 ruby '2.7.7'
 
 gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.4', require: false
-gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7'
 gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.5'
+gem 'oj'
 gem 'puma', '~> 5.0'
 gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.7', '>= 6.1.7.3'
 gem 'rswag'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3e65c0e..0b2a72c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ GEM
     addressable (2.8.6)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.6)
     bindex (0.8.1)
     bootsnap (1.16.0)
       msgpack (~> 1.2)
@@ -85,9 +86,6 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 5.0)
     i18n (1.12.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    jbuilder (2.11.5)
-      actionview (>= 5.0.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
     json (2.6.3)
     json-schema (4.1.1)
       addressable (>= 2.8)
@@ -118,6 +116,8 @@ GEM
     nio4r (2.5.8)
     nokogiri (1.14.2-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
+    oj (3.16.3)
+      bigdecimal (>= 3.0)
     parallel (1.22.1)
     parser (3.2.1.1)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   byebug
   factory_bot_rails (~> 6.0.0)
   faker (~> 3.2)
-  jbuilder (~> 2.7)
   mysql2 (~> 0.5)
+  oj
   pry-byebug
   puma (~> 5.0)
   rack-mini-profiler (~> 2.0)
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/candidates_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/candidates_controller.rb
index 6a2f58c..292e2b4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/candidates_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/candidates_controller.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 module Api
   module V1
     class CandidatesController < ApiController
+      def index
+        paginated_candidates = PaginateService.new(
+          relation: Candidate.all,
+          page:     params[:page]&.to_i,
+          per_page: params[:per_page]&.to_i
+        )
+
+        render json: {
+          candidates: paginated_candidates.call,
+          meta:       paginated_candidates.meta
+        }
+      end
+
       def create
         candidate = Candidates::CreateUseCase.new(candidate_params).call
         return head :unprocessable_entity unless candidate
diff --git a/app/models/candidate.rb b/app/models/candidate.rb
index 7d6735d..232e6fb 100644
--- a/app/models/candidate.rb
+++ b/app/models/candidate.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Candidate < ApplicationRecord
+  def as_json(options = {})
+    serializable_fields = %i[id name email birthdate]
+    super(options.merge(only: serializable_fields))
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/paginate_service.rb b/app/services/paginate_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b983615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/paginate_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# PaginateService is responsible for paginating a relation and returning metadata about the pagination.
+class PaginateService
+  DEFAULT_PAGE = 1
+  DEFAULT_PER_PAGE = 20
+  MAX_PER_PAGE = 100
+
+  # Initializes a new instance of PaginateService.
+  #
+  # @param relation [Object] The relation object to paginate.
+  # @param page [Integer] The page number to retrieve (default: 1).
+  # @param per_page [Integer] The number of records per page (default: 20).
+  def initialize(relation:, page: nil, per_page: nil)
+    @relation = relation
+    @page = page || DEFAULT_PAGE
+    @per_page = [per_page || DEFAULT_PER_PAGE, MAX_PER_PAGE].min
+  end
+
+  # Paginates the relation based on the specified page and per_page values.
+  #
+  # @return [Object] The paginated relation.
+  def call
+    @relation.offset(offset).limit(per_page)
+  end
+
+  # Returns metadata about the pagination.
+  #
+  # @return [Hash] The metadata hash containing page, per_page, total_count, and total_pages.
+  def meta
+    { page: page, per_page: per_page, total_count: total_count, total_pages: total_pages }
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  attr_reader :relation, :page, :per_page
+
+  def offset
+    (page - 1) * per_page
+  end
+
+  def total_pages
+    (total_count.to_f / per_page).ceil
+  end
+
+  def total_count
+    @total_count ||= relation.offset(nil).limit(nil).count
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/use_cases/candidates/create_use_case.rb b/app/use_cases/candidates/create_use_case.rb
index 0254f6b..de8e2ee 100644
--- a/app/use_cases/candidates/create_use_case.rb
+++ b/app/use_cases/candidates/create_use_case.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ def candidate
 
     def candidate_params
       {
-        name: @params[:name],
-        email: @params[:email],
+        name:      @params[:name],
+        email:     @params[:email],
         birthdate: @params[:birthdate]
       }
     end
diff --git a/config/initializers/oj.rb b/config/initializers/oj.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64598c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/oj.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Optimize JSON serialization https://github.com/ohler55/oj/blob/develop/pages/Rails.md
+Oj.optimize_rails
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 9410a06..3e409ec 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   namespace :api do
     namespace :v1 do
-      resources :candidates, only: %i[create]
+      resources :candidates, only: %i[create index]
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_spec.rb
index dfecf85..003c8d3 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,54 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 RSpec.describe 'Api::V1::Candidates' do
+  describe 'GET /' do
+    subject(:get_candidates) { get '/api/v1/candidates', params: params }
+
+    let(:params) { {} }
+
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      get_candidates
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns a list of candidates' do
+      candidates = create_list(:candidate, 2)
+      get_candidates
+      expect(response.parsed_body).to eq({
+        candidates: [{
+          id:        candidates.first.id,
+          name:      candidates.first.name,
+          email:     candidates.first.email,
+          birthdate: candidates.first.birthdate.to_s
+        }, {
+          id:        candidates.second.id,
+          name:      candidates.second.name,
+          email:     candidates.second.email,
+          birthdate: candidates.second.birthdate.to_s
+        }],
+        meta:       { page: 1, per_page: 20, total_pages: 1, total_count: 2 }
+      }.deep_stringify_keys)
+    end
+
+    context 'with pagination' do
+      let(:params) { { page: 2, per_page: 2 } }
+
+      it 'returns only paginated elements' do
+        candidates = create_list(:candidate, 3)
+        get_candidates
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to eq({
+          candidates: [{
+            id:        candidates.third.id,
+            name:      candidates.third.name,
+            email:     candidates.third.email,
+            birthdate: candidates.third.birthdate.to_s
+          }],
+          meta:       { page: 2, per_page: 2, total_pages: 2, total_count: 3 }
+        }.deep_stringify_keys)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'POST /create' do
     subject(:create_candidate) { post '/api/v1/candidates', params: params }
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_swagger_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_swagger_spec.rb
index 8dcebf5..883cf4a 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_swagger_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/candidates_request_swagger_spec.rb
@@ -4,17 +4,55 @@
 
 describe 'Candidates API' do
   path '/api/v1/candidates' do
+    get 'Retrieves a list of candidates' do
+      tags 'Candidates'
+      produces 'application/json'
+      parameter name: :page, in: :query, type: :integer
+      parameter name: :per_page, in: :query, type: :integer
+
+      response '200', 'Candidates list' do
+        schema type:       :object,
+               properties: {
+                 candidates: {
+                   type:  :array,
+                   items: {
+                     type:       :object,
+                     properties: {
+                       id:        { type: :integer },
+                       name:      { type: :string },
+                       email:     { type: :string },
+                       birthdate: { type: :string, format: :date }
+                     }
+                   }
+                 },
+                 meta:       {
+                   type:       :object,
+                   properties: {
+                     page:        { type: :integer },
+                     per_page:    { type: :integer },
+                     total_pages: { type: :integer },
+                     total_count: { type: :integer }
+                   }
+                 }
+               }
+
+        let(:page) { 1 }
+        let(:per_page) { 20 }
+        run_test!
+      end
+    end
+
     post 'Creates a candidate' do
       tags 'Candidates'
       consumes 'application/json'
       parameter name: :candidate, in: :body, schema: {
-        type: :object,
+        type:       :object,
         properties: {
-          name: { type: :string, example: 'Andre' },
-          email: { type: :string, format: :email, example: 'andre@haistack.ai' },
+          name:      { type: :string, example: 'Andre' },
+          email:     { type: :string, format: :email, example: 'andre@haistack.ai' },
           birthdate: { type: :string, format: :date, example: '1992-04-27' }
         },
-        required: %w[name email birthdate]
+        required:   %w[name email birthdate]
       }
 
       response '201', 'Candidate created' do
diff --git a/spec/services/paginate_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/paginate_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfdf1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/paginate_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe PaginateService do
+  describe '#call' do
+    subject(:paginate_service) { described_class.new(relation: relation, page: page, per_page: per_page) }
+
+    let(:relation) { Candidate.all }
+    let(:page) { 1 }
+    let(:per_page) { 1 }
+
+    context 'when there are records of the given relation' do
+      before { create_list(:candidate, 2) }
+
+      it 'returns first page of results' do
+        expect(paginate_service.call.order(:id).map(&:attributes)).to eq([Candidate.first.attributes])
+      end
+
+      it 'returns only the number of records specified by per_page' do
+        expect(paginate_service.call.count).to eq(1)
+      end
+
+      context 'when on second page' do
+        let(:page) { 2 }
+
+        it 'returns second page of results' do
+          expect(paginate_service.call.order(:id).map(&:attributes)).to eq([Candidate.last.attributes])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the relation is empty' do
+      let(:relation) { Candidate.all }
+
+      it 'returns the relation' do
+        expect(paginate_service.call).to eq([])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/swagger_helper.rb b/spec/swagger_helper.rb
index bfceac4..da88871 100644
--- a/spec/swagger_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/swagger_helper.rb
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
   config.openapi_specs = {
     'v1/swagger.yaml' => {
       openapi: '3.0.1',
-      info: {
-        title: 'API V1',
+      info:    {
+        title:   'API V1',
         version: 'v1'
       },
-      paths: {},
+      paths:   {},
       servers: [
         {
-          url: 'http://localhost:3000',
+          url:         'http://localhost:3000',
           description: 'The local server'
         }
       ]
diff --git a/swagger/v1/swagger.yaml b/swagger/v1/swagger.yaml
index c9cd682..8e74e34 100644
--- a/swagger/v1/swagger.yaml
+++ b/swagger/v1/swagger.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,52 @@ info:
   version: v1
 paths:
   "/api/v1/candidates":
+    get:
+      summary: Retrieves a list of candidates
+      tags:
+      - Candidates
+      parameters:
+      - name: page
+        in: query
+        schema:
+          type: integer
+      - name: per_page
+        in: query
+        schema:
+          type: integer
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Candidates list
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                properties:
+                  candidates:
+                    type: array
+                    items:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        id:
+                          type: integer
+                        name:
+                          type: string
+                        email:
+                          type: string
+                        birthdate:
+                          type: string
+                          format: date
+                  meta:
+                    type: object
+                    properties:
+                      page:
+                        type: integer
+                      per_page:
+                        type: integer
+                      total_pages:
+                        type: integer
+                      total_count:
+                        type: integer
     post:
       summary: Creates a candidate
       tags: