• To support growth areas in Software Engineering Tribe, it requires a highly capable and passionate scrum master.

• This role will be responsible for facilitating an end-to-end agile culture within the delivery in SWE Tribe. You will lead, execute agile process & take full accountability for bringing agility to your team delivery.

• You will work very closely with delivery leads, product owners, solution architects, DevOps engineers, software developers & Quality Engineers and ensure the deliveries happen in time, with good quality & effectively follows the agile best practices & principles.

• Your objective is to ensure that the squad you’re handling, delivers effectively in a user centric approach and as promised to our customers.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

• Take E2E (End-to End) ownership and accountability of establishing agile values, methods, principles & practices for the delivery of the project he/she is handling

• Take the role of agile Scrum Master and facilitate discussions and conflict resolution and enable the exploration of alternatives or different approaches & ensure no impact on the delivery of projects

• Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings

• Coach and mentor, their team members on agile standards and best practices; ensure consistent best practices are applied across the work streams

• Ensure the correct setup & usage of tools for projects & ensure project documentations are up to date for every sprint

• Manage stakeholders and vendor interfaces as required for technical delivery and report on project progress & activities

• On spot risk raising for management, asking for support if any

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience

• At least 2 years of experience in software development (developer/tester/process improvement engineer) or software process improvement domain and 1 year in mentorship position

• Having knowledge for Scrum development methodologies & tools (Jira) and techniques, having Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, user stories etc

• Strong understanding or experience of software development life cycle and DevOps practices

• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continuous improvement, and Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Proven hands-on experience in managing projects in agile environments, especially, in a facilitator role

• Technical background and ability to understand architecture & technical issues to drive effective agile delivery

• Good communication, organization, and team building skills; articulate and able to steer a meeting with presence

• Ability to maintain calm attitude during difficult situations and handle pressuring situations

• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems

• Experience in maintaining and reporting against relevant metrics (i.e. burn down and velocity, risks, timelines, etc.). In timely manner

• Strong team player with an ability to identify and remove impediments or conflicts that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint & project goals

• Self-starter & self-motivated with a drive to identify opportunities for improvement across the agile delivery processes