Agile Scrum Master

Experience: 7 to 12 Years
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Location: Coimbatore
Notice Period: Immediate Joiners / Short Notice Preferred

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Agile Scrum Master with a strong software development background to facilitate Agile delivery, drive Scrum practices, and work closely with engineering teams and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in software development/engineering and should be able to understand technical discussions, development challenges, architecture, APIs, deployments, and SDLC processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Scrum Master for one or more Agile development teams.
• Facilitate Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Remove impediments and proactively resolve issues impacting sprint delivery.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, QA, Architects, DevOps, and business stakeholders.
• Track sprint progress, velocity, burndown/burnup charts, and delivery commitments.
• Coach teams on Agile/Scrum principles, continuous improvement, and effective collaboration.
• Identify delivery risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks and drive them to closure.
• Support backlog refinement, story estimation, prioritization, and sprint planning.
• Ensure effective communication between technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement across development and delivery processes.
• Monitor project metrics and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.
• Help teams improve engineering practices, quality, productivity, and predictability.
• Participate in release planning and coordinate cross-functional dependencies.

Technical / Developer Background

• Strong prior experience as a Software Developer / Software Engineer is preferred.
• Good understanding of SDLC, software development lifecycle, application architecture, APIs, databases, testing, CI/CD, and deployment processes.
• Ability to understand technical challenges and effectively communicate with engineering teams.
• Exposure to technologies such as Java / .NET / Python / JavaScript / Cloud / Microservices is an advantage.
• Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile tools.

Required Skills

• Agile / Scrum
• Scrum Master
• Sprint Planning & Execution
• Agile Coaching
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk & Dependency Management
• Release Planning
• JIRA / Confluence / Azure DevOps
• SDLC
• Software Development Background
• Strong Communication & Leadership Skills

Preferred Certifications

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
• SAFe Scrum Master / SAFe Agilist

Candidate Profile

We are looking for candidates who have both technical/development experience and strong Scrum Master experience. Candidates who have transitioned from Software Developer Technical Lead Scrum Master / Agile Coach would be highly preferred.

Interested candidates can share their updated resume at:
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