Technical Scrum Master
Job Description:
- Experienced Technical Scrum Master responsible for facilitating Agile delivery across business technology and engineering teams.
- This role combines strong Scrum facilitation, delivery discipline, and coding fluency to help teams plan effectively.
- Identify technical risks early, remove blockers, and deliver reliable business systems.
- Actively partner with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, QA, Business Analysts, and stakeholders to maintain healthy sprint execution and technically sound backlogs.
- Understand software development, APIs, databases, integrations, and system dependencies to participate in technical discussions.
- Communicate sprint progress, delivery risks, and dependency status clearly to business stakeholders and leadership.
Requirements:
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business systems, engineering, or related fields.
- Certified Scrum Master certification required; CSM preferred.
- PSM I/II or equivalent Agile certification may be considered.
- 3+ years of experience as a practicing Scrum Master on software delivery teams.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate Scrum ceremonies for remote, hybrid, distributed, or cross-functional teams.
- Strong experience with Agile project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
- Experience partnering with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, QA, and Business Analysts to manage sprint execution, backlog readiness, dependencies, and delivery risks.
- 3+ years of hands-on software development experience in a mainstream programming language such as Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, or equivalent.
- Ability to read, understand, and discuss production code at a meaningful level — not just conceptually.
- Working knowledge of RESTful APIs, relational databases, SQL, and basic system architecture patterns.
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Flexible work hours