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Scrum Master

Role overview

Summary

The Scrum Master role focuses on guiding and coaching engineering teams in a software development environment to deliver quality and business value using Agile principles. You will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, manage dependencies, and foster a culture of continuous improvement while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 4 years of overall professional work experience, with at least 2 years specifically playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills
  • Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  • Preferred: Jira proficiency

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and manage key Scrum ceremonies, including PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Demos, and Retrospectives
  • Participate in Scrum of Scrums and PO Sync-ups to proactively highlight risks and track dependencies across multiple teams
  • Work closely with Product Owners, Product Managers, and Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to plan user stories aligned with team capacity
  • Coach the team on Agile practices and principles to maximize business value delivery and resolve conflicts

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Coaching
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Team Management

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We are looking for a dedicated and proactive Agile Scrum Master to join our fast-paced software development environment. In this role, you will guide and coach high-performing engineering teams to deliver exceptional quality and business value using Agile and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles. If you are a facilitator who excels at removing blockers, managing cross-team dependencies, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and transparency, we would love to connect with you. Req.#1122842393 Responsibilities Coordinate and manage key Scrum ceremonies, including PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Demos, and Retrospectives Participate in Scrum of Scrums and PO Sync-ups to proactively highlight risks, track dependencies across multiple teams, and collaborate with other Scrum Masters to resolve them Work closely with Product Owners, Product Managers, and Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to plan user stories aligned with team capacity Actively remove blockers — or guide the team to resolve them — through effective coordination and creative problem-solving Analyze sprint data and monitor Agile metrics to determine potential risks to sprint goals, taking appropriate corrective actions Coach the team on Agile practices and principles to maximize business value delivery, foster self-organization, and resolve conflicts Assist with internal communication, improve operational transparency, and radiate information effectively across stakeholders Evaluate current Agile Release Train (ART) level practices and collaborate with the RTE to implement impactful process improvements Requirements Minimum of 4 years of overall professional work experience, with at least 2 years specifically playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field Excellent communication, facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Nice to have Jira proficiency Familiarity with APIs AI Foundations knowledge

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