Agile Scrum Master

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Job summary:

Plowshare Software is looking for an Agile Scrum Master to join a small, steady team. This role works with product owners and engineering managers. You'll coach, facilitate and occasionally push back. This is a fully remote position open to candidates anywhere in the UAE.

Duties:

• Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Shield the team from mid-sprint scope changes.
• Track velocity, cycle time and burndown in Jira and explain what the numbers mean.
• Coach teams on Scrum and Kanban practices and adjust them to what works.
• Coordinate release planning with QA and DevOps.
• Configure Jira boards, workflows and dashboards.
• Spot team health problems early and raise them with engineering managers.

Qualifications:

• 2-4 years as a Scrum Master on software development teams.
• Solid working knowledge of Jira and Confluence.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and CI/CD basics.
• Ability to coach without formal authority.
• Clear written and spoken communication.

Preferred:

• SAFe Scrum Master or SAFe Release Train Engineer certification.
• PSM II or ICAgile coaching certification.
• Prior role as a developer, QA engineer or business analyst.

Pay: AED 26,000 - AED 30,000/month

Compensation and benefits:

• Medical insurance.
• 30 days annual leave.
• Housing allowance.
• Annual flight ticket.
• Education allowance for children.
• End of service gratuity.
• Tax-free salary.

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Plowshare Software.