Scrum Master

The company

Our main product is a payroll and timekeeping app for hourly workforces, sold by subscription and supported from St. Petersburg.

This is a newly created position. We've been doing Agile loosely for a few years. We want someone who can bring structure without adding process for its own sake. This role is fully remote within the US. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

In this role you will

• Configure Jira boards, workflows and dashboards.
• Help product owners keep the backlog refined and ready.
• Coach teams on Scrum and Kanban practices and adjust them to what works.
• Coordinate release planning with QA and DevOps.
• Spot team health problems early and raise them with engineering managers.
• Track velocity, cycle time and burndown in Jira and explain what the numbers mean.
• Support PI planning and Scrum of Scrums for multi-team work.

You'll need

• 3+ years as a Scrum Master on software development teams.
• Comfortable dealing with conflict inside a team.
• Ability to coach without formal authority.
• Solid working knowledge of Jira and Confluence.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and CI/CD basics.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

Also helpful

• Prior role as a developer, QA engineer or business analyst.

Pay and benefits

The salary range for this role is $64.00-$71.50/hr. This range reflects base salary only.

• Referral program.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

A resume is enough to apply. Cover letters are optional.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at St. Petersburg Labs.