Scrum Master ID91783

AgileEngine, LLC.; Recife; Hybrid; BRL 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flextime

USD-based compensation

Fortune 500 projects

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Scrum Master in Recife, Brazil to lead ceremonies and build high-functioning delivery teams across one to three squads. You will run daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and retrospectives with minimal supervision.

The role emphasizes servant leadership, Agile coaching, and continuous improvement. You will partner with Engineering, Product, and Business to surface risks, improve processes, and keep stakeholders aligned.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on Scrum Master experience on software teams.
• Ability to execute core Scrum Master accountabilities independently across one or two concurrent teams.
• Demonstrated servant leadership and coaching on Agile practices.
• Strong facilitation across discussions, conflict resolution and decision-making.
• Ability to articulate the business value of the team’s work.
• Proactive risk identification and structured remediation planning.
• Experience contributing to Scrum of Scrums and cross-team coordination.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

• Execute core Scrum Master ceremonies and accountabilities across one to three delivery teams with minimal supervision.
• Design, implement, and improve the Scrum framework with TDMs/Tech Leads and TPMs.
• Monitor delivery team capacity and manage the impact of sprint injections on commitments.
• Facilitate delivery team discussions, decisions, and conflict resolution.
• Coach teams on Agile best practices at a sustainable pace and keep processes lightweight.
• Surface project risks and define actionable mitigation plans before escalation.
• Reduce friction between cross-functional stakeholders through structured collaboration.
• Facilitate clear communication within the delivery team for progress visibility.
• Coordinate with Scrum Masters on dependent teams and participate in Scrum of Scrums.
• Maintain an impediment log with resolution tracking and escalation paths.
• Keep stakeholder alignment artifacts up to date with roadmap updates and dependencies.

Skills

Scrum Master

Servant leadership

Facilitation

Business value

Risk management

Cross-functional

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Google Workspace

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Google Workspace

Job description

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Scrum Master to run core Scrum ceremonies and build high-functioning, continuously improving delivery teams across one to three squads.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• - Execute all core Scrum Master ceremonies and accountabilities — daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and retrospectives — across one to three delivery teams with minimal supervision.
• - Design, implement, and continuously improve the Scrum framework in partnership with TDMs/Tech Leads and TPMs.
• - Monitor delivery team capacity and manage the impact of sprint injections on team commitments.
• - Facilitate delivery team discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
• - Champion and coach teams on Agile best practices at a sustainable pace, challenging the status quo to keep processes lightweight and continuously improving.
• - Proactively surface project risks and define actionable mitigation plans before they escalat?
• - Reduce friction between cross-functional stakeholders (Engineering, Product, Business) through structured, transparent collaboration.
• - Facilitate clear, effective communication within the delivery team to enhance progress visibility and transparency.
• - Coordinate with Scrum Masters on dependent teams and contribute to Scrum of Scrums and program-wide leadership calls and status updates.
• - Maintain an impediment log with resolution tracking and escalation paths.
• - Maintain stakeholder alignment artifacts (roadmap updates, dependency maps, blockers dashboards) in partnership with TDM/Tech Lead and Product.

MUST HAVES

• - 4+ years of hands-on Scrum Master experience on software engineering or product delivery teams.
• - Proven ability to execute all core Scrum Master accountabilities independently, with minimal guidance, across one or two concurrent teams.
• - Demonstrated servant leadership, coaching teams on Agile best practices without imposing rigid process.
• - Strong facilitation skills across team discussions, conflict resolution, and decision-making.
• - Ability to understand and clearly articulate the business value of the work being delivered by the team(s).
• - Track record of proactively identifying project risks and executing structured remediation plans.
• - Experience challenging the status quo and driving continuous process improvement in partnership with technical and product leadership.
• - Comfortable contributing to Scrum of Scrums and communicating work item status.
• - Proficiency with Jira (sprint boards, backlog management, velocity tracking, reporting) and Agile lifecycle management tools (Jira Plans, Jira Boards, Jira Dashboards).
• - Proficiency with Confluence (documentation, team spaces, retrospective artifacts).
• - Proficiency with collaboration tools: Slack and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Zoom).

NICE TO HAVES

• - Experience working in a matrixed, fast-paced tech organization (large tech company experience strongly preferred).
• - CSM, PSM I, or equivalent Agile certification (preferred but not required where experience is demonstrated).

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• - Professional growth: Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.
• - Competitive compensation: We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities.
• - A selection of exciting projects: Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands.
• - Flextime: Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.