Parking Domain Data Scrum Master/Quality Lead
Experience: 5 to 8 Years
Location: Chennai
Role Summary
The Scrum Master & Quality Lead will partner with our Data Product Owner (DPO)and guide a cross-functional team of software developers, data engineers, andoperations specialists. This team owns the end-to-end data lifecyclefrom vehiclecollection and ingestion to processing, annotation, and releasepowering ourAdvanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Parking features (Perception, ParkingFunctions, and Crowd-Sourced Maps).
In this dual-purpose role, you will act as a servant-leader to optimize team workflowsand Agile practices, while leveraging your strong test management background toestablish robust validation methodologies for our data pipelines and final dataproducts. Because high-quality data is safety-critical for ADAS, you will champion aculture where data integrity is treated with the same rigor as software code.
Key Responsibilities
- 1. Agile Coaching & Delivery Facilitation
- Facilitate standard Agile ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Guide the team in Agile best practices, adapting frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) to suit a unique blend of software engineering and operational data tasks.
- Track and communicate key delivery metrics (e.g., sprint burndown, velocity, and cycle time for data processing).
- Actively identify and remove technical or operational impediments thathinder team progress.
- 2. Partnership with the Data Product Owner (DPO)
- Collaborate closely with the DPO to ensure the data product backlog is refined, prioritized, and aligned with downstream ADAS feature development.
- Assist in breaking down complex data pipeline requirements into clear, manageable epics and user stories.
- Manage cross-team dependencies, safeguarding the team from scopecreep and external distractions.
- 3. Data Quality & Validation Governance
- Champion the Definition of Done (DoD) by ensuring it explicitly includes data validation gates, schema checks, and data contract adherence before any story is closed.
- Establish and monitor validation workflows for the annotation process, ensuring metrics like Inter-Annotator Agreement (IAA) and groundtruth accuracy meet strict ADAS thresholds.
- Define statistical sampling and validation frameworks for incoming, often noisy, crowd-sourced parking map data.
- 4. Test Strategy & Pipeline Methodology
- Drive a \"Shift-Left\" data testing culture by facilitating the integration of automated data testing (e.g., anomaly detection, automated schema checks) early in the ingestion and processing pipelines.
- Coordinate with data engineers to apply robust testing methodologies (Unit, Integration, and End-to-End) to both the pipeline code and the data payloads themselves.
- Lead defect triage sessions specifically focused on data anomalies, differentiating between software pipeline defects and fundamental data quality issues (e.g., sensor calibration).
- 5. Release Readiness & Traceability
- Act as the testing liaison for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with downstream ADAS feature developers, ensuring released datasets physically function in their simulation and training environments.
- Ensure full traceability from initial driving campaign requirements through to the final validated data release, supporting automotive safety and compliance audits.
Qualifications & Skills
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Agile Delivery Lead in a fast-paced technology environment.
- Deep background in Test Management, Quality Assurance, or SDET leadership, with a strong grasp of modern testing frameworks and methodologies.
- Deep understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and when topragmatically apply them.
- Excellent facilitation, conflict resolution, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with Agile lifecycle and test management tools Domain Expertise (ADAS & Automotive)
- Previous experience supporting data engineering, machine learning operations (MLOps), or data pipeline teams.
- Understanding of the unique challenges in data lifecycles compared to traditional software development (e.g., managing physical data collection logistics or human-in-the-loop annotation).
- Familiarity with the automotive industry, ADAS, autonomous driving environments, or sensor data (Cameras, Radar, LiDAR, UltrasONIC