Scrum Master

Apex Systems; Southlake (TX); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP

401K

HSA

EAP with counseling

Certification discounts

Training & cert prep

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a Scrum Master to drive Agile practices across multiple software teams in a hybrid Southlake, Texas environment. You will coach teams, facilitate Scrum ceremonies, and partner with Product Owners to groom backlogs and maintain release plans.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years as a Scrum Master in a large enterprise and strong expertise in Scrum metrics, with proven servant leadership and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years as a Scrum Master and 5+ years in a software development environment with cross-team dependencies.
• 3+ years owning and managing customer expectations, project schedules, status reporting, and change management.
• Experience leading teams in a large, complex enterprise environment and scaling AI-assisted software development across multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Agile values, and Scrum metrics (burndown, velocity, burnup).
• Excellent servant leadership and communication skills; ability to facilitate discussions and resolve conflicts.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Scrum Master for two or more Agile teams simultaneously, providing leadership, direction, and coaching.
• Organize and facilitate Scrum meetings, including backlog grooming, Sprint planning, daily Scrum, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective.
• Remove impediments preventing the team from accomplishing its Sprint goals and elevate as appropriate.
• Support the Product Owner by assisting with backlog and release plan maintenance.
• Work with and coach Product Owners to develop, manage, and continuously groom the team’s product backlog.
• Track and communicate team velocity, Sprint/release progress, and impediments to stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration when projects require it.
• Ensure that all information needed for the team’s progress and successes is highly visible to all stakeholders.
• Assist the team in establishing a consistent and predictable team level cadence.

Skills

Scrum process

Backlog grooming

Sprint planning

Sprint metrics

Release planning

Team coaching

Stakeholder communication

Servant leadership

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/engineering or equivalent

Job description

Scrum Master

Southlake, Texas (Hybrid)

Role Overview

As a Scrum Master, you will have a hands-on role in managing the Scrum process within software development teams. You will help teams adopt and improve on the Scrum methodology, coaching them to higher levels of maturity. As a servant-leader, you will lead dedicated teams to deliver business value through their development and delivery execution, working with Product Owners to ensure the appropriate development and delivery of the prioritized backlog.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a Scrum Master for two or more Agile teams simultaneously, providing leadership, direction, and coaching.
• Organize and facilitate Scrum meetings, including backlog grooming, Sprint planning, daily Scrum, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective.
• Remove impediments preventing the team from accomplishing its Sprint goals and elevate as appropriate.
• Support the Product Owner by assisting with backlog and release plan maintenance.
• Work with and coach Product Owners to develop, manage, and continuously groom the team’s product backlog.
• Track and communicate team velocity, Sprint/release progress, and impediments to stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration when projects require it.
• Ensure that all information needed for the team’s progress and successes is highly visible to all stakeholders.
• Assist the team in establishing a consistent and predictable team level cadence.

Required Qualifications

Education: A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience is required.

Experience: This role requires 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master and 5+ years of experience in a software development environment, preferably involving cross-team dependencies. Candidates must have 3+ years of experience owning and managing customer expectations, project schedules, status reporting, and change management. Experience leading teams in a large, complex enterprise environment is necessary, along with demonstrated success in scaling AI-Assisted software development across multiple teams.

Technical Skills: A thorough understanding of the Scrum process, Agile values, and principles is required. This includes knowledge of backlog grooming, relative estimating, release and Sprint planning, Scrum metrics (e.g., Sprint burndown, release burnup, velocity), and various retrospective techniques. A strong grasp of software development, technology, and project management fundamentals is essential.

Professional Skills: Candidates must exhibit servant leadership, strong communication skills, and the ability to facilitate discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution. The role requires an attitude of empowerment to lead a team to self-organization, transparency to build trust, and situational awareness to identify and elevate issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Scrum Master certification.
• Experience with one or more scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, DAD, Nexus).
• Previous experience as a traditional project and/or program manager.
• DevOps experience, including continuous integration, continuous build, and continuous delivery tools and techniques.

Benefits Overview

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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