Scrum Master

Luxoft; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking an experienced Scrum Master for a US-based project with Murex and agile delivery responsibilities. You will coordinate complex software releases, coach teams on agile practices, and work with distributed teams across finance and banking contexts.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, risk management, and effective collaboration with Project Management and Release Management. Strong leadership and communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Scrum Master or similar releasing complex software
• Deep experience with agile techniques and enabling teams
• Strong leadership and coaching capabilities
• Structured problem-solving and impediment removal
• Passion for coaching teams through changes in processes and tech
• Continuous improvement mindset focused on CI/CD and release management
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management
• Experience coordinating multi-location teams and banking/finance contexts
• Solid SDLC background with DevOps and automation experience
• Proven track record delivering complex software releases

Responsibilities

• Ensure goals are understood by all team members
• Collaborate with PM and team to maintain a healthy backlog
• Facilitate sprint ceremonies effectively
• Support incremental delivery with quality and compliance standards
• Understand architectural context and functional requirements
• Remove impediments and shield team from distractions
• Promote agile values and processes across teams
• Coordinate with Release Management on planning and dependencies
• Produce sprint metrics to assess delivery quality
• Manage risks and stakeholder communications

Skills

5+ years Scrum Master

Agile techniques

Guidance and leadership

Problem solving

Coaching and mentoring

Continuous improvement

People management

Jira/Confluence/SharePoint

Distributed teams coordination

Banking/Regulatory knowledge

SDLC / DevOps

Release coordination

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

SharePoint

MS Office

Job description

Project description

The project aims to implement Murex as the strategic derivatives trading platformThe implementation includes:Murex platform deployment and configurationCommodity derivative product setupMarket data integrationTrade execution integration with BroadridgeData migration and reconciliationFront Office and Risk

Responsibilities

• Ensure that goals are understood by everyone in the Team
• Collaborate closely with the Project Manager and the team to ensure a healthy, prioritized product backlog is maintained, with particular attention to technical milestones and requirements for data integration.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective), ensuring they are effective and proactively addressing technical impediments and integration challenges.
• Support the Team in continuously improving the effectiveness of their incremental delivery of value to clients & stakeholders, focusing on quality, stability, and compliance with Google Cloud platform technical standards.
• Deeply understand the technical and functional context of the supported teams, including high level functional requirements, system architecture, applied agile frameworks, environmental constraints , and the technical implications of deliveries.
• Proactively remove impediments to team success, establishing an environment where the team can be effective, and protecting the team from outside interruptions and distractions, especially during release and deployment cycles.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that the team lives the agile values, apply agile principles, and follow agreed processes and practices, with an emphasis on optimizing CI/CD pipelines and release management processes.
• Ensure efficient collaboration with Release Management team, from initial planning and managing technical dependencies between teams to monitoring implementation and post-deployment.
• Produce metrics as the end of each Sprint to ensure the quality of the delivery.
• Manage technical risks associated with deliveries, ensuring clear communication with stakeholders and facilitating their mitigation.

SKILLS

Must have

• 5 years+ of experience as Scrum Master or in a similar position, with a proven track record in coordinating complex software releases.
• In-depth experience in agile techniques and demonstrated success in supporting agile teams, including those with a strong technical orientation.
• Highly motivated self-starter, comfortable offering guidance and leadership, both individually and at the agile team level.
• Structured and problem-solving attitude, including identification and proactive removal of technical impediments to agile team delivery.
• Passionate about coaching and supporting people to embrace changes in their way of working, especially concerning new technologies and delivery processes.
• A continuous improvement mindset and dedication to finding new ways of working, with a focus on optimizing development and deployment cycles.
• Emotionally intelligent, calm, open-minded, and collaborative with strong people management skills: strong communication, motivating, observing, coaching, and mentoring of colleagues.
• Experience with tools for agile team management such as JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, MS Office Package, with an understanding of how these can support release planning and tracking.
• Experience with distributed, multi-location teams, with an effective approach to coordinating technical activities and deliveries.
• Experience in financial reporting / banking environments, understanding the regulatory and compliance rigor applicable to software deliveries.
• Solid technical background and experience in the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with a strong preference for experience in banking, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation of deployment processes.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating complex releases for software products, including planning, risk management, stakeholder communication, and managing dependencies between technical teams.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with modern trading software implementation (Murex, Calypso, Orchestrade, Summit)