:Scrum Master

SFE; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SFE is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to lead multiple agile teams in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment within the financial services domain.

You will coach teams, facilitate ceremonies, remove impediments, and collaborate with engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations to deliver compliant, secure software.

Experience with SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, and Azure DevOps is preferred, along with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
• Proven experience supporting complex, enterprise-level financial or debt management software solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile methodologies (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, or similar).
• Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC), secure application development lifecycle (SADLC), and modern DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to guide teams in implementing Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and delivery forecasting.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Strong ability to remove impediments, negotiate dependencies, and collaborate across cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations).
• Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps Agile lifecycle management tools.
• Proven ability to coach Product Owners in backlog refinement, story decomposition, estimation, and value prioritization.
• Experience supporting teams working with integration-heavy, API-driven, or data-centric systems.
• Strong understanding of regulatory, privacy, and security considerations in financial services software (e.g., PCI, SOC, FFIEC, CFPB-related requirements).
• Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead multiple Agile teams or a large, scaled program context.
• Experience working in fast-paced, cloud-first environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple Agile teams or a large-scale program.
• Coach teams on Agile best practices and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Reviews, Retrospectives.
• Remove impediments and negotiate dependencies across cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations.
• Coach Product Owners in backlog refinement, estimation, and value prioritization.
• Implement SAFe, Nexus, LeSS or other scaled Agile frameworks.

Skills

Scrum Master

Agile methodologies

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Coaching Product Owners

Delivery forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

• 7+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments.
• Proven experience supporting complex, enterprise-level financial or debt management software solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile methodologies (SAFe, Nexus, LeSS, or similar).
• Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC), secure application development lifecycle (SADLC), and modern DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to guide teams in implementing Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and delivery forecasting.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Strong ability to remove impediments, negotiate dependencies, and collaborate across cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations).
• Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps Agile lifecycle management tools.
• Proven ability to coach Product Owners in backlog refinement, story decomposition, estimation, and value prioritization.
• Experience supporting teams working with integration-heavy, API-driven, or data-centric systems.
• Strong understanding of regulatory, privacy, and security considerations in financial services software (e.g., PCI, SOC, FFIEC, CFPB-related requirements).
• Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead multiple Agile teams or a large, scaled program context.
• Experience working in fast-paced, cloud-first environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP).