Scrum Master – FinTech Scale-Up | Agile Leader, Hybrid

Kuda Technologies Ltd

Cape Town

Hybrid

ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Group life insurance

Medical insurance

Wellness program

Perkbox

L&D training

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Kuda Technologies Ltd in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to drive delivery velocity, agile maturity, and governance across our engineering org. You will embed with cross-functional teams of 15-20 engineers, product managers, and designers, champion agile principles, remove delivery friction, and bridge milestones with day-to-day execution.

This hybrid role offers the chance to influence fast-moving FinTech initiatives while supporting scalable processes, quality governance, and

Qualifications

Proven Agile Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach in dynamic technology environments.
Scale-Up & FinTech Background: Demonstrable track record of delivering value within high-growth scale-up companies, preferably in the FinTech sector.
Large Tribe Leadership: Deep experience facilitating and guiding multi-disciplinary squads (Engineers, QA, Designers, Product Managers).

Responsibilities

Facilitate core Scrum ceremonies—including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives for larger cross-functional teams.
Coach squad members and product owners on agile best practices, backlog prioritization, user story splitting, and effective capacity estimation.
Cultivate a team culture grounded in psychological safety, active accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
Proactively identify and resolve delivery blockers, dependencies, and cross-team bottlenecks to maintain high execution velocity.
Partner with engineering leads to optimize squad workflows and reduce delivery friction across sprint cycles.
Utilize delivery metrics (such as velocity, burn-down trends, lead time, cycle time, and DORA metrics) to drive data-informed continuous improvement.
Work closely with Product Managers and Engineering Leadership to ensure sprint goals directly map to high-level product roadmaps.
Maintain transparent, real-time visibility into sprint progress, risks, and dependencies for key business stakeholders.
Guide teams through the rapid pace and shifting priorities characteristic of a fast-growing FinTech scale-up.
Support squads in maintaining technical excellence and security-first engineering practices without sacrificing delivery momentum.
Ensure agile processes account for necessary regulatory, compliance, and quality standard checks typical of high-throughput financial systems.