Roles we Recruit: Scrum Master

Scrum Master Job Description:

The Scrum Master is a vital part of your company’s Agile Team. They seek to implement the solution to any obstacles that might arise during the software development process. A Scrum Master is the key person in ensuring a smooth technical implementation of business requirements. Their skills in coaching the Agile team members will have instant impact in their productive collaboration. They are the ones who will push the team to achieve the desired results through self-motivation.

A Scrum Master will always respect and enforce the Scrum principles throughout the cross-functional group by performing the Scrum ceremonies. You will find a Scrum Master to scan the deliveries of stories, to straighten out any disputes and conduct team retrospectives. They have a gift for planning sprints and putting their deliveries into visuals, such as burn-down charts. Grooming meetings with the team are part of a Scrum Master schedule to ensure the backlog is followed per Product Owner instructions. Their input in release planning is highly valuable and they can easily cooperate with other scrum teams within the company. They definitely ace any Scrum related sessions and their participation is mandatory for a successful delivery of your company’s products.

Scrum Master Key skills:

  • Agile, Scrum, Lean principles
  • Jira, Kanban
  • Self-motivation, flexibility, reporting,
  • Verbal and written communication skills
  • Software development, project and product management
  • Sprint teams management

Scrum Master Salary:

  • Top 15%: $157,000
  • Middle: $111,000
  • Bottom 15%: $93,750