Scrum Master

We’ve grown steadily for several years while keeping our small company culture.  We only grow organically: we never spend money we don’t have and will never be venture-capital funded.  That means we are only accountable to our customers and ourselves.  We’re headquartered in Berkeley, California, while most of us work remotely around the globe. 

We developed the first-ever smartphone banking app, and that’s the top of a long list of things that didn’t exist until we made it happen.  Innovating new things is in our DNA.  With us, you might create a feature to pay bills with your voice, or improve our AI that stops fraud in real-time.  We’re working on next-generation enhancements at every level of our system.  The list of cool stuff to work on is always longer than our resources.  Our software is used by the customers and employees of over 350 financial institutions.  So every day, the lives of millions of people are affected by the technology we deliver.

Our development teams enjoy a highly supportive yet fast-paced, challenging culture.  We trust and respect each other as colleagues and friends.  Balancing work and life?  We do.  We were before it was a thing!  We encourage each other to explore new ideas and ways of thinking.  We’re not just looking for “tech” people.  We want people willing to grow and adapt, being driven by vision and curiosity.  Come work for a company where every voice is heard, ideas are encouraged, and solutions are shared.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform Scrum Master duties as defined in the Scrum Guide (and SAFe guidance for ART teams) with 2, possibly 3 teams.

• Collaborate with the RTE, the Scrum Master Community of Practice, and the product organization for continuous process improvement.

Requirements

• Successful and demonstrable experience Scrum Mastering for multiple software teams

• Written and oral proficiency in both English and Russian

• Willing agility with working hours, adapting to time zone differences (including some overlap with the Pacific timezone)

• Communication and mentoring that fosters transparency, cooperation, and respect for all team members and stakeholders

• An empirical and lean mindset, with an ability to mentor teams away from waterfall habits and thinking

• Conclusive and empathetic thinking that empowers effective team problem-solving

• An insatiable desire to make a difference and contribute to the delivery of brilliant digital banking capability

As Plus

• Scrum Master certification

• Certification or experience with SAFe, LeSS experience is also valued

• Experience with related agile practices, such as: user stories, vertical decomposition, relative estimation

• A technical higher education degree

• Familiarity with key attributes of quality cultures, such as SBE, BDD, TDD, CI/CD, and Automated Testing

• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, dotNet, SQL, HTML5, JavaScript, React, Orchard, and GitLab

Our benefits

• Fully remote work.

• Flexible working hours

• Internet compensation (50$ per month).

• Long-term employment.

• Paid vacation and days off on national holidays.

• Paid sick leave and internal medical insurance policy.

• English at special corporate rates.

• Community of practice, regular knowledge sharing among colleagues.

• Friendly and easy-going international team and colleagues.

• And other benefits, described in detail in the Staff Handbook.