Scrum Master

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Coordinate PI Planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
• Participate in Scrum of Scrums and product-owner syncs to surface risks, track dependencies, and resolve cross-team issues.
• Plan user stories with product leaders and Release Train Engineers in line with team capacity.
• Remove blockers, analyze sprint data and Agile metrics, and take action to protect sprint goals.
• Coach teams in Agile principles, value delivery, self-organization, and conflict resolution.
• Improve internal communication and operational transparency across stakeholders.
• Evaluate Agile Release Train practices and work with the Release Train Engineer on process improvements.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of professional experience, including 2 years as a Scrum Master for a software development team.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience with SAFe.

Nice-to-haves

• Jira proficiency, familiarity with APIs, and AI Foundations knowledge are nice-to-haves.

Benefits

• Benefits include health, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, an employee assistance program, telehealth, and paid time off.
• Other offerings include retirement-plan matching, leave top-up, employee stock purchase, discounts, and LinkedIn Learning access.

Compensation

• Published salary range is CA$122,000–CA$152,000; the posting does not specify the pay cadence.

Recruitment process

• EPAM states that AI may assist with recruitment tasks, but hiring decisions are made by Talent Acquisition and management.