What we do?
TangoCode is a women and minority owned company that believes in fostering diversity within the technology community. Our diverse team is always striving to be at the forefront of innovation. We believe in building a company around our people, this what makes it possible for us to provide each client with a skilled and dedicated team. Our model is highly collaborative with a mix of innovation, automated tools, and customized development.What you’ll do as a Scrum Master
Take full ownership of the scrum process (Daily's, Refinement, Planning,etc) of all the collocated and distributed teams.
Help all teams increase productivity and keep customers are satisfied
Morality & motivation of the teams continuously improve and it is reflected in the retrospective document.
Help teams achieve KPIs
Release planning meetings take place for the major projects the teams are working on
Remove promptly 100% of team’s impediments
Provide regular project status reports to stakeholders and management
Supports and educates the Product Owner(s), especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
Actively participate in the SM community sharing and re-applying skills and knowledge and bringing in best practice
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business or equivalent field
Requires existing or planned Scrum Master certification/ PMP/ CAPM
Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 2 years for a collocated and distributed software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
Be technical savvy, familiar with software development life cycle, terms and technologies (Ex: Databases, Web Servers, etc)
Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
Be passionate about Agile and believe that it will make teams as efficient as possible and will produce best results
Strong interpersonal/communication skills with proven ability to escalate and remove impediments from the team
Attention to detail and concern for quality and accuracy of final product (and ability to balance that concern with deadlines)
Experience and understanding of challenges related to Agile transformation and proven success of implementing these tactics
Ability to adapt with-in a rapidly changing environment
Outstanding decision making and problem-solving skills
Ability to foresee potential conflict and bring existing conflicts to positive resolution
Ability to motivate individuals and teams of individuals to improve their abilities
Understanding of how to coach teams as opposed to managing them
Familiar with JIRA is a plus