Position: Project Coordinator (Scrum Master)
Company: SoftServe
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 1y
English level: upper

WE ARE
SoftServe is a leading technology solutions company specializing in software development and consultancy services. With offices across the globe and development centers across Eastern Europe, we treat our client’s business as if it were our own and are passionate about delivering efficient, innovative, world-class solutions.

Our client is an owner of a set of international websites which specialized in vacation apartment rental for about 10 years. They connect homeowners and property managers with travelers who seek the space, value, and amenities of vacation rental homes as an alternative to hotels. Sites have a selection of homes around the world with detailed property descriptions, photos, and a list of amenities and nearby attractions. Sites are free-to-use for travelers and also features Listing Reviews. Our client allows not only to rent the village for the vacation but also to search the houses for buying them.

Located in Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Wroclaw, and Gliwice, our team of more than 110 Developers offers their services all over Europe and the United States. We have 25+ pod-teams working with .NET, WebUI, Java, iOS, Android, Native App which incrementally delivers functionality to the Client. We have new global features every 6 months.

YOU ARE
Functioning as an autonomous team member and clearly demonstrating the individual value on a regular basis, requiring some guidance, but have shown the ability to work independently
Confident in using knowledge and unafraid to talk about the domain you are assigned to
Looking to as emerging leaders, striving for participation in peer forums of technical and non-technical nature (e.g. Agile Austin, Toastmasters, etc.)
Focusing primarily on the team you are assigned to
Seeking out opportunities in leading initiatives that are cross-team in nature
Providing guidance based on metrics
Qualitative and/or quantitative in nature
Showing an interest in mentoring Junior members, actively seeking continuing education opportunities, and are introducing new techniques to the teams based on things you are learning
YOU WANT TO WORK WITH
The team

Having a fundamental grasp of both standard waterfall and Agile project management methodologies and able to apply both in driving projects/initiatives
Having a fundamental understanding of backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition
Serving as Scrum Master for a single team is expected to participate in all Agile ceremonies, and to drive the team to complete them
Applying knowledge of key tools (eg. JIRA, Rally or equivalent, wiki pages, GroupMap, or other crowdsourcing tools, etc.)
Opportunity to learn new tools when needed
Participation and coordination of identifying and solving problems at the feature and program level
Organization

Contribution to technical blogs, participation in tech talks, and seeking out continuing education opportunities within the organization
Accountability for accuracy, reliability, and completeness of assignments results, but others are responsible for overall project or activity results
Planning

Considering customer experience within the confines of their team purview, including quality and performance, while working through tasks and projects
Identifying tasks and actions to achieve well-defined issues
Risk Management
Participating in sizing activities
Particulation (but not necessarily driving) sprint constraints and providing mitigation planning
Assisting in Product Owners coordination to keep the release and individual team sprint backlogs
TOGETHER WE WILL
Work to develop, deliver, and maintain the core online services and web applications for our customers
Build customer-facing, dynamic web applications, internal data tools, as well as core network APIs used across our products and services