Scrum Master

Project description

Founded in 1984, our client is one of the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits or chips. The client has its R&D and manufacturing operations in The Netherlands. Luxoft is currently searching to augment the Development & Engineering Department with a talented software engineer to design and implement embedded software for systems among the highest precision ever produced in the world.

Responsibilities

• Engage multiple roles and stakeholders to facilitate technical discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Chase continuously to have a valuable increment
• Diligently persuade the Product Owner and the Team to adhere to Scrum principles
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to provide a clear vision and requirements to the team that describes where the Product or Service is headed
• Communicate project status and release progress to stakeholders, including risk management, dependencies, impediments and improvements
• Report to On-Site Manager and Delivery Manager

Mandatory skills

• Master's Degree in computer science or similar education
• Scrum Master experience in a software development environment for at least 4 years
• People management experience: 2 years
• Experience in software domain, with emphasis on either being a former Developer with Python/C/C++ OR a QA automation with one or more of: C/C++/Python (at least 4-5 years of previous experience)
• Experience in managing moderately complex projects (more vendors, more suppliers, more stakeholders, unclear expectations, tight dependencies): 2 years
• Experience in a multicultural working environment
• Experience with distributed teams
• Excellent communication skills, on an individual and group basis
• Proactive style of work
• Capacity to understand the big picture and also to pay attention to details
• Willingness to continuously improve existing skills
• Good Team Spirit
• Well organized

Nice to have skills

• CI/CD using Jenkins or Git Actions (as a user and occasional trouble shooting)
• Familiarity with UT, BDD and test automation
• Familiarity or willing to work with a process where documentation is required (requirements, design, testing).
• Google test framework