Senior Engineer & Scrum Master 100% (f/m/d)

Description

The company is a wealth management firm, and this role sits within an agile team that works on its software.

The Scrum Master role helps a self-organising team meet its goals by clearing obstacles, building a healthy team dynamic, keeping work flowing and driving steady improvement.

The Senior Engineer role covers designing, building and testing software modules so they work well on their own and within complex systems. You will work closely with teams from other disciplines to deliver high-quality software.

Responsibilities

• Help agile team members communicate, coordinate and collaborate, and push forward improvements in practices, processes and mindset so the team delivers value effectively.
• Support the Product Owner with product and backlog management.
• Organise and run the cadence, events and artefacts for the agile team.
• Support the leadership and the Agile Coach with OVS ceremonies, such as Program Increment (PI) Planning and OVS demos.
• Find and remove obstacles and impediments for the team before they slow it down.
• Resolve conflicts and issues within the agile team.
• Use agile ceremonies and an open feedback culture to improve organisational effectiveness.
• Coach and support team members in their growth and development.
• Work with the Agile Coach and leadership to motivate and empower the team.
• Model agile behaviours and create a psychologically safe space that encourages transparency and constructive challenge.
• Design, build and maintain software modules that follow software engineering best practices.
• Work with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and make sure deliverables meet business objectives.
• Produce robust software builds from source code that meet defined performance and security criteria.
• Lead and take part in code reviews to uphold quality and coding standards.
• Run system integration tests, diagnose faults and improve software robustness and efficiency over time.
• Apply current development methodologies to improve how software is delivered.
• Contribute to architecture and system design decisions with a focus on scalability, reliability and maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and share software engineering practices and domain knowledge.

Requirements

• Strong communication, project management and organisation skills.
• Experience with Scrum, Kanban and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), including tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Skill at solving problems and resolving conflict proactively.
• Understanding of software development and its lifecycle.
• A growth-minded, agile outlook and enthusiasm for change.
• Commitment to writing clean, efficient, maintainable code with a strong focus on robust design.
• Proficiency in backend and frontend languages, specifically Java and React, and a deep grasp of the software development lifecycle.
• Solid knowledge of software architecture, design patterns and best practices.
• Ability to lead and help shape software engineering standards and practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A degree in Computer Science from a university, a university of applied sciences, or an equivalent diploma.
• Certification in an agile project framework such as SAFe.
• Very strong communication and planning skills.
• Written and spoken English.
• Self-motivation to drive initiatives and start changes.
• Willingness to bring new ideas and initiate change.

Conditions

Full-time employment at 100%.

Equal opportunity applies to all candidates.