Engineer III, Software

Posted:
5/19/2026, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ⋅ Karnataka, India

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Senior Scrum Master

Role Summary: Enterprise-focused Scrum Master role supporting multiple Agile teams, cross-team coordination, delivery governance, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement in complex product and engineering environments.

Job Description

  • We are looking for a highly experienced Scrum Master with 10-12 years of overall experience and strong expertise in guiding multiple Agile teams in parallel.
  • This role is responsible for enabling disciplined Agile execution, coaching teams and leaders, removing impediments, managing dependencies, and improving predictability across a multi-team delivery landscape.
  • The ideal candidate brings servant leadership, strong facilitation skills, executive presence, and practical experience working with Product Owners, Engineering, Program leadership, and business stakeholders in matrixed enterprise settings.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as Scrum Master for multiple Scrum teams and ensure effective adoption of Scrum and Agile practices.
  • Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and cross-team synchronization forums.
  • Drive proactive management of risks, issues, impediments, and dependencies across teams and escalate where needed.
  • Coach Product Owners, team members, and stakeholders on backlog readiness, prioritization hygiene, estimation, team accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Track and communicate key delivery metrics such as velocity, sprint predictability, burndown, cycle time, dependency risk, and team health indicators.
  • Support release planning, milestone tracking, and delivery governance for complex, multi-team initiatives.
  • Enable teams to improve collaboration, self-organization, quality, and delivery maturity while aligning execution to business outcomes.

Required Skills

  • 10-12 years of overall experience with significant recent experience as a Scrum Master in Agile software, digital, data, or platform delivery environments.
  • Proven experience handling multiple Scrum teams simultaneously, including cross-team planning, dependency management, and execution oversight.
  • Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Agile metrics, release planning, and delivery management practices.
  • Certification such as CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent Agile credential.
  • Hands-on experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.
  • Strong communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, stakeholder management, and executive reporting skills.
  • Ability to identify root causes, remove blockers, drive actions to closure, and maintain delivery momentum in fast-paced environments.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.

Desired Skills

  • Certification such as CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent Agile credential.
  • Experience supporting scaled Agile programs, PI planning, enterprise governance, or transformation initiatives.
  • Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, release management, and quality engineering practices.
  • Experience working with distributed teams, vendor partners, and senior business leadership.
  • Ability to coach beyond team-level ceremonies and help improve organizational Agile maturity and delivery discipline.

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Website: https://www.thermofisher.com/

Headquarter Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 2006

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt

Industries: Bioinformatics ⋅ Biotechnology ⋅ Cloud Data Services ⋅ Consulting ⋅ Health Care ⋅ Life Science ⋅ Management Information Systems ⋅ Office Supplies ⋅ Precision Medicine