Senior Software Engineer/Scrum Master
Nex/Cme
New Jersey, United States
Implemented and guided Agile principles, leading ceremonies like Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Retrospective, Story Refinement, and Sprint Review. Addressed team members' impediments, enforced Scrum principles, and empowered teams to make process improvements, captured in sprint retrospective meetings. Initiated impactful process improvements, fostering team-building opportunities, and enhancing productivity through continuous improvement initiatives, reducing waste. Leveraged Jira and Confluence tools to compile team metrics and delivery results, providing guidance to the QA team for timely and quality execution of high-quality products. Collaborated with developers, designers, and support team members, validating requirements and designs while crafting comprehensive test plans and scripts for various Trading applications, ensuring strict adherence to quality standards. Supported in planning and development of various applications by outlining plans and specifications such as roadmap, milestones, requirements, risk & dependencies. Worked closely with domain leads and development team to design and develop robust solutions to meet business requirements for functionality.Key Achievements:• Acted as a servant leader and coach for Agile Scrum teams, ensuring the effective use and practice of the Agile framework.• Streamlined Scrum/QA Processes to increase efficiency and new product rollout time.• Drove innovation in multiple areas, including strategies for effective teamwork and crafted robust strategies for enhancing teamwork and communication among members of team projects. • Provided full range of expertise on FX Trading and Scrum to various teams to bring them up to speed.• Demonstrated leadership abilities that include excellent organizational and communication skills, motivating teams, maintaining a strong customer focus.• Acted as key contact for issue resolution and customer advocacy, reducing issues and by over 45%.