QA/Scrum Master (offline)

What's the Project?
The company specialized in solutions for remote temperature monitoring using 100% wire-free sensors.

You Perfectly Match If you have:
2+ years of commercial experience as a Scrum Master
4+ years of commercial experience as a manual QA
Proficient spoken and written English
Solid understanding of Agile principles, Scrum/Kanban
Full understanding of concepts of Software Development Life Cycle
Experience in REST API testing
SQL skills
Functional, regression, usability and GUI testing
Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, DOD, TDD, Continuous Integration, etc.
Knowledge utilizing Atlassian Suite (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
Requirements reviewing and analysis
Experience in using of test management tool(s) (e.g. TestRail)
Experience in test planning and estimating
Excellent interpersonal skills and writing skills


Your day-to-day activities:
Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values and get the most out of self-organization
Facilitating Scrum ceremonies, grooming, stand-ups, team communications, and decision making with the team
Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments
Performing regular one on ones, facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency and build trust with stakeholders
Provide reports and dashboards with metrics of the health of sprint/project/programs
Maintaining the accuracy of Scrum tools like JIRA Tickets, Burndown Chart, Reports, etc.
Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
Establish and manage effective partnerships with other SCRUM teams
Set up testing processes for the project to meet needs
Estimating, prioritizing, planning and executing testing activities
Creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test cases
Execute manual testing, identify, record and track bugs
Track quality assurance metrics
Assist with resource management duties such as staffing, timesheet approvals, onboarding, performance reviews, promotions/terminations, etc.

About Newfire Partners

If you're a talented developer, you can go to work for any number of software companies. But you won't find a better opportunity than with Newfire Partners, an American company with operations Cambridge, MA, USA, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, and other prestigious locations.

We are outstanding since:

Service:
● We are a service company.
● We provide services both in product and project mindsets.
● We are a company that is focused not only on the result of development but also on the further success of the product.
● We work with the client for the long term perspective, not for financial advantage only.
● We promote a new business, that is the value (not just profit) oriented.

Values:
● Continuous self-improvement: the company is constantly transforming and adapting to the needs of the business and the client. We support flexibility and self - improvement of every team member.
● Transparency and open communication: we support transparency in communication both within the company and with clients.
● Respect for each individual: we are for individuality!

Provide great benefits:

● Medical insurance coverage
● Access to accounting support and option for a Private Entrepreneur account
● Cozy, friendly offices and flexible work-from-anywhere policy
● Interoffice exchange opportunities and relocation support for Lviv & IF offices
● Tuition reimbursement and budget for professional development courses
● Free English classes and access to in-house English tutor
● Internal and external referral bonus opportunities
● 20 PTO days to start, 25 after first year
● 8 paid sick days and 3 additional personal days
● Snack-stocked kitchen and $50 monthly lunch compensation
● Team parties, family events, weekly pizza/sushi days
● Recognition gifts for holidays, anniversaries, and
other special occasions/accomplishments


Do not hesitate to check our vacancies:
https://www.newfireglobal.com/careers/

Company website:
https://www.newfireglobal.com/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/newfire-partners/