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Scrum Master

Cognizant North America
life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)
United States, California, Palo Alto
Mar 24, 2025

Cognizant's Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Scrum Master preferably in Mobile App Development with experience developing and building high-performing, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together in order to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we're doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we're doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.
Cognizant Digital Engineering If you're like us, you've got big ideas. At Cognizant, we're exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value-by connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.

Location: Palo Alto, California.(local candidates preferred)

Note: Must be willing to attend in-Person interview in Palo Alto. CA.

The annual salary for this position is between 120,500 $ - 141,500$ depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

* Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

* Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

* 401(k) plan and contributions

* Long-term/Short-term Disability

* Paid Parental Leave

* Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization for this role.

Responsibilities

  • - Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

  • - Ensure the team follows Agile practices and principles.

  • - Having knowledge of Mobile App development, App Security, Banking core Platform, App Component development.

  • - Having previous experience in iOS and Android development process and development process based on tools (Kotlin, React Native. Android Studio).

  • - Excellent in Agile reporting and resource capacity planning process. Track and report on team performance metrics.

  • Collaborate with product owners to manage the product backlog and prioritize work.

  • - Skills in Jira filter-based Dashboard creation and reporting.

  • - Coach and mentor team members on Agile best practices. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.

- Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and teams to ensure alignment and integration.

Required Qualifications

  • -BS/BA degree or equivalent experience

  • -Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification.

    • -6+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, preferably in mobile app development.

    • -Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.

    • -Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

    • -Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello).

    • -Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

    • -Knowledge of mobile app development processes and technologies is a plus.

Travel: 0-5%

Why Choose Cognizant?
It takes a lot to succeed in today's fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.
Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion-for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It's the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy-and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.
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