Scrum Master

About us Aquanow is a trading and technology company powering the next generation of financial services. We’re at the forefront of the rapidly evolving digital asset space, empowering businesses to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. As a leading provider of infrastructure solutions, we offer innovative services in cryptocurrency trading, liquidity management, and secure digital asset storage. Our platform is built to deliver seamless, scalable, and reliable solutions that cater to the needs of institutional clients and businesses seeking to unlock the potential of digital finance. Aquanow is committed to driving growth and shaping the future of the digital economy by offering unparalleled opportunities for innovation and advancement in the world of digital assets. With rapid global expansion, we have established offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Dubai, Malaysia, Turkey, and beyond. Our international customer base includes some of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies and leading financial institutions. Your Contribution to Our Growth We’re looking for a Scrum Master to join Aquanow’s growing team and help drive the delivery of innovative products in the digital asset space. In this high-impact role, you’ll be the facilitator for a high-performing, cross-functional engineering team, ensuring Agile practices are understood, adopted, and continuously improved. As the Scrum Master, you’ll focus on enabling the team to deliver high-quality software by coaching them on Agile principles, promoting collaboration, and removing blockers. You’ll work closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to maintain a clear backlog, align priorities, and help deliver scalable solutions that power Aquanow’s growth. Beyond day-to-day team facilitation, you’ll champion Agile practices across the organization, ensuring our distributed teams remain aligned and productive. You’ll drive predictability and accountability through delivery metrics, coach stakeholders on Agile ways of working, and foster cross-team collaboration to reduce silos. As Aquanow scales globally, you’ll play a key role in evolving our Agile frameworks to fit a fast-moving fintech environment, balancing speed, quality, and compliance in a highly regulated space. This is a full-time, permanent position, hybrid out of our Downtown Vancouver or Toronto office. What You’ll Do Plan, organize, and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives Ensure teams are working collaboratively, maintaining focus on delivering high-quality software Coach team members and stakeholders on Agile principles, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and self-organization Identify and remove impediments that block the team’s progress while shielding the team from external distractions Support the Product Owner with backlog management, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and alignment with business objectives Encourage adaptive planning and iterative delivery, promoting flexibility in project goals Track team performance metrics to identify trends, drive improvements, and increase delivery efficiency Act as a servant leader and facilitator, enabling clear communication and alignment across teams and stakeholders Foster a culture of continuous delivery, ensuring teams balance speed with quality and compliance in a regulated financial environment Promote process improvement initiatives and evolve Agile practices to meet the growing needs of Aquanow We’d Love to See Proven experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar role within an Agile environment Experience in high-growth fintech, crypto, or financial services where ambiguity and rapid scaling are the norm Deep understanding of Scrum theory, principles, and practices Background working with cross-functional software development teams A track record of scaling Agile across multiple teams or programs, not just a single squad Excellent facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills Experience supporting Product Owners and backlog refinement Hands-on experience with Agile tools such as JIRA, Trello, or similar Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) Strong servant-leadership mindset: able to influence without authority and drive cultural change Comfort working with distributed, cross-functional teams across multiple geographies A proactive mindset with the ability to foster collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement At our offices you will find a group of people that embrace diversity and value performance over pedigree. Every day we draw value from the diverse experiences of our team whose backgrounds include top financial institutions, tech companies and untraditional backgrounds. Our success comes from identifying exceptional people and providing them with the platform to reach their true potential. Aquanow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, qualified veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other unlawful criterion or circumstance.