Asset & Wealth Management-Scrum Master Engineer-Associate-Albany

Asset & Wealth Management‑Scrum Master Engineer‑Associate‑Albany

Albany, New York, United States

Job Description:

The mission of the Agile team is increasing the value, transparency, and happiness of software delivery teams through Agile and related practices. We coach individuals, teams and programs. This forward‑looking group defines scaling practices, team‑level best practices, tooling, and reporting, and will always be on the front line of agility within the firm.

As a member of Agile, this Associate‑level Scrum Master will help drive the success of individual teams while working with senior Agile professionals as a custodian for continuous improvement in how delivery teams become high‑performing teams that consistently deliver customer value.

• Facilitate and support Agile events including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
• Influence team behavior towards continuous improvement through effective communication, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
• Coach engineers, designers, product owners and subject matter experts in Agile practices, values and principles
• Ensure Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines
• Guide team members in story writing and refinement, backlog maintenance, prioritization and planning. Facilitate creation and prioritization of program‑level feature and architectural backlogs
• Coach developer, designer and product team members in Agile practices, values and principles
• Work with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role
• Track and remove impediments, and guide the team to remove impediments

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent industry experience
• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in‑depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
• Comfortable with Scrum concepts like refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

• Familiarity with Atlassian JIRA
• 3 years of product or project development experience, or 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

The expected base salary for this Albany, New York, United States‑based position is $95,000‑$145,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year‑end.

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits. For a complete list of benefits, visit

• Job Identification 158357
• Job Category Associate
• Posting Date 03/03/2026, 02:30 PM
• Locations Albany, New York, United States

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran’s status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: