Project manager for the AI startup!

Our Product Development team is looking for a passionate  Project Manager. The ideal candidate will be someone who knows how to lead by example and will bring out the best in their teams; someone who knows when to say "no" and someone who knows when to push for the best results. We are looking for someone who is innovative and someone to act as a positive force while sharing Scrum Knowledge across the organization.

Who is BerryBytes?

BerryByets provides advanced video analytics based on AI capabilities powered by computer vision, automated speech recognition, and textual semantic classifiers. We are pushing the limits on real-time interactivity. We are looking for engineers who like to work with exceptional people on challenging problems. 

What You'll Do 

The AI Team at BerryBytes has one of the most fun and challenging projects in tech today. For one we are a humble team of AI Engineers and real-time audio/video snobs and obsess about all things. We take immense pride in delivering an unparalleled high-quality AL/ML application and highly responsive and "live the moment" experience and push the limit of what you can do on a mobile device. 

• Working in a small microservice team that is building a game-changing product.
• Be a part of the team that takes BerryBytes from its first few users to the first million or hundreds of millions of users.
• Manage and drive the Agile teams. 
• Manage project ranging from Native Mobile Apps, Backend and ML Models. 
• Provide detailed and constructive plans.

Responsibilities:

• Leading and monitoring the daily Scrum, working closely with the Product Owner while collaborating with the business and the Scrum team.
• This position will be responsible for mentoring Agile practices on the development team; and works closely with subject matter experts to lead project efforts and build solutions for a high-volume, high-availability cloud-based system.
• Organizing and facilitating project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Removing roadblocks/impediments to teams' progress
• Ensuring that the development team's practice and adhere to the core agile principles of collaboration, self-organization, prioritization, team accountability and visibility.
• Liaison between technical and non-technical departments.
• Communicating with developers, management, and Stakeholders on development issues and providing guidance for resolution.
• Assisting the team in making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency and information.
• Assisting with backlog maintenance, prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs.
• Advocate for continuous improvement in quality and process.
• Act as change agent to drive continual adoption of Scrum and operational and technical excellence.
• Act as interference shield for team, so that it can remain focused on delivering business value every sprint.
• Support Scrum Teams in US and India.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field, or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I, CSM)
• PMP certification a plus
• 3+ years of experience in development of highly transactional, business critical applications.
• 3+ years of experience as software Program/Project Manager using Agile techniques and iterative development.
• Ability to manage multiple scrum teams simultaneously.
• Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)
• Proven success in leading and driving complex, time critical software development projects.
• Proven success in removing impediments enabling teams to progress.
• Thorough knowledge of agile software development methodologies, values and procedures.
• Strong working knowledge of software configuration management.
• Strong working knowledge of web application technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of burn down metrics, velocity, user story development and task definition.
• Knowledge of software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Knowledge of a broad spectrum of infrastructure technologies and secure computing environments: network, hardware and operating systems, servers and storage.
• Knowledge of relational data bases and web technologies.
• Knowledge of enterprise application integration and messaging technologies.
• Experience with JIRA is a plus.
• Servant Leader Attitude

Please share your latest resume at jobs@berrybytes.com