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Title: User Story Backlog Grooming, hybrid in Frankfort | Deftridge
Summary: User Story Backlog Grooming for a senior Business Analyst, hybrid in Frankfort. $60-$70 an hour, 3 to 6 hours a week. Starts next week.

Regular Shortlisting · 2 candidates Posted Oct 28 · DT-3673245

# User Story Backlog Grooming

Senior · Business Analyst · Hybrid · Frankfort

**$60–$70** / hour About $1,270 a month at 5 h a week. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**.

- **Company** Publishing house covering business news · 501–1,000 employeesCL-67376 · based in Frankfort

- **Where** Hybrid · Frankfort

- **Format** Regular role

- **Time needed** 3–6 h a week

- **Start** Starts next week

- **Level** Senior · 5-10 years

- **When you work** Two set slots a week2 h a week overlap with ET

The company is already looking at 2 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.

**4** professionals have asked about this task **2,240** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

## About this task

This publishing house covering business news (501–1,000 employees) is looking for a senior Business Analyst for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–6 h a week. Writes and refines stories so engineers can start.

The company wants a senior person on this without carrying the cost of a full-time role. It publishes content on a schedule, so editorial deadlines are fixed.

The team sits in Frankfort. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. The work runs in two set slots a week, agreed with the team at the start. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (ET).

## What you deliver

- Refine 15 backlog stories each week with acceptance criteria and open questions listed.

- Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day

- A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends

- A written update every Monday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked

## What a week looks like

- Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window

- Wednesday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked

- Monday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread

**Duration:** 12 weeks, renewable. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.

## Tools

Jira Confluence

## Who fits

- 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Business Analyst, or the equivalent mix of roles

- Comfortable working in Jira and Confluence

- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

### Nice to have

- Experience in a similar industry

- A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late

## Not included

- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so

- Travel or work at a fixed location

- Managing other contractors or employees

## How you get paid

- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.

- Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.

- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.

- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

## What happens after you say you're interested

1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.

1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.

1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.

1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

## What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
**Alex** Senior Business Analyst

- **Experience** 5-10 years in data & analytics

- **Tools** Jira, Confluence

- **Offers** 4 hours a week, weekday evenings

- **Rate** $65 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

## How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $65 an hour, is **in line with** the median senior Business Analyst rate in Kentucky ($65). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

Median $65

This task $65

$46 $90

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## Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-67376 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

## Interested in this task?

Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK.

- You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you

- Your employer and surname stay private

- E-mail only, no phone calls

Thank you, User Story Backlog Grooming is noted. A recruiter writes to you from a @deftridge.com address within one working day; the next steps are listed on this page.

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**$60–$70 / hr** I'm interested
