Hybrid Release Train Engineer

at Cprime, Inc

• Job title: Release Train Engineer
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Boston, United States

About the role

• Release Train Engineer coordinating multiple teams to drive program-level planning and delivery in a scaled Agile environment. Managing risks and dependencies while ensuring alignment between business and technical execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate PI (Program Increment) planning events, including logistics, agenda, objectives, and follow-up actions.
• For operational teams help establish kanban ways of working and reporting for upper level management.
• Act as the servant leader and coach for one or more Agile teams and the ART; foster Agile mindsets and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and synchronize delivery across development and operational teams (IT Ops, SRE, Support, Security, QA/Release Operations, Cloud/Platform) to meet program goals and milestones.
• Manage program-level schedules, scope, budgets, milestones and resource allocation; track progress and report on status to stakeholders.
• Facilitate ART ceremonies for non-Kanban teams: PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and retrospectives.
• Identify, escalate, and resolve impediments and risks; drive removal of blockers in collaboration with teams and stakeholders, including operational groups responsible for production readiness and runbook handovers.
• Maintain program/risk registers, dependency boards, and release roadmaps; keep transparency of delivery health and metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes, tooling, and delivery quality; support adoption of DevOps practices, CI/CD, automated testing and runbook automation where applicable.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, Business Owners and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities, acceptance criteria, release scope and operational readiness.
• Manage release cadence and coordinate deploys to environments; work closely with release management, platform/ops, security and compliance teams for gating, approvals, change control and rollback plans.
• Prepare and present program-level reports, dashboards and executive updates (risks, progress, KPIs like predictability, flow, velocity).
• Mentor and develop Scrum Masters, project managers and team leads; promote talent growth and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements and audit readiness as relevant.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience (typically 5+ years) in project/program management and at least 2–3 years in an RTE, Scrum Master or Agile coach role in a scaled Agile environment.
• Solid understanding of Agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, Spotify model or similar) and experience running PI planning and program-level ceremonies.
• Experience implementing and operating Kanban systems at team or program level; skilled in using Kanban for flow-based delivery, WIP limits, and continuous improvement.
• Experience working with operational teams and coordinating production readiness, incident handovers and change control.
• Strong knowledge of software delivery lifecycle, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and release management.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex programs, coordinate across distributed teams, and influence without direct authority.
• Proficiency with Agile planning and tracking tools (e.g., Jira/Confluence, VersionOne, Rally), and common productivity tools (Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong problem-solving, risk management and decision-making skills.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities