Hybrid Release Train Engineer

at The Hartford

• Job title: Release Train Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $136,800 - $205,200 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Charlotte, United States

About the role

• Release Train Engineer managing end-to-end execution and governance in agile product transformation. Leading a cross-functional team and promoting an engineering-centric culture in a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery execution of epics and capabilities across multiple ARTs and teams.
• Drive predictable delivery through flow metrics, capacity planning, dependency mapping, and risk management.
• Ensure budget adherence, resource utilization visibility, and proactive forecasting.
• Operate with a mindset of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Run pre-PI activities to eliminate ambiguity before planning.
• Coordinate sequencing, scope negotiation, and trade-offs with product, engineering, and architecture.
• Maintain a transparent, no-surprises cadence with leadership.
• Promote engineering fundamentals — design, quality, observability, testing, and technical debt visibility.
• Present status differently depending on audience: outcomes, risks, decisions needed, high-level flow indicators.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Release Train Engineer in a large-scale Agile environment
• Proven ability to run complex ARTs/value streams across multiple products, teams, and domains
• Deep experience with: Flow metrics (flow time, load, efficiency, predictability) WSJF prioritization Risk and dependency management PI Planning orchestration Executive-level communication
• Strong understanding of engineering processes (DevOps, CI/CD, testing, cloud, observability)
• Exceptional facilitation, conflict resolution, and influence without authority
• Ability to own delivery outcomes end-to-end with minimal oversight
• Calm under pressure
• Thinks in systems, not tasks
• Obsessed with predictability and flow
• Data-driven, not opinion-driven
• Empathetic, but drives accountability
• Able to challenge product, engineering, and architecture respectfully
• High integrity; gives credit to engineering, never steals spotlight
• Executive presence with humility and clarity
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.

Benefits

• Short-term or annual bonuses
• Long-term incentives
• On-the-spot recognition