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: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Columbus, United States

About the role

• Release Train Engineer managing end-to-end project execution in Product Transformation for a leading insurance company. Focusing on cross-functional teamwork, strategic management, and engineering-centric delivery culture.

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.
• Translate VS strategy into executable roadmaps and PI objectives.
• Run pre-PI activities to eliminate ambiguity before planning.
• Coordinate sequencing, scope negotiation, and trade-offs with product, engineering, and architecture.
• Ensure intake → estimation → prioritization → execution → release is smooth, scalable, and data-driven.
• Build a proactive risk culture, not reactive fire-fighting.
• Identify systemic blockers early using flow metrics, not opinions.
• Maintain a transparent, no-surprises cadence with leadership.
• Resolve multi-team conflicts with clarity, data, and executive presence.
• Promote engineering fundamentals — design, quality, observability, testing, and technical debt visibility.
• Ensure RTE function supports engineering, not substitutes for it.
• Drive alignment without noise and create a predictable flow of communication.
• Coach Scrum Masters, Program Teams, and Product partners on Lean-Agile practices and flow optimization.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as RTE, Program Manager, or Senior Scrum Master in large-scale Agile environments
• 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. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off
• Remote work options
• Professional development opportunities