Hybrid Release Train Engineer

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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

Job title

Release Train Engineer

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

$136,800 - $205,200 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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