Release Train Engineer

We are currently in the implementation phase of our SAFe transformation journey, and we are looking for an experienced SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE) to join us and help our Agile teams achieve excellence.

• $110,000 / yr - $150,000 / yr

• Act as a servant‑leader, providing coaching and guidance to teams, ARTs, and stakeholders on agile practices, ceremonies, principles, and mindsets.
• Embrace Lean‑Agile practices and empower others, encouraging and influencing the Solution Train and ARTs to deliver excellence.
• Build a trusting, safe environment within the Agile Release Train / Agile Teams that facilitates positive team health, where problems can be raised without fear of blame or retribution.
• Help manage, elevate, track, and resolve risks, dependencies, impediments, and bottlenecks to ensure goals are met.
• Optimize the flow of value through the ART.
• Provide support and education for improving estimates and PI Objectives during PI Planning.
• Encourage collaboration among the various teams within the ART.
• Nurture Communities of Practice (CoPs) and coach weekly Lean‑Agile coffee meetings.
• Conduct Agile Product Delivery (APD) assessments and ensure completion of Team and Technical Agility (TTA) assessments by teams.
• Serve as a backup to other Origence Release Train Engineers (RTE) when necessary, facilitating syncs, backlog refinements, demos and PI planning events.
• Must be able to travel 10% of the time.

• Facilitate the Agile Release Train events and processes, and synchronization meetings as needed.
• Facilitate ART‑level PI Planning events.
• Summarize Team PI objectives into Program PI objectives and publish that information for transparency.
• Facilitate System Demos.
• Facilitate ‘Inspect and Adapt’ workshops at the end of each PI and create retrospective improvement roadmaps.
• Collaborate with the Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE), Solution/Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters and stakeholders to guarantee alignment of strategy and execution.
• Coordinate and facilitate workshops and trainings as necessary to support teams in the ART.
• Develop, monitor, analyze and report on metrics pertaining to the ART and individual teams.
• Assist in tracking the execution of capabilities and features.
• Communicate program information, progress on PI Objectives, and key health metrics as appropriate.
• Help manage, elevate, track, and resolve risks, dependencies, impediments, and bottlenecks to ensure goals are met.
• This job description is not intended to be all inclusive; employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, related field, or the equivalent experience.

• Knowledge of and passion for agile principles and practices, with deep understanding of SAFe methodology and experience preparing, planning, training, and coaching multiple ARTs as a Solution Train.
• 2‑5 years of experience in a software development environment.
• 2+ years working in an Agile environment.
• Demonstrated use of Agile metrics to track ART/Program and Release progress.
• Practical experience in servant leadership in agile teams.
• Ability to mentor and train team members on agile practices.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops and facilitation software (e.g., Miro, Lucid Spark, Mural).
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office and Azure Dev Ops; working knowledge of program/project management software is a strong advantage.
• Experience with B2B or B2C software technology and financial services.
• Experience in lending, automotive industries, or credit unions.
• Experience facilitating program events such as PI Planning.

• Proactive leader who identifies opportunities within their ART to advance business goals.
• Ability to develop strategies, set objectives, and manage to results for their ART.
• Excellent teamwork skills and proven ability to influence cross‑functional and cross‑organizational teams.
• Inquisitive and curious, using critical thinking and creativity to solve problems and produce operational efficiencies.
• Capable of creating and improving processes to…