Release Train Engineer

Job Description

About the Role/position

A Release Train Engineer (RTE) is responsible for coordinating and managing the release trains in an agile environment. They will act as a Project Manager, coaching and supporting the implementation of more effective ways of working and using Agile methodology. Overall, the Release Train Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of software releases and driving business outcomes in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities:

These are some of the responsibilities that we would expect you to be able to have experience delivering.

• Facilitate the Agile Release Train (ART) processes and execution, ensuring alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Coordinate and facilitate the planning, prioritization, and execution of program increments (PIs) and releases.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and other stakeholders to ensure that the release train is meeting its objectives and delivering value to customers.
• Identify and resolve any dependencies, issues, or risks that may impact the timely delivery of the release train.
• Provide visibility and transparency into the progress and health of the release train by tracking key performance metrics and reporting on status to leadership.
• Coach and mentor team members on agile practices, principles, and methodologies to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on priorities, resources, and deliverables.
• Support the implementation and adoption of agile practices within the organization.
• Serve as a servant leader and facilitator to promote collaboration, communication, and teamwork within the release train.

Skills & Experience required

• At least 8 years of project manager experience within the IT and banking domain
• Experience working in an agile environment and understanding agile software development life cycles and processes.
• Fantastic track record of stakeholder and vendor management. Having the ability to navigate a large complex corporation and building relationships with Senior stakeholders via different forms of networks
• An experienced practitioner of Agile methodology and experience with working in an adaptive environment with reactive and proactive mindsets.
• Proven skills such as risk, issue and dependency management
• Capable of strategic planning and project management
• Experience managing financial reports and on-time release deliveries in large complex corporations, experience working with Web, Cloud and Microservice technologies and a Computer Science or similar degree with a PMP or Scrum Master certification would all be good things to have.

• Competitive salary, health insurance covered for employee and dependents.
• Working on international projects. Professional and dynamic working environment
• Achieving valuable experience with variety projects, new technologies and hundreds of talents
• Receiving training opportunities including many technical seminars and soft skill training courses
• Good opportunity for promotion through regular performance review system.