Senior Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Job Title: Senior Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Location: Edison, NJ or New York, NY

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Monday and Friday remote; Tuesday through Thursday onsite

Duration: 9 months - Potential Temp-to-Perm

Interview Process: Virtual interviews (2–4 rounds, depending on management availability)

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Release Train Engineer (RTE) to lead Agile delivery practices and drive execution across complex technology capabilities within the Field Experience Technology organization.

The Senior RTE will play a critical role in establishing effective planning processes, improving delivery predictability, managing cross-team dependencies, and ensuring successful release execution. This individual will facilitate Agile planning cadences, remove delivery impediments, manage risks, and enable engineering teams to deliver high-quality products efficiently.

In addition to leading delivery execution, this role will help establish consistent Release Train Engineering practices across the organization. The individual will partner with technology and product leadership, coach other Release Train Engineers, improve delivery governance, and provide accurate reporting and insights to support strategic decision-making.

This is a senior individual contributor role requiring strong technical credibility, leadership, and stakeholder management skills. The successful candidate will influence delivery strategies, roadmap priorities, capacity planning, and continuous improvement initiatives without relying on formal management authority.

• Key Responsibilities Lead and facilitate Agile planning and delivery events, including Program Increment (PI) planning, backlog preparation, retrospectives, and other scaled Agile ceremonies.
• Ensure teams establish realistic delivery commitments based on available capacity, priorities, and dependencies.
• Drive predictable delivery by identifying and removing impediments, managing cross-team dependencies, and proactively addressing risks and escalations.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple teams and capabilities, ensuring timely resolution of issues that impact delivery timelines.
• Own release readiness for assigned capabilities, including release planning, approvals, coordination, communication, and execution.
• Establish and maintain consistent release management standards and practices across the organization.
• Ensure compliance with change management processes, including normal, standard, and emergency changes, within a regulated technology environment.
• Lead exception handling and emergency change processes, escalating issues when necessary.
• Maintain accurate delivery data, reporting, capacity information, and progress tracking to provide reliable visibility into delivery performance.
• Partner with technology leaders, product managers, capability leads, and planning operations teams to align demand, capacity, and delivery priorities.
• Influence roadmap decisions, prioritization, and sequencing by providing insights into delivery capacity, risks, and dependencies.
• Establish and promote consistent Agile delivery practices across technology teams, ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
• Coach and mentor other Release Train Engineers and delivery professionals on scaled Agile practices and continuous improvement.
• Represent delivery execution in leadership meetings and provide clear visibility into portfolio health, delivery progress, risks, and potential constraints.
• Identify opportunities to leverage Generative AI and automation to reduce manual coordination, reporting, and release management activities.
• Promote the adoption of AI-powered tools and automation practices to improve delivery efficiency and engineering productivity.
• Drive continuous improvement across planning, execution, reporting, and release management processes.
• Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9+ years of experience in Agile delivery, with demonstrated experience working as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) supporting multiple teams in a large enterprise environment.
• Strong experience leading Agile delivery and facilitating planning cadences in complex, multi-team environments.
• Experience managing Program Increment (PI) planning, backlog preparation, release execution, and scaled Agile ceremonies.
• Proven ability to manage cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, impediments, and escalations through resolution.
• Strong working knowledge of Jira or equivalent Agile delivery management tools, including reporting, tracking, and maintaining data accuracy.
• Demonstrated experience with change management, release management, and ITIL-aligned processes in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of release readiness, governance, approvals, and production deployment coordination.
• Experience coaching and mentoring other Release Train Engineers, Agile practitioners, and delivery professionals.
• Ability to influence senior technology and business stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve delivery coordination, reporting, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive delivery outcomes in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
• Preferred Qualifications SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification or equivalent scaled Agile certification.
• SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) certification or equivalent is an added advantage.
• Experience working in insurance, financial services, banking, or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with Lean Portfolio Management concepts, including demand management, portfolio flow, capacity planning, and prioritization.
• Experience implementing AI-powered tools and automation to reduce manual reporting, coordination, and delivery management activities.
• Experience establishing AI and automation practices adopted across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with value stream management and flow management tools.
• Experience working with senior technology and product leadership on roadmap planning and strategic delivery decisions.

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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $75.00/hr - $85.00/hr.