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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Release Train Engineer - **Company:** GM Financial - **Location:** Irving, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Microsoft Azure, Collaborative Software, Information Systems, DevOps, Scrum Methodology, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Interactive Whiteboards - **Published:** August 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/release-train-engineer-irving-tx-usa-58829680 ## About the Role _ actions, accountability, timelines, and follow-up for teams * Optimize value flow through ART and Solution Train using Kanban boards and information radiators * Establish annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs) * Prepare and run PI Planning readiness via Continuous Exploration and pre/post-PI meetings * Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices * Influence through collaboration, communication, and stakeholder engagement * Support resourcing decisions to alleviate bottlenecks and foster team collaboration * Ensure strategy-execution alignment among Product/Management, Product Owners, and stakeholders * Operate within Lean Budgets and Guardrails Tasks * 5-7 years of experience in Scrum and/or agile release trains * Advanced knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban techniques * Demonstrated servant leadership mindset * Experience with product development process cycles * Understanding of information systems, interlinkages and operations * Strong a improvements negotiation, leadership, and conflict resolution abilities * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) * Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps and visual collaboration tools (e.g., Miro, IdeaBoardz) * Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred * SAFe 5.0 Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification (90 days) * SAFe 5.0 SPC certification preferred Key requirements * 401K matching * bonding leave for new parents * tuition assistance * training * GM employee auto discount * community service pay ## Description Experteer Overview In this role you guide and coach the Agile Release Train to deliver value at scale. You will facilitate ART events, drive Lean-Agile practices, and align teams with the program's strategic direction. You'll tackle impediments, manage risks, and foster relentless improvement across multiple teams. This is a chance to influence large, complex programs and enable cross-functional collaboration in a mission-driven financial services environment. Compensation / Benefits * Facilitate ART processes and execution, escalate impediments, manage risk, and drive value delivery * Create a participative, safe environment where feedback is valued and respected * Align priorities with organizational goals and measure progress against metrics * Identify critical priorities and ensure resource focus despite distractions * Escalate impediments and risks to keep value delivery on track * Explain and operationalize improvements and opportunities for new initiatives * Provide concrete actions, accountability, timelines, and follow-up for teams * Optimize value flow through ART and Solution Train using Kanban boards and information radiators * Establish annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs) * Prepare and run PI Planning readiness via Continuous Exploration and pre/post-PI meetings * Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices * Influence through collaboration, communication, and stakeholder engagement * Support resourcing decisions to alleviate bottlenecks and foster team collaboration * Ensure strategy-execution alignment among Product/Management, Product Owners, and stakeholders * Operate within Lean Budgets and Guardrails Tasks * 5-7 years of experience in Scrum and/or agile release trains * Advanced knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban techniques * Demonstrated servant leadership mindset * Experience with product development process cycles * Understanding of information systems, interlinkages and operations * Strong facilitation, negotiation, leadership, and conflict resolution abilities * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) * Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps and visual collaboration tools (e.g., Miro, IdeaBoardz) * Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred * SAFe 5.0 Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification (90 days) * SAFe 5.0 SPC certification preferred Key requirements * 401K matching * bonding leave for new parents * tuition assistance * training * GM employee auto discount * community service pay ## Related Videos - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [Developer Tools for Microsoft Azure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/450-developer-tools-for-microsoft-azure) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle) - [From Punch Cards to AI-assisted Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/611-from-punch-cards-to-ai-assisted-development) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)