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# Release Train Engineer

- **Company:** Eliassen Group
- **Location:** Montpelier, VT, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $156,000.0 - $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Security, Scrum Methodology, Model Validation
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/CAC43703D1714BB18AC6AF71EA938912/job/

## About the Role

* Proven Release Train Engineer or equivalent senior multi-team Agile leadership with measurable improvements in flow, predictability, and quality.
 * Expertise in Kanban, Scrumban, and Lean flow including WIP limits, cycle time, aging work, and dependency management.
 * Strong coaching and facilitation skills with the ability to challenge unrealistic commitments and guide trade-offs with senior leaders.
 * Adaptive approach that scales down large-framework practices to fit small teams and continuous planning.
 * Working knowledge of AI delivery across data, model evaluation, human review, integration, and monitoring.
 * Cross-functional leadership experience across business, product, technology, vendors, and risk or controls.
 * Nice to have: experience in financial services or regulated industries, launching new small teams, multi-vendor coordination, and SAFe RTE, Kanban, or coaching certifications.

## Description

* Run the system of work by establishing and improving the program Kanban, WIP limits, and clear readiness and done criteria while avoiding unnecessary ceremonies.
 * Translate intent into executable work by partnering with product and business leaders to break outcomes into small, testable epics that teams pull based on capacity.
 * Clear the path by surfacing and resolving risks, dependencies, and blockers across data access, integrations, and review queues.
 * Embed AI readiness into delivery by planning evaluation, human review, monitoring, and support as first-class work.
 * Facilitate decisions through planning, syncs, demos, and retrospectives focused on evidence, forecasts, and trade-offs.
 * Grow team autonomy by coaching leaders and teams to make sound local decisions that reduce reliance on central coordination.