Release Train Engineer

Role overview

Release Train Engineer at Bounteous

You will serve as a servant leader and coach for the ART - facilitating PI Planning, managing cross-team dependencies, removing impediments, and driving continuous improvement across the delivery organisation.

We are looking for an experienced Release Train Engineer (RTE) with 5+ years of experience to lead and facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) delivery across two squads of 7 people each - totalling 15 team members.

This is a high-impact facilitation and coordination role - requiring deep SAFe expertise, strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to operate effectively across multiple squads in a fast-paced, collaborative delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• ART Facilitation & Delivery Facilitate and coordinate all ART-level ceremonies - PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops - ensuring effective cross-team alignment and programme increment delivery.
• Manage and coordinate delivery across two squads of 7 - ensuring teams are aligned to PI objectives, dependencies are managed, and risks are identified and mitigated proactively.
• Track and manage ART-level programme board - maintaining visibility of features, dependencies, risks, and milestones across both squads throughout each programme increment.
• Facilitate cross-team dependency resolution - identifying blockers, coordinating between squads, and escalating impediments that cannot be resolved at team level.
• Support squad-level Scrum Masters - providing coaching, guidance, and facilitation support to ensure effective Agile ceremonies and team delivery rhythms across both squads.
• Monitor and report ART-level delivery metrics - velocity, predictability, feature completion, and PI objective achievement - providing clear, evidence-based progress updates to programme leadership.
• Coordinate System Demo preparation and execution - ensuring both squads deliver integrated, demonstrable working software at the end of each programme increment.
• Continuous Improvement & Coaching Lead Inspect & Adapt workshops - facilitating structured retrospectives at ART level, identifying systemic improvement opportunities, and driving measurable delivery improvement across squads.
• Coach squads, Product Owners, and stakeholders on SAFe principles, Agile practices, and continuous improvement mindset - building Agile maturity across the delivery organisation.
• Identify and address delivery impediments - working with engineering leads, platform teams, and senior stakeholders to remove blockers that impact ART-level delivery.
• Champion DevOps and continuous delivery practices - supporting squads in improving build, test, and deployment automation to accelerate feature delivery and reduce cycle time.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and psychological safety across both squads - enabling high-performing, self-organising teams.
• Stakeholder Management & Governance Act as the primary ART-level communication interface - providing regular, clear delivery status updates to programme managers, product leadership, and senior stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with Business Owners, Product Management, and key stakeholders - facilitating business engagement in PI Planning, System Demos, and governance forums.
• Contribute to portfolio-level planning - providing ART capacity, dependency, and risk inputs to support programme and portfolio prioritisation decisions.
• Support risk and compliance governance - ensuring ART delivery activities align to organisational delivery standards, change management processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain ART-level documentation - PI plans, programme boards, risk registers, and retrospective action logs - ensuring transparency and auditability of delivery activities.
• What We're Looking For 5+ years of experience in Agile delivery roles - Scrum Master, RTE, or Agile Coach - with at least 2-3 years as a Release Train Engineer in a SAFe environment.
• Deep SAFe expertise - PI Planning facilitation, ART coordination, programme board management, and Inspect & Adapt - with proven ability to lead ARTs of 10-15+ people.
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies and delivery coordination across multiple squads in fast-paced programme delivery environments.
• Strong servant leadership and coaching skills - able to support, mentor, and develop Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and squad members in Agile best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills - able to engage senior business and technology stakeholders with clear, concise ART-level delivery reporting.
• Proficiency with Agile tooling - Jira, Confluence, Miro - for PI planning, programme board management, and delivery reporting.
• Strong facilitation skills - able to lead large-group PI Planning events, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops with energy, structure, and impact.
• Experience identifying and resolving delivery impediments - working across organisational boundaries to unblock squads and maintain ART delivery momentum.
• Good understanding of DevOps and continuous delivery practices - sufficient to support squads in improving automation, deployment frequency, and delivery quality.
• Strong analytical mindset - able to interpret ART delivery metrics, identify trends, and drive data-informed continuous improvement initiatives.
• SAFe Programme Consultant (SPC) certification.
• Experience in Financial Services, Banking, or regulated industry environments.
• Familiarity with LPM (Lean Portfolio Management) and portfolio-level Agile governance.
• Exposure to technology delivery programmes - software development, cloud migration, or platform modernisation.
• Experience with scaled Agile tooling - Jira Align, Rally, or equivalent ART-level planning tools.
• Agile coaching certification - ICP-ACC or equivalent.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Nice to Have SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification - SAFe 5 or SAFe 6.

Employment details

• Location: Gurgaon [India]