Release Train Engineer

Bounteous; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Bounteous is seeking an experienced Release Train Engineer to lead and facilitate ART delivery across two squads (14+1). You will drive PI Planning, manage cross-team dependencies, and remove impediments in a banking/capital markets setting.

Strong SAFe expertise, servant leadership, and coaching skills are essential for success in this role. The ideal candidate will engage with senior stakeholders, champion DevOps practices, and ensure delivery governance within a complex financial services

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Agile delivery roles (Scrum Master, RTE, or Agile Coach) including 2–3 years as an RTE in SAFe environments.
• Banking and capital markets domain experience is essential.
• Experience facilitating PI Planning, cross-team dependencies, and Inspect & Adapt ceremonies.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Coordinate two squads (7+7) to achieve PI objectives.
• Manage ART-level programme board with features, dependencies, risks, and milestones.
• Support Scrum Masters and Product Owners with coaching and facilitation.
• Report ART delivery metrics to programme leadership.
• Coordinate System Demos for integrated, working software at PI end.

Skills

SAFe

Release Train Engineer

PI Planning

ART Coordination

Agile

Scrum

Dependency Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Capital Markets

Banking Domain

DevOps

Continuous Improvement

Coaching

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Job description

6 years of experience
Skills: SAFe, Release Train Engineer, PI Planning, ART Coordination, Agile, Scrum, Dependency Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Jira / Confluence / Miro, Capital Markets, Banking Domain, DevOps, Continuous Improvement, Coaching

About the Role
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. 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. Banking and capital markets domain experience is essential for this role — enabling you to engage credibly with business stakeholders, understand regulatory delivery constraints, and navigate the governance frameworks of a complex financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

ART Facilitation & Delivery

• Facilitate and coordinate all ART-level ceremonies — PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, and 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.
• 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.
• Coach squads, Product Owners, and stakeholders on SAFe principles, Agile practices, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Champion DevOps and continuous delivery practices — supporting squads in improving build, test, and deployment automation to accelerate feature delivery.
• 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 within a banking and capital markets environment.
• Maintain ART-level documentation — PI plans, programme boards, risk registers, and retrospective action logs.

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.
• Banking and capital markets domain experience — essential — understanding of financial services delivery constraints, regulatory governance, and capital markets technology programmes.
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies and delivery coordination across multiple squads in fast-paced programme delivery environments.
• Strong servant leadership and coaching skills — supporting Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and squad members in Agile best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills — engaging 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 — leading large-group PI Planning events, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops with energy, structure, and impact.
• Good understanding of DevOps and continuous delivery practices — supporting squads in improving automation and deployment frequency.
• Strong analytical mindset — interpreting ART delivery metrics and driving data-informed continuous improvement.

Nice to Have

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification — SAFe 5 or SAFe 6.
• Experience in capital markets technology programmes — trade reporting, regulatory platforms, market data, or trading systems delivery.
• Familiarity with LPM (Lean Portfolio Management) and portfolio-level Agile governance.
• Experience with scaled Agile tooling — Jira Align, Rally, or equivalent ART-level planning tools.
• Agile coaching certification — ICP-ACC or equivalent.
• Exposure to regulatory delivery programmes — MiFID II, EMIR, APRA, or equivalent financial services regulatory change.

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