Agile Release Train Engineer - SAFe

Red Commerce Schweiz GmbH; Minnesota; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Commerce Schweiz GmbH is seeking a Release Train Engineer (RTE) to launch and continuously improve an Agile Release Train using SAFe practices. You will lead formation, readiness, alignment, governance, and initial planning for a new ART.

Responsibilities include establishing cadence, calendars, forums, metrics, and communication channels, and planning SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning, ART Sync, and System Demos.

Qualifications

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) certification is required.
• Minimum of five years of experience acting as an RTE in a medium- or large-scale enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or similar leader in a multi-team delivery environment.
• Hands-on experience launching, stabilizing, or improving an Agile Release Train or comparable scaled delivery model.
• Strong working knowledge of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Agile product delivery, and DevOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Launch, enable, and continuously improve an Agile Release Train (ART) using SAFe practices.
• Lead the formation and launch of a new ART with readiness assessment, alignment, governance, and planning.
• Establish ART cadence, calendars, forums, metrics, and communication channels for sustainable execution.
• Plan and facilitate PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt events, and other SAFe ceremonies.
• Partner with Product Management, System Architects, Business Owners, and delivery leaders to clarify vision, priorities, capacity, objectives, and outcomes.
• Promote alignment to Lean-Agile principles while adapting implementation to the organization's context and maturity.

Skills

SAFe knowledge

Agile coaching

PI Planning facilitation

Stakeholder alignment

Tools

SAFe PI Planning tools

Scrum/Kanban/DevOps

Job description

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is responsible for launching, enabling, and continuously improving an Agile Release Train (ART) using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices. The RTE establishes the operating model, ceremonies, governance, and collaboration mechanisms required to align multiple Agile teams around a shared mission and predictable delivery.

Lead the formation and launch of a new ART, including readiness assessment, team alignment, role clarification, working agreements, governance, and initial planning.

Establish the ART cadence, calendars, collaboration forums, metrics, and communication channels needed for sustainable execution.

Plan and facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt events, and other SAFe ceremonies.

Partner with Product Management, System Architects, Business Owners, and delivery leaders to clarify vision, priorities, capacity, objectives, and expected outcomes.

Promote alignment to Lean-Agile principles while adapting implementation to the organization's context and maturity.

Qualifications:

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) certification is required.
• Minimum of five years of experience acting as an RTE in a medium- or large-scale enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience as a Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or similar leader in a multi-team delivery environment.
• Hands-on experience launching, stabilizing, or improving an Agile Release Train or comparable scaled delivery model.
• Strong working knowledge of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Agile product delivery, and DevOps principles.