AI-Driven Release Train Engineer (Remote)

Eliassen Group; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer for a 100% remote role with East Coast hours. You will own how work flows through one program, protect team capacity, and transform business priorities into deliverable increments.

You will partner with Product and Technical Leads, coaching and facilitating to improve flow. Qualifications include senior agile leadership, Kanban/Scrumban expertise, and experience driving AI delivery within cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Release Train Engineer

Agile leadership

Kanban

Scrumban

Lean flow

Coaching

Facilitation

AI readiness

Tools

SAFe RTE certification

Kanban boards

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer for a 100% remote role with East Coast hours. You will own how work flows through one program, protect team capacity, and transform business priorities into deliverable increments.

You will partner with Product and Technical Leads, coaching and facilitating to improve flow. Qualifications include senior agile leadership, Kanban/Scrumban expertise, and experience driving AI delivery within cross-functional teams.