Remote Release Train Engineer — AI Delivery Lead

Eliassen Group; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer to optimize program flow in a remote, consulting capacity. You will partner with Product Lead and Technical Lead to translate priorities into small epics and drive AI-enabled delivery.

Expect W2 benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. The role requires strong Agile leadership across multiple teams, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration, with East Coast hours.

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

Agile leadership

Kanban

Scrumban

Lean flow

Coaching

Facilitation

Cross-functional

SAFe RTE

AI delivery

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer to optimize program flow in a remote, consulting capacity. You will partner with Product Lead and Technical Lead to translate priorities into small epics and drive AI-enabled delivery.

Expect W2 benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. The role requires strong Agile leadership across multiple teams, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration, with East Coast hours.