Remote Release Train Engineer for AI Delivery

Eliassen Group; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical options

Dental and Vision

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer for 100% remote work with East Coast hours. You will lead Agile trains, optimize program flow, and partner with Product and Technical Leads to break work into small, deliverable epics while protecting team capacity.

This role focuses on AI-enabled product delivery, cross-functional coordination across business, product, and technology teams, and coaching teams toward autonomous, high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven Release Train Engineer or equivalent senior Agile leader.
• Expertise in Kanban, Scrumban, and Lean flow with WIP limits and cycle time.
• Strong coaching and facilitation skills with senior leaders.
• Adaptive approach to scale practices for small teams and continuous planning.
• Working knowledge of AI delivery across data, model evaluation, human review, integration, and monitoring.
• Cross-functional leadership across business, product, technology, vendors, and risk.
• Nice to have: 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 leadership

AI delivery knowledge

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer for 100% remote work with East Coast hours. You will lead Agile trains, optimize program flow, and partner with Product and Technical Leads to break work into small, deliverable epics while protecting team capacity.

This role focuses on AI-enabled product delivery, cross-functional coordination across business, product, and technology teams, and coaching teams toward autonomous, high-quality delivery.