Remote Release Train Engineer for AI Delivery

Eliassen Group; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer to guide cross-functional teams in delivering AI-enabled products. You will establish Kanban flow, protect team capacity, and translate business priorities into small, deliverable epics, partnering with Product and Technical Leads.

You will coach and facilitate, drive flow improvements, and ensure AI delivery readiness across data, model evaluation, and monitoring, while navigating dependencies and risks.

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.

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

Kanban

Scrumban

Lean flow

WIP limits

Cycle time

Dependency management

Coaching & facilitation

AI delivery knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer to guide cross-functional teams in delivering AI-enabled products. You will establish Kanban flow, protect team capacity, and translate business priorities into small, deliverable epics, partnering with Product and Technical Leads.

You will coach and facilitate, drive flow improvements, and ensure AI delivery readiness across data, model evaluation, and monitoring, while navigating dependencies and risks.