Remote Release Train Engineer for AI-Driven Delivery

Eliassen Group; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with match

Life and disability insurance

Sick time as required by law

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer to lead cross-functional teams and optimize program flow for AI-enabled products. The role emphasizes Kanban adoption, blocking risk resolution, and close collaboration with Product and Technical Leads. 100% remote with East Coast hours alignment.

You will coach teams, facilitate planning and demos, and ensure delivery commitments are met while adapting practices for smaller teams and varied stakeholders.

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 across business, product, technology, vendors, and risk or controls.
• Nice to have: SAFe RTE, Kanban, or coaching certifications in financial services or regulated industries.

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

Kanban

Lean flow

Coaching

Facilitation

Cross-functional leadership

SAFe RTE

AI readiness

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Release Train Engineer to lead cross-functional teams and optimize program flow for AI-enabled products. The role emphasizes Kanban adoption, blocking risk resolution, and close collaboration with Product and Technical Leads. 100% remote with East Coast hours alignment.

You will coach teams, facilitate planning and demos, and ensure delivery commitments are met while adapting practices for smaller teams and varied stakeholders.