# Release Train Engineer

**Company**: S&P Dow Jones Indices
**Location**: New York, NY
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $170,000 to $190,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Release Train Engineer to join our Technology Governance & Delivery Enablement team at S&P Dow Jones Indices. The successful candidate will lead planning and execution of Program Increments across one or more Agile Release Trains, ensuring alignment between business strategy, portfolio priorities, value stream goals, and measurable delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities:

- Lead PI Planning readiness by partnering with Product Management, Business Owners, and Technology leadership on vision, roadmap, backlog readiness, dependency identification, capacity planning, and pre- and post-PI planning activities.

- Facilitate core ART operating events, including PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt sessions.

- Partner with Product Management and Technology teams to support release-on-demand planning for prioritized epics and features.

- Coach and develop Scrum Masters and Flow Masters to build high-performing, self-organizing teams.

- Enable economic and data-driven decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation, applying Agile and flow metrics, and using AI-enabled insights.

- Serve as a trusted change agent and voice of reason across complex stakeholder groups.

- Drive continuous improvement through Inspect & Adapt outcomes, program-level metrics, and systemic improvements.

- Embed Responsible AI practices across value streams, ensuring adherence to governance standards.

- Use AI-enabled knowledge management practices to capture decisions, action items, delivery insights, and program knowledge.

Requirements:

- Minimum 7+ years of Agile delivery leadership experience, including significant Release Train Engineer experience.

- Proven expertise in SAFe framework, Agile Release Train execution, PI Planning, and cross-team dependency management.

- Demonstrated experience operating at Program and/or Portfolio levels, aligning execution to business strategy and measurable business outcomes.

- 3+ years of experience as a team-level or program-level Agile coach.

- Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and communication skills.

- Analytical mindset with experience leveraging Agile and flow metrics for data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.

- Experience with Agile project management, collaboration, reporting, and knowledge management tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.

- Financial services industry experience, particularly within complex enterprise technology environments.

- SAFe Release Train Engineer certification preferred.

- Prior experience as a Value Stream Engineer, Release Train Engineer, Agile Coach, or similar enterprise Agile leadership role.

- Deep knowledge of advanced Agile and engineering practices, including BDD, ATDD, TDD, CI/CD, automation, Kanban, DevSecOps, and continuous improvement practices.

- Experience applying AI-powered tools, predictive analytics, or automation to improve capacity planning, risk forecasting, and delivery optimization.

Compensation: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $170,000 to $190,000.

## Skills

### Required
- Agile
- SAFe
- Release Train Engineer
- Lean Portfolio Management
- Agile Release Train
- PI Planning
- ART Sync
- Scrum of Scrums
- System Demos
- Inspect & Adapt
- Agile coaching
- Agile metrics
- Flow metrics
- AI-enabled insights
- Project management
- Collaboration tools
- Knowledge management

### Nice to have
- BDD
- ATDD
- TDD
- CI/CD
- automation
- Kanban
- DevSecOps
- continuous improvement
- AI-powered tools
- predictive analytics

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