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Cox Automotive

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Tustin, CA

$121K - $203K/yr

The Senior RTE must creatively resolve and escalate a wide range of impediments, manage risk ... in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title. * Strong technical aptitude and experience ...

Cox Automotive

Sr. Release Train Engineer

La Palma, CA

$121K - $203K/yr

The Senior RTE must creatively resolve and escalate a wide range of impediments, manage risk ... in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title. * Strong technical aptitude and experience ...

Cox Automotive

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Orange, CA

$121K - $203K/yr

The Senior RTE must creatively resolve and escalate a wide range of impediments, manage risk ... in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title. * Strong technical aptitude and experience ...

Cox Automotive

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Anaheim, CA

$121K - $203K/yr

The Senior RTE must creatively resolve and escalate a wide range of impediments, manage risk ... in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title. * Strong technical aptitude and experience ...

Cox Automotive

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Cypress, CA

$121K - $203K/yr

The Senior RTE must creatively resolve and escalate a wide range of impediments, manage risk ... in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title. * Strong technical aptitude and experience ...

Cox Automotive

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Irvine, CA

$121K - $203K/yr

The Senior RTE must creatively resolve and escalate a wide range of impediments, manage risk ... in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title. * Strong technical aptitude and experience ...

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What is a Scrum Master RTE?

A Scrum Master RTE (Release Train Engineer) is a leadership role within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) that focuses on facilitating Agile Release Trains (ARTs), which are teams of Agile teams collaborating to deliver complex solutions. While the Scrum Master typically supports a single Scrum team, the RTE coordinates across multiple teams, helping to remove impediments, facilitate program-level events, and ensure alignment with business goals. The RTE acts as a servant leader, coach, and facilitator, promoting Agile principles and continuous improvement across the program. They work closely with Product Management, Solution Architects, and other stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and value realization.

What is the difference between Scrum Master Rte vs Scrum Master?

AspectScrum Master RteScrum Master
CertificationsScrum Master Certification, RTE Certification (optional)Scrum Master Certification
Work EnvironmentAgile teams, SAFe frameworks, multiple teamsAgile teams, various frameworks
Industry UsageCommon in organizations adopting SAFeWidespread across industries
Primary FocusProgram-level coordination, scaling agileTeam-level facilitation, process coaching

The Scrum Master Rte typically focuses on coordinating multiple teams within a SAFe environment, requiring additional program-level skills. The Scrum Master primarily supports individual teams. While both roles require Scrum Master certifications, the Rte often needs knowledge of scaled agile frameworks. Organizations adopting SAFe frequently search for Rte roles, making the comparison relevant for those exploring agile scaling versus team facilitation.

How does a Scrum Master RTE balance facilitating multiple Agile teams while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives?

A Scrum Master RTE (Release Train Engineer) plays a crucial role in coordinating several Agile teams working together on a shared product or solution. Balancing facilitation involves organizing and leading PI (Program Increment) planning, ensuring teams are removing impediments, and fostering collaboration across teams and stakeholders. The RTE also tracks progress toward organizational goals, aligns teams with the overall vision, and helps resolve dependencies or risks that might impact delivery. This requires excellent communication, diplomacy, and a deep understanding of Agile principles to ensure smooth delivery and ongoing improvement.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Scrum Master RTE, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Scrum Master RTE (Release Train Engineer), you need a deep understanding of Agile and SAFe methodologies, experience facilitating Scrum events, and often a SAFe RTE certification. Familiarity with Agile project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and other collaboration platforms is typically required. Exceptional communication, servant leadership, conflict resolution, and organizational skills help you guide teams and foster continuous improvement. These competencies are crucial for coordinating complex Agile teams, ensuring timely delivery, and enabling alignment across large-scale development initiatives.
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Sr. Release Train Engineer

Sr. Release Train Engineer

Cox Automotive

Huntington Beach, CA

$121K - $203K/yr

Full-time

PTO

Posted 18 days ago

Cox Automotive rating

7.8

Company rating: 7.8 out of 10

Based on 134 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

90th of 138 rated financial services

Job description

Cox Automotive is looking for a talented Senior Release Train Engineer to join their team. The Senior Release Train Engineer (RTE) is an outcomes-driven problem solver, whose primary purpose is to lead large and complex Agile Release Trains (ART) to success by navigating the complexity of delivering software solutions consistently across large and distinct environments.
The Senior RTE must creatively resolve and escalate a wide range of impediments, manage risk, assure value delivery, and drive program level continuous improvement. They play a critical link between multiple scrum teams; facilitating communications, opening the flow of information, and sharing important progress updates to ensure all teams involved in the ART are focused on successful delivery. The Senior RTE is accountable for the overall coordination, execution and delivery of value through the program while ensuring alignment with company strategy, commitments and goals.
Primary duties and Responsibilities
  • Oversees release trains (grouping of agile teams) that are of strategic importance to our business, and that have complex scope and inter-dependencies.
  • Has responsibility for facilitating ceremonies and work management for both the Release Train Team, as well as a subset or all of the delivery teams associated with that Release Train.
  • Facilitates the coordinated preparation of release planning for the release train and delivery teams, including communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
  • Actively manages the backlog, as well as ALM tool data integrity for accurate reporting. This includes the collection of metrics and KPI's.
  • Actively manages the backlog, as well as ALM tool data integrity for accurate reporting. This includes the collection of metrics and KPI's.
  • Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams, release trains, or solution groups are involved in development.
  • Resolve/report a wide range of issues and manage dependencies and risks across the ART, between ART's, as well as across delivery teams.
  • Leverages agile delivery metrics and regular Agile ceremonies to identify and drive continuous improvement, in order to maximize organizational performance and execution against the backlog.
  • Regularly participates in the RTE and SM Community of Practice helping the organization to maintain alignment, learn new techniques, and improve technical and quality practices.
  • Work with RTE and SM community to determine ways to help ARTs across the company improve cross train and solution group coordination and collaboration.
  • Applies Agile principles and methodology solutions with a pragmatic, stakeholder-management approach.

WHO YOU ARE
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years' experience in a related field.
  • 4+ years' experience in a Release Train Engineer role; or 5+ years' experience in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title.
  • Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software.
  • Experience using ALM tools preferred; Rally or Targetprocess experience is a plus.
  • Position requires minimum 2 days / wk in-office; candidates must live in metropolitan area of job location.

Preferred
  • Experience leveraging and interpreting agile metrics.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate large planning and solutioning sessions.
  • Understanding of Agile at scale philosophies & methodologies.
  • Experience with Organizational Change Management practices.
  • Experience working in an Agile organization using Scrum, XP, Kanban, or Agile at scale practices.

USD 121,800.00 - 203,000.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $121,800.00 - $203,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
EOE, including disability/vets

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At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today! Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today! Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page . Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship. Statement to ALL Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations: Cox accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility. Cox is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.

Industry

Automobile dealers and technology, communication and media

Company size

5,001 - 10,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Atlanta, GA, US

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