Release Train Engineer

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Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader that provides guidance, facilitation, and coaching to the Agile Release Train using a Lean-Agile mindset. They facilitate ART-level processes and execution. They escalate impediments, mitigate risks, and help drive continuous improvement for the ART.
We're seeking an exceptionally talented Release Train Engineer with focus on the following:
What you'll do...

• Optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train.
• Prepare the Release Train for Program Increment (PI) planning, facilitate the event itself, and summarize team PI objectives into product PI objectives.
• Plan and facilitate other train-level events including Scrum of Scrums, demos, synchs, and Inspect & Adapt.
• Share an agile mindset with a focus on Lean Agile principles.
• Provide a safe space which promotes continuous improvement and learning.
• Contribute to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization including supporting guidance from the Product and Agile Center of Excellence.
• Work with Agile Coaches and other Scrum Masters to coordinate coaching plans across the Release Train to deliver quality products and business value, fostering high-performing teams.
• Understand meaningful metrics to track, how to interpret them, and how to accordingly adjust when indicated. Share the metrics with the product and portfolio in an understandable fashion.
• Serve the Scrum Master community as a primary escalation contact.
• Collaborate with other RTEs on risks, impediments, and dependencies across product teams and Agile Release Trains.
• Align and work together with Product Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Escalate and track impediments impacting the overall Release Train, guiding toward resolutions.
• Assist with managing risks and dependencies, addressing critical bottlenecks, and tracking the execution of features and capabilities.

At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
Hiring Minimum: $96471
Hiring Maximum: $164262
Skills/Requirements
What you'll need...

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5+ years of experience leading digital teams in a professional environment including:
• 3+ years of experience as a Release Train Engineer for an ART of 6+ teams.
• SAFe certification as an RTE highly preferred.
• Knowledge of the Lean-Agile mindset, using various methodologies, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum, Kanban, and XP.
• Ability to utilize agile metrics for improvement, visual flow of work, and to highlight risks to deliverables.
• Experience using Jira and Aha, or similar tools.
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and agile coaching skills.
• Ability to explain and communicate problems, issues, and improvement plans to various stakeholders.

**Candidates that live within in a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**
Awards & Accolades
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
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About Us
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 8 million clients and 19,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
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1Fortune 500, published June 2023, data as of December 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
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