Jobs via Dice · 1 month ago
Agile / DevOps Coach
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$154K/yr - $278K/yr
15+ years expJobs via Dice is seeking an experienced Agile / DevOps Coach to help software engineering teams achieve excellence in process, tools, and skills. This role focuses on improving flow, delivery reliability, and engineering effectiveness through modern Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Improve Flow & Delivery Outcomes
Identify and remove constraints across the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle (idea to production)
Apply Lean principles to improve flow, including reducing batch sizes, limiting work in progress, and accelerating feedback loops
Help teams establish a reliable path to production with small, frequent changes and fast recovery from failure
Improve delivery performance across lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and time to restore service
Coach Teams on Modern Engineering Practices
Coach teams on practical Agile and DevOps engineering practices that enable continuous delivery (CI, automated testing, trunk-based development, deployment automation, observability)
Reinforce engineering discipline over process compliance
Facilitate working sessions such as flow reviews, value stream mapping, and retrospectives focused on systemic improvement
Help teams build confidence in their ability to release software at any time
Enable Sustainable Continuous Delivery
Support teams in decoupling deployment from release through feature flags, progressive delivery, and rollback strategies
Promote architectures and practices that reduce coupling, risk, and coordination overhead
Partner with platform, security, and operations teams to embed quality, security, and reliability into the delivery pipeline
Improve developer experience by reducing friction, manual steps, and hidden queues
Influence Leaders and the System
Coach leaders to shift from project-centric delivery to product and flow-oriented thinking
Introduce metrics that reflect real delivery health and flow efficiency, and help leaders use them as learning tools rather than performance weapons
Help evolve governance and planning practices to support fast feedback and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
Master's and 15+ years experience
Experience working with software engineering teams in Agile, Lean, or DevOps environments
Proven experience improving software delivery performance, not just Agile process adoption
Deep understanding of flow-based delivery, Lean systems thinking, and continuous delivery principles
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, modern DevOps tooling, and cloud-native delivery practices
Ability to influence engineers, product leaders, and executives with credibility and empathy
Preferred
Background as a software engineer, platform engineer, or SRE
Experience coaching teams toward high-performing delivery metrics (e.g., frequent releases, low failure rates, fast recovery)
Familiarity with research on high-performing technology organizations and modern platform engineering models
Experience working in complex or regulated environments
Past or current Agile certifications like SAFe, ScrumMaster or similar
Company
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