Citi · 16 hours ago
Release Train Engineer - Vice President
Tampa, FL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$114K/yr - $171K/yr
7+ years expCiti is a leading global bank that provides financial services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. The Release Train Engineer will act as a servant leader and Agile coach, ensuring high-quality delivery as part of the Agile Release Train while fostering Agile practices across teams.
FinanceBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Develop deep product expertise, becoming an SME on program‑level Epics, scope, dependencies, risks, and sequencing
Drives PI Readiness by ensuring Features/Epics are well‑defined, prioritized, decomposed, dependency‑mapped, and reviewed with PMs, POs, and Tech Leads well ahead of PI Planning
Maintains a holistic dependency map across teams, coordinating mitigation strategies, sequencing, and cross‑team communication
Lead readiness checkpoints to ensure architectural runway, backlog health, risk visibility, and stakeholder alignment prior to PI Planning
Ensure smooth PI execution by enabling impediment removal, reinforcing flow, and maintaining alignment with Product and Engineering leaders
Build strong, trust‑based relationships with Business Owners, Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Tech Leads, and Scrum Masters
Facilitate program‑level ceremonies including PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect & Adapt, and System Demos
Support consistent delivery by reinforcing practices that drive predictability, built‑in quality, and operational excellence
Maintain and leverage program metrics (predictability, flow, quality, risks, dependencies) to identify improvement opportunities across the ART
Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing value delivery to customers
Ensure risk and compliance goals are met through enablement of high code quality, robust backlogs, and reduction of technical debt
Enable the removal of or escalate impediments to the Scrum Teams or ART progress
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated ability to become a product SME with deep understanding of Epics, value streams, data flows, systems, and program dependencies
7+ years working in an Agile environment with deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Scaling Agile and Lean Agile Frameworks
5+ years working in an Agile environment as a SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), Scrum @ Scale Scrum of Scrums Master (SoSM), or similar roles from other scaling frameworks
Expert knowledge in Jira and Zephyr Enterprise with ability to create dashboards, team boards, and Planview
Expert in facilitation, problem solving and influencing outcomes
Expert knowledge of best practices in value driven development (requirements management, prototyping, hypothesis driven development, usability testing)
Strong knowledge of technical engineering best practices including test driven development, continuous integration, DevOps
Demonstrated knowledge of common practices to manage risk from risk identification through mitigation and monitoring
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Preferred
SAFe RTE, Scrum Master and Agile Certifications are preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
Life, accident, and disability insurance
Wellness programs
Paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays
Company
Citi
Citi's mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.
10001+ employees
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Managing Director / Global Head of Asset Servicing
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