Release Train Engineer

Release Train Engineer

Location: Portland, Oregon (On-site)

Role Overview

An established organization is seeking a professional to provide Agile Release Train Engineer leadership for two global Driver Experience development trains. This position coordinates planning and execution across global product, development, and testing teams to improve cross-team alignment. The selected candidate will manage dependencies and risks, support effective use of available capacity, and maintain a consistent delivery cadence.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning and delivery activities across global development trains.

• Facilitate cross-team Agile ceremonies in collaboration with Scrum Masters, including planning, synchronization, demonstrations, and retrospectives.

• Utilize collaborative tools to maintain delivery plans, capacity views, dependencies, risks, actions, decisions, and status reporting.

• Identify and resolve cross-team dependencies, impediments, risks, and capacity constraints.

• Communicate progress, priorities, issues, and decisions clearly to global teams and stakeholders.

• Improve planning, delivery flow, transparency, and cross-team collaboration.

• Support adoption of defined Agile standards and methodologies.

• Maintain availability during required global collaboration hours.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, computer science, project management, or a related field of study.

• Experience: Five to seven years of experience in Agile delivery, project or program coordination, Scrum Master, or Release Train Engineer roles.

• Technical

Skills

• Strong working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, and collaborative documentation tools. Demonstrated knowledge of Agile planning, delivery, dependency management, risk management, and continuous improvement practices.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with distributed, cross-functional, and global teams.

• SAFe, Scrum, or professional project management certification.

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

• Everforth Apex benefits overview: medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans; employee stock purchase program; 401K with company match after 12 months; Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan; Employee Assistance Program with counseling sessions; corporate discount program; access to training resources, certification prep, and leadership courses; and other perks.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

• UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.

Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a Health Savings Account, an Employee Assistance Program with counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within a Welcome Packet.