Release Train Engineer

About The Role

Team V1 Technology Engineering - Platform Engineering

Working Pattern -

Hybrid 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or London Office. Full time hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Highly experienced SAFe Leadership
• Proven Agile Coaching Capability
• Strong Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management

What this role is all about:

Were looking for an inspiring Release Train Engineer who combines deep expertise in scaled agile practices with a passion for developing people and driving relentless improvement. In this role, youll lead Product Delivery Stream (PDS) scaled agile events, coach leaders and teams on SAFe agile ways of working and optimise the flow of value to customers. Youll play a key role in enabling the LACE (Lean-Agile Centre of Excellence) transformation roadmap ensuring improvements are effectively cascaded to your PDS and teams.

Key Actions

• Facilitate PI Planning - Organise and lead PI Planning events, ensuring teams and stakeholders are aligned on objectives, priorities and dependencies for the upcoming planning interval
• Support PI Execution - Monitor progress against PI objectives, help resolve Product Delivery Stream impediments, support risk management and stakeholder engagement, and facilitate key scaled agile events including PDS Syncs and System Demos
• Coach the Product Delivery Stream - Lead and mentor Scrum Masters while coaching leaders and teams, fostering collaboration, capability development and agile maturity across the PDS
• Optimise Delivery Flow - Drive improvements in the flow of value across the PDS by removing bottlenecks, limiting work in progress and streamlining processes to maximise delivery outcomes
• Drive Continuous Improvement - Foster a culture of learning and improvement through Inspect and Adapt sessions, encouraging experimentation and the adoption of more effective ways of working
• Support Agile Transformation - Contribute to the agile transformation roadmap by embedding new practices, cascading changes across the PDS and providing feedback to support successful implementation and ongoing improvement

What do you need to thrive?

• SAFe RTE and Leading SAFe accreditation
• 2\+ years' experience as a Release Train Engineer within a software delivery environment
• Experience working with Scrum and scaled agile frameworks (SAFe)
• Proven people leadership and coaching experience
• Experience facilitating PI Planning and other scaled agile events
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience driving continuous improvement and agile transformation initiatives

So, whats in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page.

Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successfulin your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, w

e will:

• Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and

reward

you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits

• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company

Were incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created recently being named one of

Glassdoors Best Places to Work 2026

, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded

Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

Weve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. Were successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1\.7\+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if were the right fit for you? We cant wait.

Diversity \& Inclusion

At Vitality, were committed to diversity and inclusion because its good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitalitys approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.

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