Release Train Engineer

Questrade Financial Group (QFG) of Companies is committed to helping our customers become much more financially successful and secure.
We are everything a traditional financial institution is not. At QFG, you will be constantly moving forward, bringing the future of fintech into existence. You will be a part of a collaborative team that cares deeply about our mission and each other. Your team members will help you conquer challenges, push boundaries and discover what you are truly capable of.
This is a place where you can explore, discover and learn with continuous growth. As a diverse and inclusive place to work, there are flexible working arrangements so you can unleash your creativity and curiosity with no limits. If you share the same sense of infinite possibility, come shape your future at Questrade.
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Flexiti is a member of the Questrade Group of Companies (QFG), which currently includes Questrade Inc., QuestEnterprise, Questrade Wealth Management Inc., CTC, Thinknsure Ltd., and Zolo Ventures Ltd.
Welcome to Flexiti, where affordability meets growth
We're Canada's top fintech lender, growing fast to make the life of Canadians more affordable. Our flexible financing options help boost sales for our retail partners. Our team of passionate individuals from around the world, believe in enjoying the journey and sparking creativity. If you want to be part of a community where your ideas matter, join us at Flexiti and let's make waves together
The perk
- Competitive base pay, SAC, and bonus plan within a competitive framework.
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision benefits from the start date, including virtual healthcare.
- Time away including vacation time, wellness days, volunteer day, and additional days off.
- Virtual and collaborative work environment - we provide the equipment
- Fitness and internet allowance, and English classes.
- Home office credit, referral program, a new, vibrant office, and more

We are looking for our next Release Train Engineer. Could It Be You?
Your goal is to provide servant leadership and coaching to Questrade’s Customer Journeys (Journey). You will be responsible for facilitating the Journey and Mission specific events and processes, coaching and assisting the Agile squads, delivering value on a continuous basis and during each quarter (PI). You will work alongside varying levels of Leadership including but not limited to Technology, Journey Office, Agile squads, Technology Chapters, Product Management, Scrum Masters and Enabling functions (Legal, Risk etc.) in order to deliver on our core values of customer centric delivery and continuous improvement. You will also help identifying cross functional dependencies, escalating impediments and managing risk inside and across the customer Journeys.. You have solid working experience in Lean and Scaled Agile methodologies. You deeply understand the opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large development for our customer Journey. In addition, you will partner with Portfolio Enablement Leads to understand and support large Strategic Enterprise deliverables for internal partners and enable rapid growth in our technology squad.
What’s it like working as a Release Train Engineer?
This specialist role drives and optimizes Agile practices and provides support and guidance to the Journey to ensure it is delivering against the planned and committed OKRs. It is vital that each squad collaborates well and understands our Agile mission so your role is critical to the success of each individual squad and collectively as the Journey. A key element of the role is to ensure Inspect and Adapt events are implemented across the organization so there is continuous improvement.
The Release Train Engineer RTE is in overall end-to-end charge of leading and facilitating PI planning processes and events. This includes:

- Accountability for promoting and embracing the Agile Mindset through teaching and coaching
- Facilitating conversations around OKRs and helping the Journey Leadership evolve a vision supported by aspirational OKRs
- Identifying, tracking and monitoring squad dependencies
- Communicating squad health
- Raising issues and concerns to leadership
- Coaching and training on best practices
- Sharing agile concepts between squads and bridging the gap between squads, stakeholders and leadership
- Enhancing the overall synergies between all squads, Missions and Journeys

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- Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, Backlogs and through Pre-PI and Post-PI Planning events
- Facilitate the PI planning event
- Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Journey using various tools
- Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)
- Assist in scaling the Journey as a result of headcount growth and the introduct