Release Train Engineer: Merchant Delivery (Cape Town)
APMC · Cape Town, Western Cape
Overview
A 12 month contract in Cape Town for an experienced Release Train Engineer to steer the Merchant Delivery Agile Release Train. You will help teams build reliable payment solutions for businesses, working with product, tech and market teams in a scaled agile setup. If you have a solid delivery track record and a SAFe mindset, this role is worth a look.
About the role
Join the Business Payments Agile Release Train in Cape Town, where the focus is on giving businesses more ways to accept payments across different channels. The company also runs a smartphone app for merchants and agents, with global payment features including international remittance and business tools.
As the Release Train Engineer, you will turn agreed product priorities into a clear delivery plan with milestones, dependencies, resource needs and release commitments. You will manage the full journey from discovery and planning through development, integration, testing, market readiness, launch and post launch stabilisation. Working within the scaled agile framework (SAFe), you will facilitate ART processes, handle impediments, manage risk and drive continuous improvement across teams.
This is a 12 month contract position in Cape Town. You will also help coach leaders, teams and Scrum Masters, and support the move to a Lean Agile operating model.
Application notes: No specific application instructions or documents are mentioned in the listing. Use the source link to find out how to apply.Requirements
- Degree level qualification in STEM or equivalent working experience
- At least 3 to 5 years experience as a Delivery Manager or Release Train Engineer
- At least 5 years Agile experience, including work with international suppliers and markets
- Proven track record of successful product delivery and cross functional work with business and IT
- Strong problem analysis and resolution skills for reactive and proactive environments
- Good understanding of local and global payment capabilities and technologies
- Certified Scrum Master qualification such as SAFe Scrum Master or equivalent
- Experience with mobile payments or financial payment services
- Experience delivering mobile applications, platform integrations and third party technology solutions
- Experience coordinating multiple delivery teams, external vendors and stakeholders across markets
- SAFe 6.0 Certified Release Train Engineer (desirable)
- ITIL Service Management qualification or experience (desirable)
- Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence (desirable)
- Experience designing and implementing Agile or DevOps processes in SAFe or other frameworks (desirable)
- Experience delivering SoftPOS, POS devices or hardware and software solutions (desirable)
- Experience with merchant platforms, business management tools, ERP or inventory integrations (desirable)
- Experience managing vendor delivery, contractual milestones and acceptance processes (desirable)
Responsibilities
- Build a collaborative delivery environment across product, technology, design, operations, market teams and vendors
- Translate product priorities into an integrated delivery plan with clear milestones, dependencies, resource requirements and release commitments
- Manage execution from discovery and planning through development, integration, testing, market readiness, launch and post launch stabilisation
- Facilitate ART processes within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Manage impediments, escalate where needed and manage risk to ensure value delivery
- Facilitate Planning Interval (PI) Planning readiness and events, and summarise team PI objectives into programme PI objectives
- Make dependencies and trade offs visible and secure decisions where scope, timelines, capacity or cost conflict
- Manage delivery within agreed tolerances and escalate changes requiring product, budget or governance approval
- Optimise the flow of value through the ART by evaluating DevSecOps practices and Release on Demand within the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
- Track feature delivery and support management of risks and dependencies
- Facilitate periodic synchronisation events including ART Sync meetings, System Demos and Inspect and Adapt workshops
- Coordinate pilots, phased deployments, go live decisions and post launch stabilisation
- Provide concise executive reporting on progress, forecast dates, risks, recovery actions and required decisions
- Support Lean Agile transformation and coach leaders, teams and Scrum Masters
- Foster Communities of Practice and adoption of Built In Quality practices
- Collaborate with Lean Portfolio Management, Product Management and System Architects to align with outcomes
- Manage resources and recruitment associated with the ART, including third party resources
- Provide regular reporting and analysis to support decision making and continuous improvement
Job details
- Organisation
- APMC
- Location
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Job type
- Contract
- Experience level
- Senior (5+ years)
- Education
- Bachelor
- Category
- IT & Software Development
- Application Method
- Apply online
Success Guide
This is a great role if you have solid experience running Agile Release Trains and want to work on payment solutions that help businesses grow. Your application should highlight your hands on experience with SAFe, your ability to coordinate multiple teams and vendors, and any work you have done in payments or mobile app delivery. Be ready to talk about how you have handled dependencies, risks and go live decisions in past projects. Since this is a 12 month contract, show that you can hit the ground running and deliver value quickly. Good luck!
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