Release Train Engineer in Munich
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Kristina Suchan
Last position:
Agile Transformation Coach – SAP Program (Freelance) at Sherpa X Digital Transformation SAP at Siemens
- Agile Transformation Coach within an SAP-driven End-to-End Lead-to-Cash program, supporting leadership and management teams in implementing and evolving the Sherpa Way of Working, strengthening Agile practices, role definitions and responsibility clarity (RACI), and delivery effectiveness
- Member of the leadership core team for the Way of Working, shaping and evolving agile operating models, challenging existing practices, and driving pragmatic, system-level improvements
- Conceptualized a Polarion-based Scrum Master dashboard as a single, role-based entry point for sprint status, dependencies, risks, and governance artefacts, reducing reporting overhead and improving transparency
- Provided targeted 1:1 coaching to the Master Scrum Master and Scrum Masters, strengthening leadership capability, role effectiveness, and support for team-specific challenges, including the redesign of Scrum Master syncs and collaboration formats
- Worked with teams and leadership on End-to-End Lead-to-Cash process analysis and documentation in SAP Signavio, supporting alignment, transparency, and a shared understanding of process expectations across teams
Dorin Lupu
Last position:
Release Train Engineer, Program Lead & Transformation Consultant - Freelancer at Telefónica Germany
- Transformation Consultant, Release Train Engineer and Program Lead – responsible for the new Way of Working in the Open Gateway Program; optimizing the flow of value by ensuring the ART events and artifacts function correctly, including the Open Gateway Release Train Kanban, Inspect & Adapt (I&A) workshop, ART Sync Meetings, and PI Planning to ensure stakeholder alignment;
- Coaching and guiding the Product Owners, Business Owners, Product Management, Program Managers, Leaders, Tribe Architect
- Coaching the OGW Core Team (cross functional) within the OGW Program and developing optimization measures in their transformation process;
- Facilitating and working actively towards the creation of the Definition of Ready (DoR) and the product Definition of Done (DoD);
- Introducing knowledge sharing workshops and grow the agile engineering practices;
- Hold Team lift-off workshops;
- Help the group to become a team by providing system team coaching and multifunctional learning;
- Facilitate, decision making, feedback loops for learning new skills and practices
Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Miro
Ferhat Göçer
Last position:
Team Coach & Release Train Engineer at Bank
André Ullmann
Last position:
RTE / Agile Coach / Full SAFe Consultant at Siemens Energy
- RTE/Agile Coach for the SAFe 6 (Scaled Agile Framework) rollout
- Building and establishing a LACE (Lean-Agile Center of Excellence) for several ARTs
- Using the tools: Azure DevOps with SCALE, Loop, MS Whiteboard
- Building the ART with 7 teams
- Training Product Owners, e.g. through SAFe POPM training and LearnSnacks
- Running the initial PI Planning as a Kickoff Planning Event
- Introducing a demand process
Marius Huianu
Last position:
Senior Project Manager / SAFe Solution & Release Train Engineer (Lead Scrum Master) at Telefonica O2
- Led the largest agile project at Telefonica O2 (€21+ million, 11 Scrum & system teams in Germany and India, 80+ developers, 3 vendors) using SAFe, Scrum and Kanban. A showcase project at Telefonica for agile scaling.
- Scaled agile processes to a large project using SAFe.
- Delivered the project at half the cost and time compared to similar projects.
- Test management / coordination of system testing.
- Coached teams (SAFe & Scrum).
- Rollout planning/management.
Thomas Kuhne
Last position:
Senior Scrum Master/Co-RTE at Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Energy & Infrastructure Management)
- Activity within a Large Solution
- Coordination of 2 development teams (backend) + System Team + DevOps
- Value Stream Workshops
- Leading the Community of Practice for Scrum Masters
- Onboarding and training of junior Scrum Masters
- Leading Inspect & Adapt workshops
- Assessing and improving ART agility
- Release management
- Teaching SAFe classes as a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Agile coaching for Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, SAFe DevOps
- Vision & Purpose Workshops
- Handling OKRs, personal development & growth, Liberating Structures
- Certified SAFe 5 Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Certified SAFe 5 Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM)
- Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant Agile Coach (SPC)
- Certified SAFe 5 Agile Product Manager (APM)
- Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/PM (POPM)
- Certified SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
- Certified SAFe 5 DevOps Practitioner (SDP)
- Certified SAFe 5 Practitioner (SP)
- Professional Scrum Master II (Scrum.org)
- Professional Agile Leadership I
- Scrum Master XU Group (training startup) (Scrum.org)
- Professional Scrum Product Owner I (Scrum.org)
- Project Management Professional (PMP at PMI)
- Team Kanban Practitioner (Kanban University)
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Release Train Engineers statistics
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Experience
16 years
Position duration
2.5 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Telecommunication, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
60%
Certifications per freelancer
15
Most common languages
German, English, Romanian
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 6 Sep 2026.
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Average rates for Release Train Engineers in Munich
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Release Train Engineers experts industry focus
See where the role earns the most, city by city against the national average — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (83%)
- Telecommunication (67%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Aerospace and Defense (33%)
- Education (33%)
- Energy (33%)
- Banking and Finance (33%)
- Insurance (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the role
Driving Scaled Agile in Munich
Large enterprises in Munich, particularly within the automotive, manufacturing, and financial sectors, increasingly rely on the Scaled Agile Framework to manage complex product development. A freelance Release Train Engineer acts as the chief scrum master for the Agile Release Train. They steer the alignment of multiple agile teams, manage risks, and ensure continuous value delivery across the entire program level.
Core Deliverables and Responsibilities
- Facilitating Program Increment planning sessions and establishing the annual calendar.
- Optimizing the flow of value through the Agile Release Train using Kanban and metrics.
- Managing program-level risks, resolving critical bottlenecks, and escalating impediments.
- Coaching teams, product owners, and stakeholders in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
- Coordinating with System Architects, Product Management, and Business Owners.
Key Skills and Technical Expertise
Successful professionals in this role combine deep organizational coaching skills with a structured systemic mindset. They are experts in agile frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban. On the tool side, they leverage project management and collaboration platforms like Jira Align, Confluence, Miro, and MS Azure DevOps to maintain transparency across distributed and local teams. Fluent German and English are standard requirements in the Munich corporate ecosystem to manage diverse stakeholder groups.
Why Hire a Freelance Expert
Companies often bring in external experts when launching a new Agile Release Train or during intense transformation phases. An external specialist brings objective, cross-industry experience from other scaled environments without being entangled in internal company politics. They set up the governance structure, coach the internal teams, and establish sustainable habits, allowing internal employees to transition smoothly into permanent program roles later on.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Release Train Engineers? Start with the answers below.
A Release Train Engineer acts as a high-level facilitator and coach for an entire Agile Release Train, which typically consists of several agile teams. They do not manage people directly but focus on optimizing the flow of value, facilitating program-level events, and removing systemic blockers. Their main goal is to ensure that all teams are aligned and delivering software or products in a predictable, high-quality manner.
While a Scrum Master operates at the team level to coach developers and optimize team processes, the RTE operates at the program level. They coordinate multiple Scrum Masters, manage program-level dependencies, and interface with business stakeholders and product management. You can think of them as a Scrum Master of Scrum Masters, focusing on the entire train rather than individual carriages.
A qualified Agile Program Manager serving in this role should ideally hold the certified SAFe Release Train Engineer credential. Other valuable certifications include SAFe Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Professional, or PMI-ACP. When hiring, look for professionals who also have practical, hands-on experience driving real-world transformations beyond just holding the theoretical certificates.
In the Munich business landscape, PI Planning often requires a hybrid approach. A freelance Release Train Engineer design sessions that accommodate both local team members on-site and remote teams abroad. They prepare the event weeks in advance, aligning product management on the features and securing commitment from business owners to ensure a smooth, collaborative two-day planning event.
A freelance RTE brings an objective external perspective, free from internal corporate politics, which is highly beneficial during agile transformations. They have typically seen how various other organizations handle scaled agile, allowing them to implement best practices rapidly. They can set up the structures and train internal staff to take over once the train is running stably.
These Agile Release Train Facilitators rely heavily on enterprise agile planning tools such as Jira Align, Targetprocess, or Azure DevOps to track progress and visualize dependencies. For collaboration, especially during planning sessions, they utilize virtual whiteboards like Miro or Mural. They must be skilled at keeping these systems updated to provide real-time transparency to stakeholders.
While some parts of the role can be done remotely, a freelance Release Train Engineer in Munich is most effective when they can work in a hybrid model. Key events like PI Planning, critical alignment meetings, and initial coaching sessions benefit immensely from physical, on-site presence. Regular synchronization can then be managed efficiently through remote collaboration tools.
A top-tier RTE is evaluated by their communication clarity, systemic thinking, and past transformation track record. Ask candidates how they resolved major delivery blockers in past projects or how they handled resistance from traditional managers during a SAFe transition. Strong candidates will focus on metrics like predictability, cycle time, and team happiness rather than just process adherence.
The average hourly rate for Release Train Engineers in Munich is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 866 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Release Train Engineers in Munich, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 60% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers working as Release Train Engineers in Munich have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Release Train Engineers in Munich are German (100%), English (100%), and Romanian (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Release Train Engineers in Munich are Information Technology (83%), Telecommunication (67%), and Automotive (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Release Train Engineers in Munich are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Project Management (100%).
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