Release Train Engineer

Ikano Bank’s Digital organization is on an exciting transformation journey to advance our mindsets, ways of working and solutions. Our vision is to establish user friendly digital capabilities for the many people by unlocking the full potential of our co-workers, partners. As our Release Train Engineer you will be in the centre of that effort and lead the organization towards the vision!

You will be part of Ikano Bank, where we create possibilities for a better living by providing banking and financial services. We do it with different perspectives, natural curiosity and long-term focus. A unique chance for greater responsibility and future opportunities. Let’s achieve great things together.


Let’s make a difference in finance for the many people



The RTE’s major responsibilities are to facilitate the Agile Release Train (ART) events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value. The RTE will have a solid grasp of how to scale Lean and Agile practices and understand the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large development program.

The RTE operates across the full spectrum of stakeholders including individuals in the ART, DevOps teams, Product Managers and Business Owners, Agile leaders and Senior Management.

An ART can range from 25-125+ team members accommodating the Agile Product Development of one or more products or value streams

You will join the Digital Delivery organization that currently has one ART setup, consisting of five tribes, with approximately 19 squads totally. We are in ramp-up phase and soon we will have more than one ART and additional squads.

Your team colleagues in the Delivery chapter will be Scrum Masters, RTEs, Tribe leads, Project managers, Agile coaches, spread across Europe. You will be interacting closely with other team members from our chapters such as architecture, requirement & products and automation & processes.

What you will do

• Listening and supporting teams in problem identification and decision-making
• Creating an environment of mutual influence
• Understanding and empathizing with others
• Encouraging and supporting the development of each individual and the development of teams
• Coaching people with powerful questions rather than using authority
• Thinking beyond day-to-day activities; apply systems thinking
• Supporting the teams’ commitments
• Being open and appreciating openness in others

We offer you

Operating at the center of events, you will have an active role in various decision forums, represent us to external partners and create a great foundation for further development. This position is more than what meets the eye. You will get the chance to push boundaries and influence your daily work. All as part of a caring and open culture where we live our values, work hard, have fun and operate with a long-term perspective. Because here opportunities arise and growth follows.

Are you the one for Ikano?

• Are you an experienced Release Train Engineer and preferably SAFe RTE certified?
• Do you have theoretical and practical knowledge of Agile Product Development and IT technologies and practices?
• Are you comfortable communicating with a variety of stakeholders?
• Are you passionate about thinking tactically and strategically?
• Do you have excellent facilitation and leadership skills?
• Are you able to see and think at “big picture” objectives whilst maintaining a close attention to detail?
• Do you have outstanding written and verbal communications skills?
• Have you experience in managing projects and programs across multiple geographical regions?
• Do you thrive in a team-oriented environment, encouraging and influencing staff, colleagues and superiors?

We want our customers, partners and co-workers to choose us for what we stand for, what we deliver and how we deliver it. Three basic values guide our work: common sense and simplicity, working together, and daring to be different. These values should feel natural to you.

Join us now – together we will find a better way

This position is a full-time employment. More information about the position can be provided by Marit Eriksson, marit.eriksson@ikano.se

We look forward to receiving your application with a CV and cover letter until 31st of August 2021. We continuously evaluate candidates and therefore might close the position before the given deadline. Please note that we are unable to accept applications via email.

About us

Ikano Bank offers simple and attractive savings and loan products for consumers, sales support services for retailers, and leasing and factoring solutions for corporate customers. Ikano Bank has a presence in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK, Poland, Germany and Austria. Ikano Bank is part of Ikano Group, who is an international group of companies operating in the areas of banking, insurance, residential and retail. At Ikano, our vision is to create possibilities for better living. We do this by working together to create simple and meaningful solutions based on fair terms that bring value to our customers. Ikano Group was established in 1988 and is owned by the Kamprad family. Find out more about us on www.ikanogroup.com