HeadofEngineering

**Job Requisition ID #** 26WD97000 **Help shape how cities are designed** We're looking for a **Head of Engineering** to lead engineering in the **Forma Design Tools** Product Area. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you'll own engineering operations and team effectiveness across the squads that build the connected, outcome-driven foundations powering every Forma product. As Head of Engineering for Forma Design Tools, you'll be accountable for ensuring teams deliver against ambitious commitments, operate efficiently, and keep a stable, reliable platform in the hands of both end users and the product teams building on top of it. You'll partner with Product, Design, and the Software Architect to turn strategy into shipped outcomes — without losing alignment or quality as we scale. This is a **player-coach role** : leadership with real technical engagement. You're not far from the code, and you're not far from the team. Your work will enable architects, planners, and developers to discover smarter, more sustainable solutions and gain meaningful insights into their projects — and will enable the teams building Forma's design applications to move faster by composing capabilities rather than rebuilding them. **About us** We're on a mission to help design better cities. With 90% of future population growth expected in urban areas—and construction responsible for around 40% of global CO₂ emissions—the AEC industry must evolve. Our cloud-based Autodesk Forma platform helps users evaluate design choices based on environmental impact, living quality (sun, daylight, noise), and project feasibility. We started as Spacemaker in Norway and became part of Autodesk in 2020. [Learn more about Autodesk Forma here.](https://www.autodesk.com/products/forma) **How we work** We work in small, empowered teams with a high degree of trust and ownership. We strongly believe in servant leadership and team accountability. In each team, software engineers work closely together with produc