Head of Engineering – Forma Design Apps

Autodesk · Norway - Oslo

onsitefull-time10+ years

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Job Requisition ID # 26WD96999 Position Overview Oslo: Hybrid Are you an engineering leader who is passionate about developing people, building great products, and using technology to solve meaningful real-world problems? Join Autodesk Forma and help shape the next generation of cloud-based design applications for architects, planners, and developers. As Head of Engineering – Forma Design Apps , you'll lead the engineering organization behind the customer-facing experiences where our users explore possibilities, develop designs, analyze their impact, and make decisions about future buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. This is a leadership role with real influence and autonomy . You'll coach and empower Engineering Managers, strengthen how teams work together, and help create an environment where talented people can grow, take ownership, and do their best work. You'll also stay connected to technology, bringing engineering experience and judgment to engage with teams, understanding complex challenges, and helping them make thoughtful decisions. At Autodesk Forma, we work in small, empowered teams where engineers, designers, and product managers share ownership of customer outcomes. We value curiosity, collaboration, experimentation, and learning from our users. You'll join an international environment where different perspectives are valued and where you can influence how we work as Forma continues to evolve. Our mission is ambitious: help design better cities . Forma helps architects, planners, and developers explore smarter and more sustainable solutions early in the design process — when decisions can have the greatest impact on the people who will live and work in the places they create. If you're excited by the opportunity to grow people, influence technology, and build products with meaningful impact , we'd love to hear from you. Responsibilities Lead and Grow the Engineering Organization Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers, helping them build healthy, empowered, high-performing teams Shape the engineering organization as we grow, including team structure, staffing, hiring, and allocation of talent across squads Build an environment of trust, ownership, continuous learning, and strong engineering leadership Identify capability needs and turn them into hiring, development, or organizational actions Drive Product & Engineering Excellence Lead engineering delivery across multiple squads building customer-facing Forma design applications Partner closely with Product and Design to turn product strategy and customer needs into shipped outcomes Enable teams to experiment, learn from users, and move quickly while making thoughtful trade-offs between speed, quality, and long-term sustainability Strengthen engineering practices across reliability, performance, scalability, observability, security, and developer experience Stay Close to the Technology Partner with the Software Architect and Tech Leads on technical direction, risks, and cross-team dependencies Bring the technical depth to engage meaningfully in engineering discussions, ask the right questions, and help teams navigate complex decisions Ensure technical debt and long-term system health are deliberately balanced with product delivery Encourage thoughtful adoption of emerging technologies, including AI, across our products and engineering practices Lead Across Forma & Autodesk Strengthen collaboration across Engineering, Product, and Design Partner with Forma Design Tools and other Autodesk teams on shared capabilities and integrations Help teams maintain speed, experimentation, and ownership as Forma continues to grow within Autodesk Minimum Qualifications 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5 + years of previous hands-on experience as a software developer Engineering leadership experience across multiple teams, including experience managing and developing Engineering Managers or senior engineering leaders Track record of building