Software Engineering manager

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Engineering Manager

Help shape how cities are designed
 

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to grow and develop talent across our organization in our AI-powered architecture design platform. You will spend roughly 70% of your time on product development and 30% on people leadership, managing career growth, removing blockers, and developing individual contributors. You will be working with a group of engineering managers, focusing on the health and growth of our people.

As an Engineering Manager you will be the people leader for a group of individual contributors who work on different product teams. You will combine hands-on technical judgment with thoughtful people leadership. You will mentor engineers in their growth, set quality and technical standards, and remove blockers so your engineers can do their best work. You will work alongside your people on systems that combine cloud architecture, performance-sensitive applications, and AI to support complex design and simulation workflows.

Your work will enable architects, planners, and developers to discover smarter, more sustainable solutions and gain meaningful insights into their projects.

About us

We are 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.

How we work

We work in a matrix organization with high degrees of trust and autonomy. We strongly believe in servant leadership and shared accountability. Engineering managers work as peers in a leadership team while managing individual contributors across product teams. Each engineer has both product-team relationships and a manager relationship. To learn more about our way of
working, read through our tech and product core beliefs.

Responsibilities

As an Engineering Manager, you will develop engineers across the organization while remaining a strong hands-on contributor. You will split your time between people leadership and product development.

People leadership

• Own career development and growth for your engineers. Understand each engineer's strengths, development areas, and aspirations
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, feedback cycles, and coaching conversations
• Participate in hiring and onboarding of engineers. Ensure smooth integration into the organization and their product teams
• Remove blockers and advocate for your engineers to ensure they have what they need to succeed
• Work with product leads and peer managers to support team health and development

Hans-On engineering

• Contribute by coding and being a member of the team
• Partner with your engineers on technical problems and decisions
• Model high standards for code quality, communication, and problem-solving
• Work through technical trade-offs alongside your engineers, contributing your own perspective as a peer contributor

Desired profile

• Combines strong technical judgment with genuine interest in growing people
• Operates with clarity in ambiguous situations and is comfortable handling competing priorities
• Recognized as a skilled engineer who writes and ships code regularly
• Brings others along through mentoring, enabling, and fostering growth
• Experience managing individual contributors across multiple contexts or product areas
• Collaborates effectively with peers, product leads, and across the organization
• Comfortable developing engineers who work in different teams and on different projects
• Motivated by our mission and focused on delivering meaningful impact at scale

Where you might see yourself

Your own hands-on engineering background likely looks like one of the following

• You get your energy from building the foundations other people rely on, pulling systems apart into simple, observable pieces, owning something in production long enough to feel responsible for it, and reaching for the boring, reliable option before building something new.
• You're drawn to problems where the math is the hard part, geometry, simulation, optimization, and you like taking a model from "this is the theory" to something that runs reliably on real inputs and matches what users expect to see.
• You start from the user and the problem, not the ticket. You are comfortable with a fuzzy brief and a blank repo, shipping fast to learn, and shaping what gets built as much as how it gets built.

What will help you suceed in this role

• Strong hands-on engineering background building cloud-based, user-facing systems
• Experience in an engineering manager, team lead, or similar people-leadership role
• Genuine interest in developing people and creating environments where they grow
• Comfort with matrix or dotted-line structures where you manage people who work across different teams
• Proven ability to balance hands-on technical contribution with people leadership
• Strong communication skills, especially in one-on-one coaching and feedback conversations
• Experience with Agentic AI

You might also bring

• Experience with TypeScript, serverless architectures and AWS
• Background in large-scale systems or platform development
• Experience working in cross-functional, international product teams
• Track record of mentoring and developing engineers into stronger contributors
• Experience with 3D graphics, WebGL/WebGPU, or real-time rendering in the browser
• Experience with computational geometry, spatial algorithms, or CAD/BIM data models

Why join us

• Develop engineers across the organization while staying technical. Roughly 70% of your time spent on hands-on product development
• Build and grow a talented group of engineers. See them succeed and advance in their careers
• Influence the organization through people leadership and technical mentorship
• Direct impact on real-world problems with measurable environmental impact
• Work with experienced engineers across the organization in a mission-driven culture
• Competitive compensation, pension, and benefits

We believe diverse teams build better products, and we are committed to creating a workplace where people can be themselves and do their best work. We encourage you to apply even if your experience does not match every requirement listed. Curiosity, empathy, and a growth mindset matter just as much to us.

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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