Live on 2026-10-08: the four engineering courses are listed as on-demand for members; the Fall 2026 live cohort lineup shown on the courses page is AI and product courses, not engineering. source
Reforge is a $1,995-a-year membership whose engineering courses (Engineering Leadership, Technical Strategy, Mastering Product Delivery) are mostly consumed on demand, with one live course per season if your pick happens to be running. It suits a new or soon-to-be manager at a product company whose employer will pay. Before buying, confirm whether an engineering course is on the live calendar for the season you want, because the membership is non-refundable.
The facts
| Category | Engineering management |
|---|---|
| Website | reforge.com/courses/engineering-leadership |
| Format | online-self-paced, online-live |
| Programs | Engineering Leadership (Nick Caldwell and Heidi Williams), Technical Strategy (Bryan Dove and Harsh Sinha), Mastering Product Delivery (Andrew Johns and Matt Greenberg), Mastering Growth Engineering (Alexey Komissarouk) |
| Length | On-demand courses have no fixed length. Live courses run twice a year (Spring and Fall) with a weekly 90-minute session and a stated 3-5 hours per week; a 14-day free trial exists but trial users cannot join live courses. unknown |
| Tuition | $1,995 Individual membership $1,995 per year, which includes the on-demand library and one live course per season. Starter $9,995/yr for 10 seats, Scale $23,995/yr for 30 seats. Courses cannot be bought without membership. verified |
| Financing | upfront, employer Annual membership billed upfront. Help center: 'Reforge memberships are non-refundable.' Reforge publishes a reimbursement page aimed at getting employers to pay (reforge.com/reimbursement). |
| Admission | open Pay the membership and enroll. Earlier Reforge cohorts had an application; the current help center describes enrollment as member self-service. |
| Stack | People management, Stakeholder management, Technical strategy, Delivery methodology, Growth engineering |
Outcomes
This program does not publish job-placement or salary outcomes. Treat any number you hear from admissions as unverifiable.
Interview-prep depth
1 / 5
Help-center course descriptions; stakeholder and leadership content overlaps with EM behavioral interview material but is not framed as prep.
Whatever the program covers, the interview itself is free to prepare for here: coding patterns, system design, practice prompts, company guides.
What a careful reader should know
Reforge moved from application-only cohorts to an annual membership with an on-demand library plus seasonal live courses. Engineering courses exist, but the Fall 2026 live lineup visible on the courses page is AI and product (Sachin Rekhi, Ravi Mehta, Justin Bauer and Sandhya Hegde); whether an engineering course runs live in a given season is only announced by email and in the member Slack. Memberships are non-refundable per the help center. The company has also been shipping product-research tools (Insights, Research, Build) alongside the learning product.
Sources (9)
- reforge.com/pricing
- reforge.com/courses
- reforge.helpscoutdocs.com/article/38-how-much-does-reforge-cost
- reforge.helpscoutdocs.com/article/83-what-is-the-cancellation-policy-for-the-reforge-membership
- reforge.helpscoutdocs.com/article/130-is-there-an-additional-cost-to-attend-the-live-courses
- reforge.helpscoutdocs.com/article/219-can-i-purchase-a-course-without-the-membership
- reforge.helpscoutdocs.com/article/120-what-are-the-differences-between-technical-strategy-and-mastering-growth-engineering-and-engineering-leadership
- reforge.helpscoutdocs.com/article/27-how-much-time-should-i-dedicate-to-the-course
- reforge.helpscoutdocs.com/article/40-what-is-a-live-course-experience
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