Big Tech Shifts 55% of Hiring to Engineers as Design Roles Drop 48%
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Updated · Business Insider · Jul 11
Big Tech Shifts 55% of Hiring to Engineers as Design Roles Drop 48%
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jul 11
Summary
55% of new hires at major tech companies are now software engineers, up from 46% in 2019, even though overall hiring remains below pre-pandemic levels.
SignalFire data shows AI is reshaping org charts more than eliminating engineers: engineer hiring is down 11% since 2019, but other functions have contracted far faster.
Design hiring has fallen 48%, product management 39%, and marketing 36%, leaving companies with leaner structures centered on technical talent.
The shift suggests Big Tech is prioritizing roles tied directly to building and deploying AI while trimming specialized support functions.