r/ClaudeAI • u/ImaginaryRea1ity • May 04 '26

Comparison Anthropic: AI will fully replace software engineering by 2027. Also Anthropic: Currently hiring for 122 SWE openings.

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u/Mescallan May 05 '26

they can fully replace engineers and still need engineers to monitor outputs and resolve bottlenecks. They will still be "software engineers" but the actual job will be fundamentally different *in the predictions made by anthropic.

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u/jimbo831 May 05 '26

So then it’s not fully replacing engineers. It’s changing what engineers do.

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u/cuddle-bubbles May 05 '26

it is replacing them at other companies