AI is rewriting the Big Tech org chart. See which roles are getting hit the most.

Silicon Valley, from the air Kirby Lee/Getty Images A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here . AI isn't replacing engineers so much as reshaping who else gets hired. New data from SignalFire shows software engineers make up 55% of hiring at major tech companies, up from 46% in 2019, even as overall hiring remains below pre-pandemic levels. Other functions are shrinking faster. While engineer hiring is down 11% since 2019, design hiring is down 48%, product management has fallen 39%, and marketing is down 36%. The result is a leaner org chart built around technical talent , with fewer specialized support roles. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); Sign up for BI's Tech Memo newsletter here . Reach out to me via email at abarr@businessinsider.com . Read the original article on Business Insider