# 6 skills every engineer needs for the AI era

DevFeed: [6 skills every engineer needs for the AI era](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/6-skills-every-engineer-needs-for-the-ai-era-9471.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/6-skills-every-engineer-needs-for-the-ai-era/>)

Author: Jenny Xie

Published: 2025-06-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Vibe coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vibe-coding.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-tools.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [vibe-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vibe-coding.md>)

## AI overview

This article distills six skills engineers need in the AI era, emphasizing AI as a way to explore problems, improve productivity, and develop more creative solutions. It discusses adapting to new workflows, automating tedious tasks while preserving meaningful work, collaborating effectively, and using vibe coding and Figma Make to explore, iterate on, and refine product ideas, designs, prototypes, and code.

## Source excerpt

Beyond boosting efficiency, the strongest software developers use AI to explore the problem space and find more creative solutions. Figma's Vice President of Software Engineering Marcel Weekes and Developer Advocate Jake Albaugh share the crucial skills engineers should learn to meet the moment.