# No, AI is not replacing Data Engineers.

DevFeed: [No, AI is not replacing Data Engineers.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/no-ai-is-not-replacing-data-engineers-40853.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mutto.fyi/posts/2025/05/ai-and-data-engineering/>)

Published: 2025-05-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Mutt0-ds Notes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mutt0-ds-notes.md>)

Topics: [AI, ML & Data Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-ml-data-engineering.md>), [data observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-observability.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-tools.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-engineering.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article argues that AI is not replacing data engineers, focusing on the continued importance of greenfield prototyping in data engineering. It describes messy, real-world work involving APIs, spreadsheets, data cleaning, and Python scripts, contrasting it with AI demonstrations and synthetic coding benchmarks.

## Source excerpt

Claude 4 landed, and as usual, it kicked off the usual hype cycle. "Best coding model ever" "It writes stories!" "AI is replacing...