# The Case for Hiring Junior Engineers 🌱

DevFeed: [The Case for Hiring Junior Engineers 🌱](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-case-for-hiring-junior-engineers-39827.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://refactoring.fm/p/the-case-for-hiring-junior-engineers>)

Author: Luca Rossi

Published: 2026-08-12T07:19:52Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/refactoring.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [code reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-reviews.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [code-reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-reviews.md>), [hiring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hiring.md>), [junior](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/junior.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion argues that companies are making a practical business mistake by freezing junior engineering hiring because of AI. It acknowledges that junior engineers now face earlier demands such as code review, critical thinking, and systems thinking, while arguing that these challenges do not eliminate the value of hiring them.

## Source excerpt

Let's flip the narrative that you only need seniors now.