# The Future of Data Engineering in the Age of AI | Erfan Hesami

DevFeed: [The Future of Data Engineering in the Age of AI | Erfan Hesami](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-future-of-data-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai-erfan-hesami-38718.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/p/the-future-of-data-engineering-in>)

Author: Daniel Beach

Published: 2026-09-16T13:21:19Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Data Engineering Central](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/data-engineering-central.md>)

Topics: [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-engineering.md>), [AI Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-engineering.md>), [agent observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-observability.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-engineering.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-engineering.md>), [fundamentals](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fundamentals.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

An interview with Erfan Hesami examines how AI and agents may change data engineering, including the evolving role of data engineers, the overlap with AI engineering, the continuing importance of fundamentals, and the need to manage governance, security, costs, technical debt, and human judgment.

## Source excerpt

AI Agents, Coding & Fundamentals