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Junior Software Engineer
AI coding assistants have dramatically reduced the need for junior-level coding work. Entry-level positions are being frozen as AI handles the scaffolding and boilerplate that defined early-career work.
rising risk (+7 this quarter)
D+
74/100
2025–2027
$85K/yr
Median Salary
620K
Jobs at Risk
68%
Automation Est.
DRI HISTORY
FACTOR BREAKDOWN
RISING SKILLS
AI orchestration
System architecture
Product thinking
DECLINING SKILLS
Boilerplate code writing
CRUD implementation
Documentation writing
TRANSITION PATHS
1
AI Engineer
78% skill overlap
26
DRI
2
Product Manager
58% skill overlap
30
DRI
3
Platform Engineer
72% skill overlap
32
DRI
KEY EVENTS
2025-02
Salesforce freezes software-engineer hiring for 2025; Benioff cites 30%+ productivity gains from AI coding tools
2025-12
AI tied to 50,000+ US layoffs in 2025 (Challenger); Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate roles amid AI investment
AI TOOLS DRIVING DISPLACEMENT
GitHub CopilotCursorDevinClaude Code
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