Wanna Work for Amazon? AWS CEO Promises He’s Still Hiring Devs
Despite Amazon's widespread layoffs in 2026, AWS CEO Matt Garman stated the company continues to hire software developers at previous levels. He emphasized that while technical skills remain important, future roles will require broader problem-solving abilities beyond just coding. Garman remains optimistic about developer demand, pushing back against predictions that AI will replace human engineers.
- ▪Amazon has laid off over 16,000 employees in 2026, even as AWS continues hiring software engineers.
- ▪AWS CEO Matt Garman said the company plans to hire 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026, consistent with prior years.
- ▪Garman believes the role of developers will evolve, with less emphasis on specific coding tasks and more on solving customer problems.
- ▪He previously called the idea of replacing junior developers with AI 'one of the dumbest things' he'd ever heard.
- ▪A 2025 World Economic Forum report projected software and application developers as one of the fastest-growing job categories.
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Amazon has been laying off staff en masse this year, axing over 16,000 employees in 2026 so far. Meanwhile, fears about AI taking white-collar jobs are everywhere, with programming one of the many fields that experts are saying are primed for disruption.However, the CEO of cloud computing giant Amazon is promising the company will continue to invest in new software engineers. At Amazon's What's Next with AWS event earlier this week, AWS CEO Matt Garman said, “We are hiring just as many software developers as we ever have inside of Amazon." In fact, despite the fears, he said he sees demand for developers “really accelerating.”At the event, first reported by Business Insider, he said Amazon plans to hire 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026, in line with previous years.
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