--- title: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞... description: Discussion about "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qcf0jsd3n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭? | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qcf0jsd3n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qcf0Jsd3n.png og:image:alt: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭? **[Vedhasagaran M](https://daily.dev/sources/5y9gxbpp0w9zpjsi7ruju)** · [@vedhasagaran](https://daily.dev/vedhasagaran) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Content A new role is answering that question right now: Forward Deployed Engineer. It is already the fastest-growing, best-paid title at OpenAI, Anthropic, Palantir, and Databricks, and it is a preview of where customer-facing engineering is heading. I broke down what it is, why it exists now, and why every SDE should understand it before it becomes the standard. Read it here, would love your take. : [https://medium.com/@vedhasagaran7/becoming-a-forward-deployed-engineer-from-sde-to-fde-c9f72f8a822e?sharedUserId=vedhasagaran7](https://medium.com/@vedhasagaran7/becoming-a-forward-deployed-engineer-from-sde-to-fde-c9f72f8a822e?sharedUserId=vedhasagaran7) --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/qcf0jsd3n) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/qcf0jsd3n","headline":"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭?","text":"Discussion about \"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲...","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qcf0jsd3n","datePublished":"2026-07-09T05:00:17.472Z","dateModified":"2026-07-09T05:00:17.472Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Vedhasagaran M","url":"https://daily.dev/vedhasagaran","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--K2a9Og6W--/f_auto/v1768904500/avatars/avatar_5Y9GxBPP0W9ZpJsi7rUJU?_a=BAMAMiiu0","description":"Full-stack engineer exploring AI and scale\n","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":160}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--nY3o6Vez--/f_auto/v1783573218/posts/qcf0Jsd3n?_a=BAMAMicg0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/5y9gxbpp0w9zpjsi7ruju","name":"Vedhasagaran M"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vedhasagaran M","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/5y9gxbpp0w9zpjsi7ruju"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭?"}]} ```