AI Coding Could Be Indian IT Engineers’ Biggest Threat

In India, the IT industry is typically the first sector people think of when concerns about AI’s effect on jobs are raised. This is largely because Indian IT firms focus on service-based models rather than product creation, meaning they don't tend to hire top-tier talent for coding and software engineering. As a result, engineering jobs in these companies face the highest risk of being replaced by AI. In all of their latest earnings calls, IT giants like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, and Tech Mahindra revealed they are building AI capabilities for their clients, which include small language models and agentic AI. It might seem like there must be a significant talent pool within these firms that can build such capabilities and know how to code. In reality, however, that is not the case