Data engineers are rapidly becoming indispensable in the AI era, transforming from pipeline managers to key enablers of AI initiatives. A recent survey of 400 data and technology executives underscores this shift, revealing data engineers’ expanding influence in ensuring the availability and quality of data crucial for AI. The rise of AI is reshaping their tasks, driving focus towards AI-specific activities like managing unstructured data and real-time pipelines. Organizations, especially in sectors like finance and manufacturing, increasingly rely on data engineers to navigate the complexities of growing data volumes and workloads. The survey indicates a near doubling in time spent on AI projects by data engineers over the past two years, a trend projected to continue.
AI Boom Elevates Data Engineers to Critical Role in Data Management
