Thomson Reuters Cuts Engineering Roles Citing AI — But New SignalFire Data Says Engineers Are the Most Resilient Job

U.S. News / TechCrunch (SignalFire data)·high signal

Thomson Reuters said Monday (July 13) it is cutting a 'small number' of engineering roles as it deploys AI across its businesses, adding to a 2026 tally where 54% of tracked layoff events name AI. Yet SignalFire data cuts the other way: while total big-tech hiring is down 25% versus 2019 levels, engineering roles are down only 11% and are a growing share of new hires — and Ford, Commonwealth Bank, and IBM are rehiring humans after AI-driven cuts underdelivered. The signal for a working engineer: displacement headlines and hiring resilience are both true at once, and the 're-hiring after regret' pattern is now a repeatable story.