Software engineers are still important to Amazon, according to AWS CEO Matt Garman. At Amazon's What's Next with AWS event on Tuesday, Garman said Amazon is continuing to hire developers, even as AI tools reshape how they work. "I can tell you we are hiring just as many software developers as we ever had inside of Amazon," he said. "And in fact, I see the demand for that really accelerating." Garman said Amazon plans to bring on 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026 — a figure an Amazon