AI splits tech hiring into builders & adopters

Artificial intelligence is creating two distinct hiring tracks in the technology industry, with Indian IT services firms strengthening their technical talent pools to build and customise enterprise AI, while Big Tech firms are increasingly adding sales, consulting and go-to-market talent to drive adoption of their AI and cloud platforms.

The divergence reflects the different stages at which the two segments are operating in the AI value chain, even as both are increasingly converging on a new role that sits between technology and the customer -— the forward deployed engineer (FDE).