Dan Diasio said the lines between engineering roles are blurring. EY Data, software, and AI engineering roles used to be "completely different professions," said EY's Dan Diasio. The work overlaps much more now, Diasio said, as engineers are able build more quickly. The consulting giant is also reshaping its hiring strategy for technical workers in the AI era. Software engineering roles aren't going away anytime soon — but they are converging. At least that's the case at the Big Four firm EY,