As software systems grow increasingly complex and autonomous, Agentic AI is shifting the role of the software engineer from sole author to collaborator. Agents powered by large language models (LLMs) are now deeply embedded in the development lifecycle; assisting in everything from code generation and repair to testing and operations. This transformation requires not just new tools, but new ways of thinking about reliability, trust, and human-agent interaction. As our keynote speaker Abhik Roychoudhury articulates in his work Agentic AI Software Engineer: Programming with Trust: “In the era of Agentic AI, the future of programming is not just about scale; it’s about trust. Software engineers won’t just write code; they’ll collaborate with intelligent agents to build systems we can believe in.
