In a couple of years time I don't see why AI based tooling couldn't write Redis? Would you get a complete Redis produced with a single prompt? Of course not. but if extreme speed is what you want to optimize for, then the tooling needs to be given the right feedback loop to optimize for that.

I think the question to ask is what do I do as a software engineer that couldn't be done by an AI based tool in a few years time? The answer is scary, but exciting.