I strongly disagree, most software engineers will not have excellent knowledge of modelling, and someone who is mainly a data scientist will not be able to compete with a dedicated engineer that studied distributed systems, kubernetes, and knows undefined C behaviour by heart.

When building a house, the guy that lay concrete are welders are different people, Anastesiologists and surgeons are not interchangeable, etc.

Many Industries will produce code, just like many people often need to nail two wooden bits together, but that does not make them a qualified structural engineer.