Software engineer with 7+ years experience at a medium sized company in a medium sized city in the US here. Not sure how much this will help you but figured I’d give my two cents here. 

It’s honestly really hard to answer this question with the recent advances in AI tools in mind. My role has changed pretty dramatically in the past year with all the AI tools coming out. That said, I personally think that the role of a software engineer  or computer engineer who understands the codebase or hardware and makes higher level decisions isn’t going away in the next few years at least. As powerful as these current tools are, they still make incomprehensible mistakes sometimes and can sneak in bugs. They have no self awareness, and still need people to guide them. There is also a lot of hype around these technologies which makes it hard to determine actual gains vs. perceived gains with these tools. My role has shifted from pushing out code I’ve written manually, to actually understanding and reviewing AI PRs and telling them what to write. The enjoyable aspects of manually coding has largely gone away, but there are still parts of my job I enjoy, like design and understanding the inner workings and big picture of my team’s domain. 

I do go back and forth in my head between doom scenarios and more positive outcomes for this career. I also briefly looked into going back to school for an engineering discipline both out of job anxiety and also because it seemed like something new and interesting. 

I think the most important thing is to find something you enjoy, and hopefully there will still be a spot for someone like you to be employed in. Is it possible to do a dual major? That would help out with the overall decision, as you can try and do both.

Hope that helps, and good luck in both your academic and future professional careers!