The technology company, headquartered in Washington, is cutting 122 workers in Silicon Valley. The layoffs heavily affected software engineering roles.

Microsoft announced a mass termination of employment affecting over 6,000 employees, approximately three percent of its global workforce, on Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp.’s recently announced job cuts fell hardest on the people who build the company’s products, showing that even software developers are at risk in the age of artificial intelligence.In Microsoft’s home state of Washington,