The most evil companies don't have much troubles hiring great engineers for cash and equity.
When renewable energy companies will offer better pays, and when the ones that destroy our climate won't compete, you'll see engineers switching jobs in flock, to bet on the the next get-rich-quick scheme. I bet this next wave will be about biodiversity, whose collapse might well be worse that climate change (in both impact and timing).
For instance, companies that will provide the tools to expand the footprint over ecosystems as fast as possible, right before society reacts to put limit on the fragmentation of habitats. The ones that will help secure the most space (fragmenting the most) will rip the maximum benefits and pay the most.
Startups building AI tools to support real-estate developer in this space are swarming already.
https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995 will remains d'actualité for quite some time.