I'd be surprised if this topic hasn't been covered on HN in the past, if not I'm sure it'll show up one day. When your role is "non-technical" (not my favorite term but using it for clarity), UI, CMS, and dialogue menus seem like the best solution. Why wouldn't I want to just point and click?

But the day I learned how to run a GET request, parse data, save it somewhere, analyze it later; my outlook completely flipped. Whenever I google "[organization] api" and get 0 official results I become irrationally angry. All this to say, I hope they approach the topic before it becomes a hard requirement, because it's a fun and useful skill to have even outside of work.