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Alcon tech stack

Alcon builds mostly with Python, SQL, C++, C#. Its stack also includes AWS, Power BI, PostgreSQL, LangChain. Python is named in 47 of the 300 job postings Alcon published in the last 12 months (16%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Alcon, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
236
Postings analysed
300
Open now
132
Modernity
76 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Alcon use?

Python is named in 16% of job postings at Alcon, followed by SQL (12%), C++ (6%), C# (4%).

Python 47 16% required in 68% · 20 open now · since Jul 2026
SQL 37 12% required in 65% · 14 open now · since Jul 2026
C++ 18 6% required in 89% · 13 open now · since Jul 2026
C# 13 4% required in 92% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 11 4% required in 73% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
MATLAB 9 3% required in 33% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
PowerShell 7 2% required in 57% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Java 6 2% required in 83% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
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SystemVerilog4
VHDL4
Apex4
Scala3
TypeScript3
Embedded C2
Verilog2
Node JS2
C2
Cython2
Visual Basic1
ABAP1
Bash1
Kotlin1
Structured Text1

What frameworks and libraries does Alcon use?

LangChain is named in 2% of job postings at Alcon, followed by Spring Boot (1%), ASP.NET Core (1%), LangGraph (1%).

LangChain 5 2% required in 40% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Spring Boot 4 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
ASP.NET Core 4 1% required in 25% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LangGraph 3 1% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Selenium 3 1% required in 33% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Entity Framework Core 3 1% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Angular 2 1% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
NumPy 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Pytest2
Qt2
React.js2
AutoGen2
Playwright2
Bottleneck2
FastAPI1
Flask1
Hibernate1
Lightning Web Components1
PyTorch1
STL1
SciPy1
Scikit-learn1
Spring Cloud1
Spring Framework1
Spring MVC1
TensorFlow1
Visualforce1
CrewAI1
JUnit1
Mockito1
OpenCV1

What databases does Alcon use?

PostgreSQL is named in 2% of job postings at Alcon, followed by Oracle (1%), Amazon Redshift (1%), DynamoDB (1%).

PostgreSQL 7 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Oracle 4 1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Amazon Redshift 3 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
DynamoDB 3 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
MS SQL 3 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
OpenSearch 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
MySQL 2 1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Snowflake 2 1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
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Google BigQuery1
SAP BW1
Salesforce Data Cloud1
Amazon Neptune1
Neo4j1

What cloud and platforms does Alcon use?

AWS is named in 12% of job postings at Alcon, followed by Power BI (12%), Tableau (9%), Azure (8%).

AWS 36 12% required in 72% · 15 open now · since Jun 2026
Power BI 35 12% required in 49% · 13 open now · since Jun 2026
Tableau 27 9% required in 63% · 12 open now · since Jul 2026
Azure 25 8% required in 52% · 11 open now · since Jun 2026
Kubernetes 10 3% required in 60% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Windows 9 3% required in 78% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 9 3% required in 56% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Azure DevOps 7 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
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AWS Lambda6
RTOS6
AWS Bedrock5
Amazon S35
Amazon EKS5
AWS Step Functions4
Linux4
Amazon SageMaker4
GitHub Actions4
.NET3
API Gateway3
Amazon CloudWatch3
Figma3
OpenAI3
Active Directory3
Azure AKS3
GitHub3
Datadog3
Airflow2
Amazon ECS2
Apache Kafka2
Microsoft Entra ID2
MuleSoft2
Okta2
Spark2
FreeRTOS2
OpenShift2
VMWare2
Amazon EC21
Amazon EventBridge1
Braze1
Copilot Studio1

And 12 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Alcon use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 18% of job postings at Alcon, followed by Alteryx (4%), Mandiant capa (3%), Veeva (3%).

Microsoft Excel 53 18% required in 62% · 21 open now · since Jun 2026
Alteryx 12 4% required in 67% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Mandiant capa 10 3% required in 90% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Veeva 10 3% required in 80% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
SolidWorks 9 3% required in 44% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Rest API 7 2% required in 57% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Git 7 2% required in 43% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Copilot 6 2% required in 83% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
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Docker6
LIMS5
Terraform5
Helm5
CMake4
DICOM4
Jenkins4
Canva3
JMeter3
Model Context Protocol3
Xilinx Vivado3
ArgoCD3
Minitab3
ANSYS3
FHIR3
HL73
Swagger3
Conan2
MQTT2
OPC UA2
Semantic Kernel2
Siemens ModelSim2
Waters Empower2
gRPC2
Ansible2
JFrog Artifactory2
AWS Glue1
Adobe Photoshop1
AutoCAD1
CloudFormation1
Libero SoC1
pySpark1

And 6 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Alcon use?

LLM is named in 1% of job postings at Alcon, followed by ChatGPT (<1%).

LLM 3 1% required in 33% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
ChatGPT 1 <1% required in 100% · since Oct 2026

Which engineering practices does Alcon ask for?

GMP is named in 14% of job postings at Alcon, followed by CAPA (9%), CI/CD (7%), Machine Learning (6%).

GMP 41 14% required in 95% · 20 open now · since Jul 2026
CAPA 28 9% required in 93% · 18 open now · since May 2026
CI/CD 20 7% required in 80% · 11 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 19 6% required in 79% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
Master Data Management 14 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 11 4% required in 64% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Verification & Validation 9 3% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
ISO 13485 9 3% required in 44% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
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ETL/ELT8
IAM7
Incident Management7
EU MDR7
IEC 623046
RAG6
Design Controls5
TCP/IP5
Configuration Management4
GD&T4
HPLC4
Prompt Engineering4
21 CFR Part 114
ISO 149714
DNS4
A/B Testing3
Anomaly Detection3
Chromatography3
GLP3
GitOps3
Platform Engineering3
21 CFR Part 8203
Time Series3
BGP2
Context Engineering2
Digital Twin2
Dimensional Modeling2
FMEA2
Function Calling2
LLM Guardrails2
Multi-Agent Systems2
OCR2

And 29 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each Alcon team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Industrial Engineering

49 postings
Mandiant capa4
SolidWorks3
Azure2
LIMS2
Minitab2
Veeva2

Operations

27 postings
Microsoft Excel8
Power BI3
Tableau2

Finance

26 postings
Microsoft Excel13
Power BI4
Tableau2

Analytics

20 postings
Microsoft Excel4
AWS3
SQL3
MuleSoft2
Power BI2
Tableau2

Backend

15 postings
C#8
C++6
Python5
SQL5
Windows5
JavaScript4

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How is the Alcon stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
Embedded CNov 2026
PytestNov 2026
FreeRTOSNov 2026
CNov 2026
OpenShiftOct 2026
AnsibleOct 2026
Dimensional ModelingOct 2026
Multimodal AIOct 2026
Rising
GMP6% → 15%
JavaScript0% → 4%
Mandiant capa0% → 4%
Veeva0% → 4%
Kubernetes0% → 4%
ETL/ELT0% → 3%
Incident Management0% → 3%
PostgreSQL0% → 3%
Falling
C++16% → 4%
Azure16% → 7%
Master Data Management12% → 3%
Windows10% → 2%
SystemVerilog8% → 0%
VHDL8% → 0%
Verification & Validation8% → 2%
Anomaly Detection6% → 0%

How modern is the Alcon stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 76/100

Alcon scores 76 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 1.

How common is the Alcon stack in its industry?

Share of the 228 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python38%
SQL31%
AWS19%
Power BI26%
Tableau13%
Azure24%
C++27%
C#18%
JavaScript20%
Kubernetes9%

What sets Alcon apart

AWS Lambda4%
AWS Bedrock3%
Amazon EKS3%
AWS Step Functions3%
Amazon SageMaker3%
Spring Boot4%
SystemVerilog3%
VHDL4%
API Gateway3%
Amazon CloudWatch4%

Questions about the Alcon tech stack

What programming languages does Alcon use?

The languages named in Alcon job postings are Python (16%), SQL (12%), C++ (6%), C# (4%), JavaScript (4%), as a share of the 300 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Alcon use LangChain?

Yes. LangChain is named in 5 of 300 job postings (2%) and required in 2 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Alcon use?

The cloud and platforms named in Alcon job postings are AWS (36), Power BI (35), Tableau (27) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Industrial Engineering job at Alcon?

Industrial Engineering postings at Alcon most often require Mandiant capa (4), SolidWorks (3), Azure (2), LIMS (2), out of 49 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Alcon tech stack changing?

Yes. Embedded C, Pytest, FreeRTOS, C first appeared in Alcon job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Alcon tech stack?

Alcon scores 76 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 1.

How does Alion know the Alcon tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Alcon publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 300 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Alcon tech stack: 236 technologies from 300 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/alcon/technologies

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