Alcon tech stack

Alcon builds mostly with Python, SQL, C++, C#. Its stack also includes Power BI, AWS, PostgreSQL, Oracle. Python is named in 26 of the 142 job postings Alcon published in the last 12 months (18%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Alcon, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 27, 2026
Technologies in use
157
Postings analysed
142
Open now
84
Modernity
73 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Alcon use?

Python is named in 18% of job postings at Alcon, followed by SQL (17%), C++ (9%), C# (6%).

Python 26 18% required in 77% · 14 open now · since Jul 2026
SQL 24 17% required in 58% · 11 open now · since Jul 2026
C++ 13 9% required in 85% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
C# 9 6% required in 89% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 5 4% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
MATLAB 5 4% required in 60% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
PowerShell 4 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
SystemVerilog 4 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
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VHDL4
Java4
TypeScript3
Apex3
Verilog2
Node JS2
Scala1
Visual Basic1
Cython1
Kotlin1
Structured Text1

What frameworks and libraries does Alcon use?

Spring Boot is named in 3% of job postings at Alcon, followed by LangChain (2%), Angular (1%), LangGraph (1%).

Spring Boot 4 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
LangChain 3 2% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Angular 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
LangGraph 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
NumPy 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Qt 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
React.js 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
ASP.NET Core 2 1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
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AutoGen1
Hibernate1
Lightning Web Components1
Playwright1
PyTorch1
STL1
SciPy1
Scikit-learn1
Spring Cloud1
Spring Framework1
Spring MVC1
TensorFlow1
Visualforce1
Bottleneck1
Entity Framework Core1
JUnit1
Mockito1
Selenium1

What databases does Alcon use?

PostgreSQL is named in 3% of job postings at Alcon, followed by Oracle (3%), DynamoDB (1%), MySQL (1%).

PostgreSQL 4 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Oracle 4 3% required in 25% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
DynamoDB 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
MySQL 2 1% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Amazon Redshift 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
MS SQL 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
OpenSearch 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

What cloud and platforms does Alcon use?

Power BI is named in 14% of job postings at Alcon, followed by AWS (13%), Azure (10%), Tableau (10%).

Power BI 20 14% required in 55% · 12 open now · since Jun 2026
AWS 19 13% required in 68% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
Azure 14 10% required in 71% · 7 open now · since Jun 2026
Tableau 14 10% required in 64% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Windows 7 5% required in 71% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 6 4% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Kubernetes 5 4% required in 40% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
AWS Bedrock 4 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
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Azure DevOps4
OpenAI3
RTOS3
AWS Lambda3
Active Directory3
API Gateway2
Amazon CloudWatch2
Amazon S32
Figma2
Linux2
Microsoft Entra ID2
MuleSoft2
.NET2
VMWare2
AWS Step Functions1
Airflow1
Amazon EC21
Amazon ECS1
Amazon EKS1
Amazon SageMaker1
Apache Kafka1
Azure AKS1
Copilot Studio1
Looker1
Microsoft Defender1
Microsoft Sentinel1
Okta1
SIEM1
Datadog1
GitHub1
GitHub Actions1
Rive1

And 1 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Alcon use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 22% of job postings at Alcon, followed by CAPA (8%), Alteryx (4%), Rest API (3%).

Microsoft Excel 31 22% required in 71% · 19 open now · since Jun 2026
CAPA 11 8% required in 82% · 9 open now · since May 2026
Alteryx 6 4% required in 67% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Rest API 4 3% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
SolidWorks 4 3% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Git 4 3% required in 25% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Model Context Protocol 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Xilinx Vivado 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Docker3
CMake2
Canva2
Conan2
MQTT2
OPC UA2
Semantic Kernel2
Siemens ModelSim2
gRPC2
Copilot2
Helm2
Jenkins2
Adobe Photoshop1
AutoCAD1
JMeter1
Libero SoC1
Aider1
Ansys HFSS1
Ansys SIwave1
Strapi1
Swagger1
Talend1

What AI and ML technologies does Alcon use?

LLM is named in 1% of job postings at Alcon.

LLM 2 1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Alcon ask for?

CI/CD is named in 8% of job postings at Alcon, followed by Master Data Management (7%), Machine Learning (7%), AI Agents (7%).

CI/CD 11 8% required in 82% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
Master Data Management 10 7% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 10 7% required in 90% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 10 7% required in 70% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
SLI/SLO/SLA 8 6% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Incident Management 5 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
RAG 4 3% required in 50% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
TCP/IP 4 3% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Anomaly Detection3
ETL/ELT3
IAM3
LLM Guardrails3
Prompt Engineering3
DNS3
Time Series Forecasting3
Context Engineering2
Digital Twin2
Multi-Agent Systems2
OCR2
PKI2
Tool Use2
DHCP2
A/B Testing1
Computer Use1
Computer Vision1
Configuration Management1
Function Calling1
Human-in-the-Loop1
LLMOps1
Semantic Search1
Semantic Search1
MVVM1
VPN1

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

21 postings
CAPA6
SolidWorks2

Operations

14 postings
Microsoft Excel5
Power BI2
Tableau2

Analytics

11 postings
Microsoft Excel3
MuleSoft2
Power BI2
Tableau2

Backend

10 postings
C#5
Python4
SQL4
Windows4
AWS3
C++3

Hardware

7 postings
C++6
SystemVerilog4
VHDL4
Python3
Xilinx Vivado3
RTOS2

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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
LLMSep 2026
API GatewaySep 2026
Amazon S3Sep 2026
OpenAISep 2026
LangChainSep 2026
CanvaSep 2026
LangGraphSep 2026
Multi-Agent SystemsSep 2026

How modern is the Alcon stack?

Modern AI adopter 73/100

Alcon scores 73 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 1; legacy ones: 1.

How common is the Alcon stack in its industry?

Share of the 45 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python47%
SQL42%
Power BI33%
AWS42%
Azure40%
Tableau27%
C++40%
C#29%
Windows33%
GCP31%

What sets Alcon apart

AWS Bedrock4%
SystemVerilog2%
VHDL4%

Questions about the Alcon tech stack

What programming languages does Alcon use?

The languages named in Alcon job postings are Python (18%), SQL (17%), C++ (9%), C# (6%), JavaScript (4%), as a share of the 142 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Alcon use Spring Boot?

Yes. Spring Boot is named in 4 of 142 job postings (3%) and required in 4 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Alcon use?

The cloud and platforms named in Alcon job postings are Power BI (20), AWS (19), Azure (14) (postings in brackets).

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

Industrial Engineering postings at Alcon most often require CAPA (6), SolidWorks (2), out of 21 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Alcon tech stack changing?

Yes. LLM, API Gateway, Amazon S3, OpenAI first appeared in Alcon job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Alcon tech stack?

Alcon scores 73 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 1; 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 142 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 27, 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: 157 technologies from 142 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/alcon/technologies

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