BlackRock tech stack

BlackRock builds mostly with Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Azure, AWS, Snowflake, React.js. Python is named in 99 of the 172 job postings BlackRock published in the last 12 months (58%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of BlackRock, updated Oct 4, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Oct 4, 2026
Technologies in use
185
Postings analysed
172
Open now
170
Modernity
82 /100

What programming languages does BlackRock use?

Python is named in 58% of job postings at BlackRock, followed by SQL (44%), Java (19%), JavaScript (9%).

Python 99 58% required in 84% · 98 open now · since Jul 2026
SQL 75 44% required in 83% · 75 open now · since Aug 2026
Java 32 19% required in 81% · 31 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 15 9% required in 40% · 14 open now · since Aug 2026
TypeScript 14 8% required in 64% · 13 open now · since Aug 2026
C++ 8 5% required in 88% · 8 open now · since Aug 2026
Rust 7 4% required in 86% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
C# 6 3% required in 50% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
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Scala5
Go3
PowerShell2
Kotlin1
MATLAB1
Perl1

What frameworks and libraries does BlackRock use?

React.js is named in 5% of job postings at BlackRock, followed by PyTorch (4%), Angular (4%), TensorFlow (3%).

React.js 9 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Aug 2026
PyTorch 7 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Angular 7 4% required in 86% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
TensorFlow 6 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Spring Boot 5 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
JAX 4 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
PyTorch C++ 4 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
TensorFlow C++ 4 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
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LangChain3
LangGraph2
NumPy2
OpenAI Agents SDK2
Pydantic AI2
Scikit-learn2
Streamlit2
OpenTelemetry2
Cucumber1
Cypress1
Hadoop1
Hibernate1
Pandas1
Playwright1
Pytest1
Dagster1
Dask1
Flask1
RxJS1
Selenium1

What databases does BlackRock use?

Snowflake is named in 12% of job postings at BlackRock, followed by Redis (3%), MS SQL (3%), MySQL (1%).

Snowflake 21 12% required in 81% · 21 open now · since Aug 2026
Redis 6 3% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
MS SQL 5 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
MySQL 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
PostgreSQL 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Cassandra 2 1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
ElasticSearch 2 1% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Apache Iceberg 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Azure Cosmos DB1
DynamoDB1
Neo4j1
OpenSearch1
BigQuery1
Google BigQuery1

What cloud and platforms does BlackRock use?

Azure is named in 27% of job postings at BlackRock, followed by AWS (21%), GCP (10%), Power BI (10%).

Azure 46 27% required in 61% · 45 open now · since Jul 2026
AWS 36 21% required in 69% · 35 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 18 10% required in 61% · 18 open now · since Aug 2026
Power BI 17 10% required in 71% · 17 open now · since Aug 2026
Kubernetes 16 9% required in 81% · 16 open now · since Aug 2026
Azure DevOps 14 8% required in 79% · 14 open now · since Aug 2026
Unix 12 7% required in 67% · 12 open now · since Aug 2026
Linux 7 4% required in 86% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
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Apache Kafka7
Grafana6
Splunk5
Tableau5
Cognos4
GitHub4
AWS Bedrock3
Windows3
.NET2
AWS Lambda2
Airflow2
Amazon SageMaker2
Postman2
SIEM2
Vertex AI2
Active Directory2
GitLab CI2
RabbitMQ2
Spark2
API Gateway1
AWS Step Functions1
Amazon CloudWatch1
Amazon ECS1
Amazon EKS1
Amazon S31
Anthropic1
Bitbucket1
Copilot Studio1
DLP1
Databricks1
GitHub Actions1
GitLab1

And 7 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does BlackRock use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 23% of job postings at BlackRock, followed by Docker (7%), Git (6%), Terraform (5%).

Microsoft Excel 39 23% required in 79% · 39 open now · since Aug 2026
Docker 12 7% required in 92% · 12 open now · since Aug 2026
Git 11 6% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Aug 2026
Terraform 9 5% required in 78% · 9 open now · since Aug 2026
Copilot 8 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Aug 2026
Rest API 8 5% required in 63% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
gRPC 6 3% required in 67% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Windsurf 5 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
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Model Context Protocol4
CloudFormation3
Cursor3
Devin3
GraphQL3
Jenkins3
dbt3
JMeter3
Ansible2
Claude Code2
Great Expectations2
Kong2
Maven2
Helm2
Prometheus2
ArgoCD1
Azure Data Factory1
Bicep1
CMake1
Calico1
Google ADK1
Kustomize1
OpenStack1
SoapUI1
Swagger1
containerd1
pySpark1
Alteryx1
Jupyter Notebook1
k61

What AI and ML technologies does BlackRock use?

LLM is named in 10% of job postings at BlackRock, followed by Claude (3%), ChatGPT (1%).

LLM 17 10% required in 82% · 17 open now · since Aug 2026
Claude 5 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
ChatGPT 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does BlackRock ask for?

CI/CD is named in 19% of job postings at BlackRock, followed by Machine Learning (17%), AI Agents (13%), Platform Engineering (8%).

CI/CD 33 19% required in 91% · 32 open now · since Aug 2026
Machine Learning 30 17% required in 93% · 29 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 22 13% required in 91% · 22 open now · since Aug 2026
Platform Engineering 14 8% required in 93% · 13 open now · since Jul 2026
Agentic Workflows 11 6% required in 91% · 11 open now · since Aug 2026
RAG 11 6% required in 82% · 11 open now · since Aug 2026
ETL/ELT 9 5% required in 89% · 9 open now · since Aug 2026
Prompt Engineering 9 5% required in 56% · 9 open now · since Aug 2026
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LLM Guardrails6
Function Calling5
IAM4
Incident Management4
Tool Use4
Clean Architecture3
NLP3
SLI/SLO/SLA3
Fine-tuning3
Anomaly Detection2
Computer Vision2
Master Data Management2
Reinforcement Learning2
Structured Outputs2
Embeddings2
Knowledge Graph2
BGP1
Configuration Management1
Dimensional Modeling1
EU AI Act1
Edge AI1
Hallucination1
OSPF1
SRE1
Semantic Search1
Semantic Search1
Sentiment Analysis1
Shift-Left1
TCP/IP1
Feature Store1
Self-Healing1
Time Series Forecasting1

And 1 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each BlackRock team work with?

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

Finance

28 postings
Microsoft Excel12
SQL7
Cognos2

Leadership

27 postings
Python13
SQL11
AWS7
Azure7
Java6
Snowflake6

Backend

18 postings
Python11
SQL10
Java9
Azure5
AWS4
Kubernetes4

AI/ML

12 postings
Python9
PyTorch6
TensorFlow6
Azure5
C++5
Docker5

Product

10 postings
Azure DevOps3
Power BI2

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How much does BlackRock pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all BlackRock postings with stated pay: $165k across 85 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python45$200k+21%
SQL35$162k−2%
Azure23$200k+21%
AWS19$200k+21%
Java17$200k+21%
Power BI14$176k+6%
GCP11$215k+30%
Snowflake10$180k+9%
LLM8$213k+29%
Kubernetes7$215k+30%

How modern is the BlackRock stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 82/100

BlackRock scores 82 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the BlackRock stack in its industry?

Share of the 294 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python61%
SQL62%
Azure47%
AWS44%
Java29%
Snowflake25%
GCP26%
LLM34%
Power BI42%
Kubernetes34%

What sets BlackRock apart

Cognos3%
JAX1%
PyTorch C++2%
TensorFlow C++2%

Questions about the BlackRock tech stack

What programming languages does BlackRock use?

The languages named in BlackRock job postings are Python (58%), SQL (44%), Java (19%), JavaScript (9%), TypeScript (8%), as a share of the 172 postings of the last 12 months.

Does BlackRock use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 9 of 172 job postings (5%) and required in 9 of them.

What cloud and platforms does BlackRock use?

The cloud and platforms named in BlackRock job postings are Azure (46), AWS (36), GCP (18) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Finance job at BlackRock?

Finance postings at BlackRock most often require Microsoft Excel (12), SQL (7), Cognos (2), out of 28 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the BlackRock tech stack changing?

No new technology has appeared in BlackRock job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the BlackRock tech stack?

BlackRock scores 82 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the BlackRock tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting BlackRock publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 172 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 4, 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, "BlackRock tech stack: 185 technologies from 172 job postings", as of Oct 4, 2026. https://alion.io/company/blackrock/technologies

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