Cerence tech stack

Cerence builds mostly with Python, C++, Java, Kotlin. Its stack also includes Azure, AWS, PyTorch, FSDP. Python is named in 17 of the 30 job postings Cerence published in the last 12 months (57%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Cerence, updated Sep 28, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 28, 2026
Technologies in use
100
Postings analysed
30
Open now
25
Modernity
80 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Cerence use?

Python is named in 57% of job postings at Cerence, followed by C++ (37%), Java (20%), Kotlin (10%).

Python 17 57% required in 82% · 12 open now · since Dec 2025
C++ 11 37% required in 73% · 8 open now · since Dec 2025
Java 6 20% required in 67% · 5 open now · since Feb 2026
Kotlin 3 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Swift 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 2 7% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Dec 2025
TypeScript 2 7% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Dec 2025
SQL 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026

What frameworks and libraries does Cerence use?

PyTorch is named in 10% of job postings at Cerence, followed by FSDP (7%), Transformers (7%), ONNX Runtime (7%).

PyTorch 3 10% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
FSDP 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Transformers 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
ONNX Runtime 2 7% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
PyTorch C++ 2 7% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
TensorFlow 2 7% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
TensorFlow C++ 2 7% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
ROS2 2 7% optional · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
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BehaviorTree.CPP1
CUDA1
DeepSpeed1
Megatron-LM1
MoveIt1
NCCL1
Nav21
ROS1
Ray1
TensorRT-LLM1

What cloud and platforms does Cerence use?

Azure is named in 20% of job postings at Cerence, followed by AWS (13%), Kubernetes (13%), GCP (10%).

Azure 6 20% required in 67% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
AWS 4 13% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Kubernetes 4 13% required in 75% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 3 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Linux 3 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
GitLab 3 10% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Unix 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
CUDA Toolkit 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Grafana1
Istio1
Microsoft Fabric1
NVIDIA Omniverse1
Power BI1
vLLM1
Deepgram1
ElevenLabs1

What developer tools does Cerence use?

Git is named in 20% of job postings at Cerence, followed by MQTT (13%), OPC UA (13%), Docker (10%).

Git 6 20% required in 83% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
MQTT 4 13% required in 50% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
OPC UA 4 13% required in 50% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Docker 3 10% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
TensorRT 3 10% required in 33% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
TPU 2 7% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
ONNX 2 7% optional · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
InfiniBand 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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Jenkins1
NVLink1
Prometheus1
SLURM1
Terraform1
Zabbix1
llama.cpp1
Loki1
Thanos1

What AI and ML technologies does Cerence use?

LLM is named in 20% of job postings at Cerence, followed by AWQ (3%), BERT (3%), GPTQ (3%).

LLM 6 20% required in 67% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
AWQ 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
BERT 1 3% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
GPTQ 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Whisper 1 3% optional · 1 open now · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does Cerence ask for?

AI Agents is named in 30% of job postings at Cerence, followed by CI/CD (23%), Text-to-Speech (23%), Edge AI (23%).

AI Agents 9 30% required in 67% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
CI/CD 7 23% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Dec 2025
Text-to-Speech 7 23% required in 86% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Edge AI 7 23% required in 57% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
Multimodal AI 7 23% required in 57% · 7 open now · since Apr 2026
Physical AI 5 17% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Speech Recognition 5 17% required in 40% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
Machine Learning 4 13% required in 75% · 2 open now · since Apr 2025
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RAG4
Digital Twin3
Quantization3
DPO2
GRPO2
KV Cache2
Mixture of Experts2
NLP2
RLHF2
Knowledge Distillation2
Model Distillation2
Anomaly Detection1
DNS1
FinOps1
Fine-tuning1
Function Calling1
GAN1
HPC1
Incident Management1
Offline-First1
Prompt Engineering1
SLAM1
SLI/SLO/SLA1
Speculative Decoding1
Tool Use1
World Models1
Embodied AI1
Knowledge Graph1

What does each Cerence team work with?

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

Backend

7 postings
Python4
C++3
Git3

AI/ML

6 postings
Python3
LLM2
PyTorch2

Solutions

3 postings
MQTT2
OPC UA2

Mobile

3 postings
C++3
Java2
Kotlin2
Swift2

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How is the Cerence 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
GitLabAug 2026
ONNXAug 2026
Digital TwinJul 2026
KotlinJul 2026
SwiftJul 2026
Physical AIJul 2026
KubernetesJul 2026
RAGJul 2026

How modern is the Cerence stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Cerence scores 80 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Cerence stack in its industry?

Share of the 2,080 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python62%
C++14%
Azure36%
Java21%
LLM40%
AWS48%
Kubernetes36%
GCP34%
GitLab9%
Kotlin7%

Questions about the Cerence tech stack

What programming languages does Cerence use?

The languages named in Cerence job postings are Python (57%), C++ (37%), Java (20%), Kotlin (10%), Swift (7%), as a share of the 30 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Cerence use PyTorch?

Yes. PyTorch is named in 3 of 30 job postings (10%) and required in 2 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Cerence use?

The cloud and platforms named in Cerence job postings are Azure (6), AWS (4), Kubernetes (4) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Cerence?

Backend postings at Cerence most often require Python (4), C++ (3), Git (3), out of 7 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Cerence tech stack changing?

Yes. GitLab, ONNX, Digital Twin, Kotlin first appeared in Cerence job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Cerence tech stack?

Cerence scores 80 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Cerence tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Cerence publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 30 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 28, 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, "Cerence tech stack: 100 technologies from 30 job postings", as of Sep 28, 2026. https://alion.io/company/cerence/technologies

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