Circle
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Circle tech stack

Circle builds mostly with SQL, Python, JavaScript, Go. Its stack also includes AWS, GCP, React.js, MySQL. ChatGPT is named in 21 of the 65 job postings Circle published in the last 12 months (32%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Circle, updated Nov 12, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 12, 2026
Technologies in use
93
Postings analysed
65
Open now
39
Modernity
85 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Circle use?

SQL is named in 29% of job postings at Circle, followed by Python (23%), JavaScript (15%), Go (15%).

SQL 19 29% required in 95% · 15 open now · since Aug 2026
Python 15 23% required in 93% · 11 open now · since Aug 2026
JavaScript 10 15% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
Go 10 15% required in 90% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
TypeScript 8 12% required in 88% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Java 7 11% required in 86% · 4 open now · since Sep 2026
Ruby 4 6% required in 100% · since Feb 2026
Rust 2 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
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Kotlin2
Move1
Node JS1
Solidity1

What frameworks and libraries does Circle use?

React.js is named in 8% of job postings at Circle, followed by Ruby on Rails (6%), Next.js (3%), Tailwind CSS (3%).

React.js 5 8% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Feb 2026
Ruby on Rails 4 6% required in 100% · since Feb 2026
Next.js 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Tailwind CSS 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
LangGraph 1 2% required in 100% · since Nov 2026
LightGBM 1 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
XGBoost 1 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
LangChain 1 2% optional · since Nov 2026

What databases does Circle use?

MySQL is named in 6% of job postings at Circle, followed by PostgreSQL (6%), Google BigQuery (2%), Oracle (2%).

MySQL 4 6% required in 100% · since Feb 2026
PostgreSQL 4 6% required in 100% · since Feb 2026
Google BigQuery 1 2% required in 100% · since Nov 2026
Oracle 1 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026

What cloud and platforms does Circle use?

AWS is named in 12% of job postings at Circle, followed by GCP (12%), Kubernetes (12%), Azure (8%).

AWS 8 12% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
GCP 8 12% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Kubernetes 8 12% required in 88% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Azure 5 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Figma 4 6% required in 50% · since Mar 2026
Amazon EKS 2 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Chainalysis 2 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Okta 2 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
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Superset2
TRM Labs2
API Gateway1
Amazon ECS1
Apache Kafka1
Auth01
GitHub1
SIEM1
Tines1
Windows1
Windows Server1
Wiz1

What developer tools does Circle use?

Cursor is named in 11% of job postings at Circle, followed by Model Context Protocol (8%), Terraform (8%), Claude Code (8%).

Cursor 7 11% required in 57% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
Model Context Protocol 5 8% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Terraform 5 8% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Claude Code 5 8% required in 60% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
Lovable 4 6% required in 50% · since Mar 2026
OpenAI Codex 3 5% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Helm 2 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Pulumi 2 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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Docker1
Git1
Rest API1
dbt1
Ansible1

What AI and ML technologies does Circle use?

ChatGPT is named in 32% of job postings at Circle, followed by Claude (23%), LLM (8%), Gemini (3%).

ChatGPT 21 32% required in 90% · 13 open now · since Sep 2026
Claude 15 23% required in 80% · 9 open now · since Mar 2026
LLM 5 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
Gemini 2 3% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026

Which engineering practices does Circle ask for?

AI Agents is named in 23% of job postings at Circle, followed by CI/CD (17%), Agentic Workflows (9%), Blue-Green Deployment (6%).

AI Agents 15 23% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Feb 2026
CI/CD 11 17% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
Agentic Workflows 6 9% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Blue-Green Deployment 4 6% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
DNS 4 6% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
IAM 4 6% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Smart Contracts 4 6% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Sep 2026
A/B Testing 4 6% required in 75% · since Feb 2026
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DeFi3
SLI/SLO/SLA3
GitOps2
LLM Guardrails2
Progressive Delivery2
RAG2
Self-Healing2
Chaos Engineering2
Machine Learning2
Account Abstraction1
Anomaly Detection1
Context Engineering1
Embeddings1
FinOps1
Fine-tuning1
Human-in-the-Loop1
Knowledge Distillation1
Model Distillation1
Platform Engineering1
Prompt Engineering1
SOAP1
Tokenization1

What other technologies does Circle use?

Solana is named in 5% of job postings at Circle, followed by Ethereum (3%).

Solana 3 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Ethereum 2 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026

What does each Circle team work with?

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

Finance

10 postings
ChatGPT7
Claude3

Backend

9 postings
AWS5
GCP5
JavaScript5
SQL5
Azure4
MySQL4

Management

7 postings
ChatGPT3
Claude3
Java3

Analytics

5 postings
SQL4
ChatGPT2
Python2
Superset2

DevOps

5 postings
Go4
Kubernetes4
Python4
Terraform4
Ethereum2
Helm2

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How much does Circle pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Circle postings with stated pay: $205k across 53 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python15$205k0%
ChatGPT15$170k−17%
SQL14$205k0%
Claude11$170k−17%
JavaScript10$198k−3%
TypeScript8$205k0%
Go7$205k0%
Kubernetes7$205k0%
Java6$237k+15%
AWS6$205k0%

How is the Circle 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
GeminiOct 2026
SupersetOct 2026
OktaOct 2026
SLI/SLO/SLAOct 2026
GitOpsOct 2026
Progressive DeliveryOct 2026
JavaSep 2026
DeFiSep 2026

How modern is the Circle stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 85/100

Circle scores 85 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Circle stack in its industry?

Share of the 335 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

ChatGPT9%
SQL36%
Claude20%
Python51%
Go37%
JavaScript48%
AWS46%
GCP27%
Kubernetes41%
TypeScript47%

What sets Circle apart

Ruby4%
Ruby on Rails2%

Questions about the Circle tech stack

What programming languages does Circle use?

The languages named in Circle job postings are SQL (29%), Python (23%), JavaScript (15%), Go (15%), TypeScript (12%), as a share of the 65 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Circle use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 5 of 65 job postings (8%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Circle use?

The cloud and platforms named in Circle job postings are AWS (8), GCP (8), Kubernetes (8) (postings in brackets).

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

Finance postings at Circle most often require ChatGPT (7), Claude (3), out of 10 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Circle tech stack changing?

Yes. Gemini, Superset, Okta, SLI/SLO/SLA first appeared in Circle job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Circle tech stack?

Circle scores 85 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Circle tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Circle publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 65 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 12, 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, "Circle tech stack: 93 technologies from 65 job postings", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/circle/technologies

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