Coursera tech stack
Coursera builds mostly with SQL, Python, Java, TypeScript. Its stack also includes Figma, FigJam, DuckDB, PostgreSQL. Figma is named in 4 of the 12 job postings Coursera published in the last 12 months (33%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Coursera, updated Oct 15, 2026.
What programming languages does Coursera use?
SQL is named in 17% of job postings at Coursera, followed by Python (17%), Java (8%), TypeScript (8%).
What frameworks and libraries does Coursera use?
Cypress is named in 8% of job postings at Coursera, followed by Playwright (8%), Selenium (8%), LangChain (8%).
Cypress
1 8%
Playwright
1 8%
Selenium
1 8%
LangChain
1 8%
LangGraph
1 8%
Pact
1 8%
Rest-Assured
1 8%
pgvector
1 8%
What databases does Coursera use?
DuckDB is named in 8% of job postings at Coursera, followed by PostgreSQL (8%).
DuckDB
1 8%
PostgreSQL
1 8%
What cloud and platforms does Coursera use?
Figma is named in 33% of job postings at Coursera, followed by FigJam (25%), Kubernetes (17%), AWS (17%).
Figma
4 33%
Kubernetes
2 17%
AWS
2 17%
Apache Kafka
1 8%
GitHub Actions
1 8%
Okta
1 8%
Power BI
1 8%
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What developer tools does Coursera use?
Model Context Protocol is named in 17% of job postings at Coursera, followed by CircleCI (8%), Claude Code (8%), Docker (8%).
What AI and ML technologies does Coursera use?
Claude is named in 8% of job postings at Coursera.
Claude
1 8%
Which engineering practices does Coursera ask for?
AI Agents is named in 42% of job postings at Coursera, followed by CI/CD (17%), Machine Learning (17%), LLM Guardrails (8%).
What does each Coursera team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Design
3 postingsHow does your stack fit Coursera?
How modern is the Coursera stack?
Coursera scores 81 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Coursera stack in its industry?
Share of the 1,307 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Coursera apart
Companies with a stack like Coursera
Questions about the Coursera tech stack
What programming languages does Coursera use?
The languages named in Coursera job postings are SQL (17%), Python (17%), Java (8%), TypeScript (8%), JavaScript (8%), as a share of the 12 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Coursera use Figma?
Yes. Figma is named in 4 of 12 job postings (33%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Coursera use?
The cloud and platforms named in Coursera job postings are Figma (4), FigJam (3), Kubernetes (2) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Design job at Coursera?
Design postings at Coursera most often require FigJam (3), Figma (3), out of 3 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Coursera tech stack changing?
No new technology has appeared in Coursera job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Coursera tech stack?
Coursera scores 81 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Coursera tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Coursera publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 12 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 15, 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, "Coursera tech stack: 39 technologies from 12 job postings", as of Oct 15, 2026. https://alion.io/company/coursera/technologies