DeepSeek tech stack

DeepSeek builds mostly with Rust, C++, Python, Go. Its stack also includes PyTorch, PyTorch C++, Linux, CUDA Toolkit. Rust is named in 10 of the 19 job postings DeepSeek published in the last 12 months (53%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of DeepSeek, updated Oct 16, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Oct 16, 2026
Technologies in use
85
Postings analysed
19
Open now
19
Modernity
81 /100

What programming languages does DeepSeek use?

Rust is named in 53% of job postings at DeepSeek, followed by C++ (47%), Python (47%), Go (11%).

Rust 10 53% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
C++ 9 47% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jun 2026
Python 9 47% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jun 2026
Go 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
JavaScript 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Node JS 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
C# 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
GLSL 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Java1
Kotlin1
Objective-C1
PHP1
SQL1
Swift1
TypeScript1
WGSL1
Dart1

What frameworks and libraries does DeepSeek use?

PyTorch is named in 26% of job postings at DeepSeek, followed by PyTorch C++ (26%), CUDA (16%), Triton (11%).

PyTorch 5 26% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
PyTorch C++ 5 26% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
CUDA 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Triton 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Babylon.js 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
CUTLASS 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Electron 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Flutter 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Godot1
MLIR1
Megatron-LM1
NCCL1
OpenTelemetry1
PoC Library1
React Native1
Three.JS1
Unity1
Vue.js1
React.js1
Transformers1

What databases does DeepSeek use?

ClickHouse is named in 5% of job postings at DeepSeek, followed by DuckDB (5%), FoundationDB (5%), MySQL (5%).

ClickHouse 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
DuckDB 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
FoundationDB 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
MySQL 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Redis 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
RocksDB 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026

What cloud and platforms does DeepSeek use?

Linux is named in 21% of job postings at DeepSeek, followed by CUDA Toolkit (16%), Kubernetes (16%), .NET (5%).

Linux 4 21% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
CUDA Toolkit 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Kubernetes 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
.NET 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
GitHub 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Grafana 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
WebAssembly 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
vLLM 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026

What developer tools does DeepSeek use?

InfiniBand is named in 16% of job postings at DeepSeek, followed by Claude Code (11%), LLVM (11%), Model Context Protocol (11%).

InfiniBand 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Claude Code 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
LLVM 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Model Context Protocol 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
OpenAI Codex 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Copilot 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Cursor 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Docker 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Git1
NVLink1
Prometheus1
WebGPU1

What AI and ML technologies does DeepSeek use?

LLM is named in 26% of job postings at DeepSeek, followed by PEFT (5%), VLM (5%).

LLM 5 26% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
PEFT 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
VLM 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026

Which engineering practices does DeepSeek ask for?

AI Agents is named in 21% of job postings at DeepSeek, followed by KV Cache (21%), CI/CD (11%), Prompt Engineering (11%).

AI Agents 4 21% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
KV Cache 4 21% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
CI/CD 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Prompt Engineering 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Context Engineering 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
DNS 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Function Calling 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
GRPO 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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HPC1
Knowledge Distillation1
Mixture of Experts1
Model Distillation1
OCR1
PPO1
Post-training1
RAG1
RLHF1
Tokenization1
Tool Use1

What does each DeepSeek team work with?

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

AI/ML

7 postings
C++3
CUDA3
CUDA Toolkit3
PyTorch3
PyTorch C++3
Python3

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How modern is the DeepSeek stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 81/100

DeepSeek 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the DeepSeek stack in its industry?

Share of the 367 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Rust21%
C++32%
Python75%
LLM61%
PyTorch46%
PyTorch C++17%
Linux32%
CUDA26%
CUDA Toolkit26%
Kubernetes54%

DeepSeek products in its job postings

Postings at DeepSeek name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

DeepSeek6

Questions about the DeepSeek tech stack

What programming languages does DeepSeek use?

The languages named in DeepSeek job postings are Rust (53%), C++ (47%), Python (47%), Go (11%), JavaScript (11%), as a share of the 19 postings of the last 12 months.

Does DeepSeek use PyTorch?

Yes. PyTorch is named in 5 of 19 job postings (26%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does DeepSeek use?

The cloud and platforms named in DeepSeek job postings are Linux (4), CUDA Toolkit (3), Kubernetes (3) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a AI/ML job at DeepSeek?

AI/ML postings at DeepSeek most often require C++ (3), CUDA (3), CUDA Toolkit (3), PyTorch (3), out of 7 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the DeepSeek tech stack changing?

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

How modern is the DeepSeek tech stack?

DeepSeek 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the DeepSeek tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting DeepSeek publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 19 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 16, 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, "DeepSeek tech stack: 85 technologies from 19 job postings", as of Oct 16, 2026. https://alion.io/company/deepseek/technologies

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