DigitalOcean tech stack

DigitalOcean builds mostly with Python, Go, Bash, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Linux, MySQL. Python is named in 6 of the 14 job postings DigitalOcean published in the last 12 months (43%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of DigitalOcean, updated Oct 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Oct 11, 2026
Technologies in use
79
Postings analysed
14
Open now
10
Modernity
71 /100

What programming languages does DigitalOcean use?

Python is named in 43% of job postings at DigitalOcean, followed by Go (21%), Bash (14%), JavaScript (14%).

Python 6 43% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Go 3 21% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Bash 2 14% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
JavaScript 2 14% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Java 1 7% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
PHP 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
SQL 1 7% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Rust 1 7% optional · 1 open now · since Aug 2026

What frameworks and libraries does DigitalOcean use?

AutoGen is named in 7% of job postings at DigitalOcean, followed by CrewAI (7%), LangGraph (7%), Laravel (7%).

AutoGen 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
CrewAI 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LangGraph 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Laravel 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LangChain 1 7% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

What databases does DigitalOcean use?

PostgreSQL is named in 29% of job postings at DigitalOcean, followed by MySQL (21%), MariaDB (14%), Amazon Redshift (7%).

PostgreSQL 4 29% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
MySQL 3 21% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
MariaDB 2 14% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Amazon Redshift 1 7% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
BigQuery 1 7% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
ClickHouse 1 7% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Google BigQuery 1 7% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
OpenSearch 1 7% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
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Redis1
Snowflake1

What cloud and platforms does DigitalOcean use?

Kubernetes is named in 43% of job postings at DigitalOcean, followed by Linux (21%), AWS (21%), AWS Fargate (7%).

Kubernetes 6 43% required in 83% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Linux 3 21% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
AWS 3 21% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
AWS Fargate 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
AWS Lambda 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Amazon EKS 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Apache Kafka 1 7% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
CentOS Stream 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Debian1
Fly.io1
GitHub Actions1
Google Cloud Run1
Grafana1
Heroku1
Looker1
Ubuntu1
Unix1
Amazon S31
GCP1

What developer tools does DigitalOcean use?

Ansible is named in 14% of job postings at DigitalOcean, followed by Docker (14%), Helm (14%), gRPC (14%).

Ansible 2 14% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Docker 2 14% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Helm 2 14% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
gRPC 2 14% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Apache HTTP Server 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Argo Workflows 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
ArgoCD 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Chef 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Consul1
Git1
Jenkins1
Magento1
Nginx1
Nomad1
Terraform1
WebSockets1
WordPress1
dbt1
etcd1
MinIO1

What AI and ML technologies does DigitalOcean use?

LLM is named in 14% of job postings at DigitalOcean.

LLM 2 14% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does DigitalOcean ask for?

AI Agents is named in 36% of job postings at DigitalOcean, followed by CI/CD (14%), Configuration Management (14%), Platform Engineering (14%).

AI Agents 5 36% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
CI/CD 2 14% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Configuration Management 2 14% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Platform Engineering 2 14% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
RAG 2 14% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
SLI/SLO/SLA 2 14% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
EU AI Act 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Fine-tuning 1 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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GitOps1
Incident Management1
LLM Guardrails1
Machine Learning1
NIST AI RMF1
Red Teaming1
Synthetic Data1
TCP/IP1

What does each DigitalOcean team work with?

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

Backend

3 postings
Kubernetes3
PostgreSQL3
Docker2
Go2
MySQL2
gRPC2

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How modern is the DigitalOcean stack?

Modern AI adopter 71/100

DigitalOcean scores 71 out of 100 (Modern). 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 DigitalOcean stack in its industry?

Share of the 344 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Kubernetes64%
Python70%
PostgreSQL34%
AWS52%
Go39%
Linux66%
MySQL24%
Bash35%
JavaScript43%
LLM40%

DigitalOcean products in its job postings

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

DigitalOcean14

Questions about the DigitalOcean tech stack

What programming languages does DigitalOcean use?

The languages named in DigitalOcean job postings are Python (43%), Go (21%), Bash (14%), JavaScript (14%), Java (7%), as a share of the 14 postings of the last 12 months.

Does DigitalOcean use Kubernetes?

Yes. Kubernetes is named in 6 of 14 job postings (43%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does DigitalOcean use?

The cloud and platforms named in DigitalOcean job postings are Kubernetes (6), Linux (3), AWS (3) (postings in brackets).

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

Backend postings at DigitalOcean most often require Kubernetes (3), PostgreSQL (3), Docker (2), Go (2), out of 3 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the DigitalOcean tech stack changing?

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

How modern is the DigitalOcean tech stack?

DigitalOcean scores 71 out of 100 (Modern). 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 DigitalOcean tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting DigitalOcean publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 14 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 11, 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, "DigitalOcean tech stack: 79 technologies from 14 job postings", as of Oct 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/digitalocean/technologies

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