Elastic tech stack
Elastic builds mostly with Java, Go, Python, JavaScript. Its stack also includes SIEM, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, OpenTelemetry. SIEM is named in 132 of the 525 job postings Elastic published in the last 12 months (25%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Elastic, updated Sep 27, 2026.
What programming languages does Elastic use?
Java is named in 14% of job postings at Elastic, followed by Go (10%), Python (9%), JavaScript (9%).
Java
74 14%
Go
51 10%
Python
47 9%
JavaScript
45 9%
TypeScript
36 7%
Node JS
30 6%
Rust
18 3%
C++
16 3%
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What frameworks and libraries does Elastic use?
OpenTelemetry is named in 6% of job postings at Elastic, followed by React.js (4%), LangChain (2%), LangGraph (2%).
OpenTelemetry
30 6%
React.js
23 4%
LangChain
9 2%
LangGraph
8 2%
Next.js
5 1%
NgRx
5 1%
Angular
5 1%
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What databases does Elastic use?
PostgreSQL is named in 6% of job postings at Elastic, followed by Cassandra (3%), BigQuery (1%), Google BigQuery (1%).
PostgreSQL
33 6%
Cassandra
18 3%
BigQuery
6 1%
Google BigQuery
6 1%
DynamoDB
5 1%
Snowflake
2 <1%
OpenSearch
1 <1%
What cloud and platforms does Elastic use?
SIEM is named in 25% of job postings at Elastic, followed by Kubernetes (14%), GitHub (13%), AWS (12%).
Kubernetes
73 14%
GitHub
67 13%
AWS
64 12%
GCP
60 11%
Azure
54 10%
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And 8 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Elastic use?
Terraform is named in 8% of job postings at Elastic, followed by Rest API (4%), Prometheus (4%), Docker (3%).
Terraform
40 8%
Rest API
23 4%
Prometheus
22 4%
Docker
17 3%
Helm
16 3%
Crossplane
16 3%
Git
15 3%
Model Context Protocol
12 2%
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And 3 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Elastic use?
LLM is named in 5% of job postings at Elastic, followed by Claude (3%), Gemini (1%), ChatGPT (<1%).
Which engineering practices does Elastic ask for?
AI Agents is named in 17% of job postings at Elastic, followed by CI/CD (14%), RAG (6%), Machine Learning (4%).
AI Agents
91 17%
CI/CD
75 14%
RAG
31 6%
Platform Engineering
19 4%
Semantic Search
18 3%
Prompt Engineering
15 3%
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What does each Elastic team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Sales
131 postingsBackend
110 postingsProduct
71 postingsDevOps
56 postingsSolutions
37 postingsLeadership
29 postingsHow does your stack fit Elastic?
How much does Elastic pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Elastic postings with stated pay: $179k across 206 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIEM | 63 | $170k | −5% |
| AWS | 33 | $192k | +7% |
| Azure | 30 | $179k | 0% |
| GCP | 30 | $175k | −3% |
| Java | 29 | $211k | +18% |
| GitHub | 26 | $211k | +18% |
| Kubernetes | 20 | $184k | +3% |
| Python | 14 | $170k | −5% |
| PostgreSQL | 13 | $211k | +18% |
| LLM | 13 | $176k | −2% |
How is the Elastic 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.
How modern is the Elastic stack?
Elastic 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Elastic stack in its industry?
Share of the 1,048 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Elastic apart
Elastic products in its job postings
Postings at Elastic name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.
Companies with a stack like Elastic
Questions about the Elastic tech stack
What programming languages does Elastic use?
The languages named in Elastic job postings are Java (14%), Go (10%), Python (9%), JavaScript (9%), TypeScript (7%), as a share of the 525 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Elastic use OpenTelemetry?
Yes. OpenTelemetry is named in 30 of 525 job postings (6%) and required in 13 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Elastic use?
The cloud and platforms named in Elastic job postings are SIEM (132), Kubernetes (73), GitHub (67) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Sales job at Elastic?
Sales postings at Elastic most often require AWS (5), Claude (4), GCP (4), SIEM (4), out of 131 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Elastic tech stack changing?
Yes. CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, Commander.js, SOAP first appeared in Elastic job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Elastic tech stack?
Elastic 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Elastic tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Elastic publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 525 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 27, 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, "Elastic tech stack: 172 technologies from 525 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/elastic/technologies