Featherless tech stack

Featherless builds mostly with Python. Its stack also includes PyTorch, OpenAI, vLLM, JAX. PyTorch is named in 9 of the 19 job postings Featherless published in the last 12 months (47%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Featherless, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 27, 2026
Technologies in use
39
Postings analysed
19
Open now
14
Modernity
81 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Featherless use?

Python is named in 32% of job postings at Featherless.

Python 6 32% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026

What frameworks and libraries does Featherless use?

PyTorch is named in 47% of job postings at Featherless, followed by JAX (21%), ROCm (21%), Transformers (16%).

PyTorch 9 47% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jan 2026
JAX 4 21% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
ROCm 4 21% required in 25% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
Transformers 3 16% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
SGLang 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
TensorRT-LLM 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Triton 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
CUDA 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
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FSDP2
ONNX Runtime2
Ray1
DeepSpeed1
Megatron-LM1

What cloud and platforms does Featherless use?

OpenAI is named in 32% of job postings at Featherless, followed by vLLM (21%), arXiv (16%), Hugging Face (11%).

OpenAI 6 32% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
vLLM 4 21% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
arXiv 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
Hugging Face 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Kubernetes 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
CUDA Toolkit 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Spark 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026

What developer tools does Featherless use?

TensorRT is named in 21% of job postings at Featherless.

TensorRT 4 21% required in 25% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026

What AI and ML technologies does Featherless use?

LLM is named in 21% of job postings at Featherless, followed by ChatGPT (16%), Claude (16%), LoRA (11%).

LLM 4 21% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
ChatGPT 3 16% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Claude 3 16% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LoRA 2 11% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
PEFT 2 11% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Featherless ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 42% of job postings at Featherless, followed by Quantization (32%), KV Cache (21%), Knowledge Distillation (16%).

Machine Learning 8 42% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Jan 2026
Quantization 6 32% required in 83% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
KV Cache 4 21% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
Knowledge Distillation 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
Model Distillation 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
NLP 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Tokenization 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Fine-tuning 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
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Speculative Decoding2
Embeddings1
Multimodal AI1
Transfer Learning1

What does each Featherless team work with?

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

AI/ML

10 postings
PyTorch9
JAX4
Python4
arXiv3
Transformers2
Triton2

Sales

8 postings
OpenAI5
ChatGPT3
Claude3

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How is the Featherless 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
Hugging FaceSep 2026
KubernetesSep 2026
LoRASep 2026
SGLangSep 2026
TensorRT-LLMSep 2026
PEFTSep 2026
ChatGPTSep 2026
ClaudeSep 2026
Not named for 6 months
PyTorchJan 2026
Machine LearningJan 2026
JAXJan 2026
arXivJan 2026
TransformersJan 2026
Knowledge DistillationJan 2026
Model DistillationJan 2026
FSDPJan 2026

How modern is the Featherless stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 81/100

Featherless 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Featherless stack in its industry?

Share of the 2,089 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

PyTorch18%
OpenAI16%
Python62%
JAX5%
LLM41%
ROCm1%
vLLM6%
ChatGPT14%
Claude27%
Transformers6%

What sets Featherless apart

ROCm1%
arXiv1%

Questions about the Featherless tech stack

What programming languages does Featherless use?

The languages named in Featherless job postings are Python (32%), as a share of the 19 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Featherless use PyTorch?

Yes. PyTorch is named in 9 of 19 job postings (47%) and required in 9 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Featherless use?

The cloud and platforms named in Featherless job postings are OpenAI (6), vLLM (4), arXiv (3) (postings in brackets).

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

AI/ML postings at Featherless most often require PyTorch (9), JAX (4), Python (4), arXiv (3), out of 10 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Featherless tech stack changing?

Yes. Hugging Face, Kubernetes, LoRA, SGLang first appeared in Featherless job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Featherless tech stack?

Featherless 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Featherless tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Featherless 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 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, "Featherless tech stack: 39 technologies from 19 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/featherless/technologies

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