HackerRank
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HackerRank tech stack

HackerRank builds mostly with Python, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL. Its stack also includes AWS, Kubernetes, Amazon Redshift, Redis. Python is named in 21 of the 41 job postings HackerRank published in the last 12 months (51%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of HackerRank, updated Nov 12, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 12, 2026
Technologies in use
105
Postings analysed
41
Open now
19
Modernity
84 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does HackerRank use?

Python is named in 51% of job postings at HackerRank, followed by JavaScript (27%), Ruby (17%), SQL (15%).

Python 21 51% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Jul 2025
JavaScript 11 27% required in 64% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
Ruby 7 17% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Dec 2025
SQL 6 15% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2025
Java 6 15% required in 83% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
TypeScript 5 12% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Go 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
Node JS 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
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Bash1

What frameworks and libraries does HackerRank use?

Cucumber is named in 10% of job postings at HackerRank, followed by JAX (10%), Playwright (10%), PyTorch (10%).

Cucumber 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
JAX 4 10% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Playwright 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
PyTorch 4 10% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Transformers 4 10% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Angular 1 2% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
React.js 1 2% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
Ruby on Rails 1 2% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
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Spring Boot1

What databases does HackerRank use?

Amazon Redshift is named in 12% of job postings at HackerRank, followed by Redis (10%), Apache Hudi (7%), Apache Iceberg (7%).

Amazon Redshift 5 12% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
Redis 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
Apache Hudi 3 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Apache Iceberg 3 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
ClickHouse 3 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Delta Lake 3 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Druid 3 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
ElasticSearch 3 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
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Presto3
StarRocks3
Trino3
Memcached2
MySQL2
PostgreSQL2

What cloud and platforms does HackerRank use?

AWS is named in 29% of job postings at HackerRank, followed by Kubernetes (27%), Apache Kafka (15%), GCP (12%).

AWS 12 29% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Kubernetes 11 27% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
Apache Kafka 6 15% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
GCP 5 12% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
Spark 5 12% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
Framer 4 10% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
GitHub 4 10% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
GitHub Actions 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
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Postman4
Grafana3
Linux3
Amazon EC22
Amazon EKS2
Amazon S32
Azure2
DLP2
Figma2
New Relic2
Okta2
Opsgenie2
RabbitMQ2
Ubuntu2
API Gateway1
Label Studio1
Scale AI1
Unix1

What developer tools does HackerRank use?

Docker is named in 24% of job postings at HackerRank, followed by Jenkins (17%), Cursor (15%), Rest API (15%).

Docker 10 24% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Jenkins 7 17% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Cursor 6 15% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2025
Rest API 6 15% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2025
Copilot 5 12% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2025
Claude Code 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
Git 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Model Context Protocol 3 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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Prometheus3
Terraform3
ArgoCD2
OpenAI Codex2
Ansible1
CVAT1
Helm1
Packer1
VictoriaMetrics1

What AI and ML technologies does HackerRank use?

LLM is named in 22% of job postings at HackerRank, followed by LoRA (7%), PEFT (7%), QLoRA (7%).

LLM 9 22% required in 100% · 5 open now · since May 2026
LoRA 3 7% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2026
PEFT 3 7% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2026
QLoRA 3 7% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2026
Claude 2 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2025

Which engineering practices does HackerRank ask for?

AI Agents is named in 41% of job postings at HackerRank, followed by CI/CD (20%), Fine-tuning (15%), RAG (12%).

AI Agents 17 41% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Mar 2026
CI/CD 8 20% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Fine-tuning 6 15% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
RAG 5 12% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
Knowledge Distillation 4 10% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Machine Learning 4 10% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
Model Distillation 4 10% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
RLHF 4 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
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Agentic Workflows3
Anomaly Detection3
SFT3
Function Calling2
IAM2
NLP2
Prompt Engineering2
Quantization2
Twelve-Factor App2
VPN2
Configuration Management1
DNS1
Incident Management1
Knowledge Graph1
LLM Guardrails1
Multimodal AI1
Service Mesh1

What does each HackerRank team work with?

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

DevOps

5 postings
AWS3
Docker3
ElasticSearch3
Grafana3
Kubernetes3
Linux3

Design

5 postings
Framer4
Figma2
Model Context Protocol2

QA

4 postings
Cucumber4
Docker4
Git4
GitHub Actions4
JavaScript4
Jenkins4

AI/ML

4 postings
JAX4
PyTorch4
Transformers4
LLM3
LoRA3
PEFT3

Data Science

3 postings
AWS3
Amazon Redshift3
Apache Hudi3
Apache Iceberg3
ClickHouse3
Delta Lake3

Industrial Engineering

3 postings
Python3
Claude2
Copilot2
Cursor2
JavaScript2
Rest API2

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How is the HackerRank 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
LoRAOct 2026
PEFTOct 2026
QLoRAOct 2026
QuantizationOct 2026
DLPAug 2026
OktaAug 2026
VPNAug 2026
CucumberAug 2026
Rising
Rest API0% → 25%
JavaScript10% → 33%
CI/CD0% → 21%
Cucumber0% → 17%
Git0% → 17%
GitHub Actions0% → 17%
Playwright0% → 17%
Postman0% → 17%
Falling
AWS50% → 13%
RAG30% → 0%
Apache Hudi30% → 0%
Apache Iceberg30% → 0%
ClickHouse30% → 0%
Delta Lake30% → 0%
Druid30% → 0%
Presto30% → 0%
Not named for 6 months
AzureMar 2026
Function CallingMar 2026
MemcachedMar 2026
MySQLMar 2026
PostgreSQLMar 2026
Prompt EngineeringMar 2026
RabbitMQMar 2026

How modern is the HackerRank stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 84/100

HackerRank scores 84 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 HackerRank stack in its industry?

Share of the 334 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python48%
AWS39%
JavaScript53%
Kubernetes25%
LLM29%
Ruby8%
Apache Kafka15%
Java20%
SQL47%
Amazon Redshift7%

What sets HackerRank apart

Cucumber2%
Framer1%
JAX1%
Transformers3%
Apache Hudi1%
Apache Iceberg1%
ClickHouse3%
Delta Lake3%
Druid1%
LoRA2%

Questions about the HackerRank tech stack

What programming languages does HackerRank use?

The languages named in HackerRank job postings are Python (51%), JavaScript (27%), Ruby (17%), SQL (15%), Java (15%), as a share of the 41 postings of the last 12 months.

Does HackerRank use Cucumber?

Yes. Cucumber is named in 4 of 41 job postings (10%) and required in 4 of them.

What cloud and platforms does HackerRank use?

The cloud and platforms named in HackerRank job postings are AWS (12), Kubernetes (11), Apache Kafka (6) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a DevOps job at HackerRank?

DevOps postings at HackerRank most often require AWS (3), Docker (3), ElasticSearch (3), Grafana (3), out of 5 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the HackerRank tech stack changing?

Yes. LoRA, PEFT, QLoRA, Quantization first appeared in HackerRank job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the HackerRank tech stack?

HackerRank scores 84 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 HackerRank tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting HackerRank publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 41 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 12, 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, "HackerRank tech stack: 105 technologies from 41 job postings", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/hackerrank/technologies

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