Harvard University
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Harvard University tech stack

Harvard University builds mostly with Python, Stata, SQL, MATLAB. Its stack also includes Windows, Linux, Oracle, Cypress. Python is named in 49 of the 184 job postings Harvard University published in the last 12 months (27%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Harvard University, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
194
Postings analysed
184
Open now
71
Modernity
81 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Harvard University use?

Python is named in 27% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Stata (12%), SQL (10%), MATLAB (9%).

Python 49 27% required in 90% · 15 open now · since Feb 2026
Stata 22 12% required in 95% · 8 open now · since Jul 2026
SQL 19 10% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
MATLAB 17 9% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
JavaScript 16 9% required in 75% · 5 open now · since May 2026
PHP 9 5% required in 11% · since Jul 2026
SAS 7 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Bash 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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TypeScript3
R2
Apex2
C++1
HLSL1
PowerShell1
Rust1
Ruby1

What frameworks and libraries does Harvard University use?

Cypress is named in 3% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by PyTorch (3%), TensorFlow (3%), FastAPI (2%).

Cypress 5 3% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
PyTorch 5 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
TensorFlow 5 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
FastAPI 4 2% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
React.js 4 2% required in 75% · since Jun 2026
Django 3 2% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
JQuery 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Playwright 3 2% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
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Pytest3
Ray3
Scikit-learn3
Selenium3
LangChain2
LangGraph2
Svelte2
AutoGen1
CUDA1
CrewAI1
D3.js1
DeepSpeed1
FSDP1
JAX1
Next.js1
NumPy1
OpenCL1
OpenTelemetry1
ROCm1
SciPy1
Shiny1
TensorFlow C++1
Transformers1
Triton1
Vue.js1
cuDNN1
pgvector1

What databases does Harvard University use?

Oracle is named in 5% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by PostgreSQL (2%), MySQL (2%), Pinecone (1%).

Oracle 9 5% required in 89% · 3 open now · since May 2026
PostgreSQL 4 2% required in 75% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
MySQL 3 2% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Pinecone 2 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Weaviate 2 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Amazon Redshift 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Chroma 1 1% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
ElasticSearch 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
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OpenSearch1
Qdrant1
MariaDB1

What cloud and platforms does Harvard University use?

Windows is named in 9% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Linux (8%), AWS (5%), GitHub (5%).

Windows 17 9% required in 94% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
Linux 14 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
AWS 10 5% required in 90% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
GitHub 10 5% required in 90% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
GCP 5 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Azure 4 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Kubernetes 4 2% required in 75% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Unix 4 2% required in 75% · since Jun 2026
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Active Directory3
VMWare3
Windows Server3
GitHub Actions3
Amazon EC22
Amazon S32
Bioconductor2
Figma2
Power BI2
Red Hat2
Checkmarx2
AWS Lambda1
AWS Step Functions1
Amazon CloudWatch1
Anthropic1
Apache Kafka1
Burp Suite1
DLP1
GitLab CI1
MuleSoft1
Okta1
OpenAI1
OpenShift1
Prefect1
Spark1
Tableau1
Veracode1
Amazon ECS1
Qualys Cloud Platform1
Splunk1

What developer tools does Harvard University use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 21% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Canva (8%), Git (7%), Docker (5%).

Microsoft Excel 39 21% required in 95% · 20 open now · since Jul 2026
Canva 14 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Git 12 7% required in 92% · 1 open now · since Feb 2026
Docker 9 5% required in 89% · 3 open now · since Feb 2026
Rest API 8 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
WordPress 8 4% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Adobe Photoshop 7 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Ansible 5 3% required in 40% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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AutoCAD3
Claude Code3
Fusion 3603
Model Context Protocol3
Podman3
SolidWorks3
Jenkins3
Chrome DevTools2
Drupal2
GraphQL2
JMeter2
KiCad2
SLURM2
Puppet2
Terraform2
CloudFormation1
Copilot1
Cursor1
Informatica1
LLVM1
ONNX1
OpenMP1
SSIS1
Salesforce Flow1
Semantic Kernel1
TensorRT1
WebGPU1
Windsurf1
npm1
Chef1

What AI and ML technologies does Harvard University use?

ChatGPT is named in 3% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Claude (3%), LLM (2%), LoRA (1%).

ChatGPT 6 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Claude 5 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
LLM 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
LoRA 1 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
PEFT 1 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
QLoRA 1 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does Harvard University ask for?

NLP is named in 8% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Machine Learning (7%), CI/CD (6%), RAG (4%).

NLP 15 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 12 7% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
CI/CD 11 6% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
RAG 8 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 7 4% required in 86% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
HPC 6 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
A/B Testing 5 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Cell Culture 5 3% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
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Configuration Management4
Prompt Engineering4
ETL/ELT3
Human-in-the-Loop3
LLM Guardrails3
Next-Generation Sequencing3
Agentic Workflows2
Computer Vision2
EU AI Act2
Embeddings2
IAM2
Mass Spectrometry2
Master Data Management2
Red Teaming2
Semantic Search2
Western Blot2
Fine-tuning2
GMP2
21 CFR Part 111
CRISPR1
Chromatography1
Design of Experiments1
Dimensional Modeling1
ELISA1
Flow Cytometry1
Function Calling1
GLP1
HPLC1
Hallucination1
Hybrid Search1
Interpretability1
Molecular Cloning1

And 10 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each Harvard University team work with?

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

Science & Research

32 postings
Stata11
MATLAB9
Python8
Linux4
SAS3
Ray2

Administrative

14 postings
Adobe Photoshop3
Canva3
Microsoft Excel3
WordPress3

Backend

13 postings
JavaScript8
Oracle7
SQL7
Git6
Python6
GitHub4

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How is the Harvard University 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
Mass SpectrometryNov 2026
Cell CultureOct 2026
Western BlotOct 2026
GMPOct 2026
Scikit-learnOct 2026
Computer VisionOct 2026
EU AI ActOct 2026
AutoCADSep 2026
Rising
Microsoft Excel14% → 23%
Stata7% → 13%
Canva3% → 9%
Machine Learning3% → 7%
A/B Testing0% → 3%
Cell Culture0% → 3%
FastAPI0% → 3%
Prompt Engineering0% → 3%
Falling
SQL28% → 7%
Linux24% → 3%
GitHub14% → 3%
JavaScript17% → 7%
CI/CD14% → 4%
Jenkins10% → 0%
Git14% → 5%
Windows14% → 7%

How modern is the Harvard University stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 81/100

Harvard University 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: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Harvard University stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,395 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python36%
Stata7%
SQL30%
MATLAB11%
Windows29%
JavaScript23%
Linux21%
AWS16%
GitHub9%
Oracle7%

What sets Harvard University apart

Cypress1%
FastAPI3%
Django2%
GitHub Actions3%
JQuery2%
Playwright2%
Pytest1%
Ray2%
Scikit-learn4%
Selenium1%

Questions about the Harvard University tech stack

What programming languages does Harvard University use?

The languages named in Harvard University job postings are Python (27%), Stata (12%), SQL (10%), MATLAB (9%), JavaScript (9%), as a share of the 184 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Harvard University use Cypress?

Yes. Cypress is named in 5 of 184 job postings (3%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Harvard University use?

The cloud and platforms named in Harvard University job postings are Windows (17), Linux (14), AWS (10) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Science & Research job at Harvard University?

Science & Research postings at Harvard University most often require Stata (11), MATLAB (9), Python (8), Linux (4), out of 32 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Harvard University tech stack changing?

Yes. Mass Spectrometry, Cell Culture, Western Blot, GMP first appeared in Harvard University job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Harvard University tech stack?

Harvard University 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: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Harvard University tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Harvard University publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 184 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 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, "Harvard University tech stack: 194 technologies from 184 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/harvard-university/technologies

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