Harvard University tech stack

Harvard University builds mostly with Python, SQL, JavaScript, MATLAB. Its stack also includes Windows, Linux, Oracle, Cypress. Python is named in 32 of the 107 job postings Harvard University published in the last 12 months (30%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Harvard University, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 27, 2026
Technologies in use
164
Postings analysed
107
Open now
55
Modernity
82 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Harvard University use?

Python is named in 30% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by SQL (14%), JavaScript (12%), MATLAB (10%).

Python 32 30% required in 94% · 11 open now · since May 2026
SQL 15 14% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
JavaScript 13 12% required in 69% · 7 open now · since May 2026
MATLAB 11 10% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Stata 11 10% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
PHP 5 5% required in 20% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Bash 3 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
SAS 3 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
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TypeScript2
Apex2
C++1
PowerShell1
R1
Rust1
Ruby1

What frameworks and libraries does Harvard University use?

Cypress is named in 5% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by FastAPI (4%), Django (3%), Playwright (3%).

Cypress 5 5% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
FastAPI 4 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Django 3 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Playwright 3 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
PyTorch 3 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Pytest 3 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Ray 3 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Selenium 3 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
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TensorFlow3
React.js3
JQuery2
LangChain2
LangGraph2
Svelte2
AutoGen1
CUDA1
CrewAI1
DeepSpeed1
FSDP1
JAX1
Next.js1
OpenCL1
OpenTelemetry1
PyTorch C++1
ROCm1
Shiny1
TensorFlow C++1
Transformers1
Triton1
cuDNN1
pgvector1

What databases does Harvard University use?

Oracle is named in 6% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by PostgreSQL (4%), MySQL (3%), Pinecone (2%).

Oracle 6 6% required in 100% · 2 open now · since May 2026
PostgreSQL 4 4% required in 75% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
MySQL 3 3% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Pinecone 2 2% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Weaviate 2 2% 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% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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OpenSearch1
Qdrant1
MariaDB1

What cloud and platforms does Harvard University use?

Windows is named in 12% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Linux (10%), GitHub (7%), AWS (6%).

Windows 13 12% required in 92% · 10 open now · since Apr 2026
Linux 11 10% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
GitHub 8 7% required in 88% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
AWS 6 6% required in 83% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Kubernetes 4 4% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
GitHub Actions 3 3% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Unix 3 3% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Active Directory 2 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Azure2
Figma2
GCP2
Power BI2
VMWare2
Windows Server2
Checkmarx2
AWS Lambda1
AWS Step Functions1
Amazon CloudWatch1
Amazon EC21
Amazon S31
Anthropic1
Apache Kafka1
Bioconductor1
Burp Suite1
CUDA Toolkit1
GitLab CI1
MuleSoft1
Okta1
OpenAI1
OpenShift1
Prefect1
Red Hat1
Spark1
Tableau1
Veracode1
Amazon ECS1
Qualys Cloud Platform1
Splunk1

What developer tools does Harvard University use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 18% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Canva (11%), Git (10%), Docker (7%).

Microsoft Excel 19 18% required in 95% · 11 open now · since Jul 2026
Canva 12 11% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Git 11 10% required in 91% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Docker 7 7% required in 86% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Rest API 5 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Adobe Photoshop 4 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
WordPress 4 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Ansible 4 4% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
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Fusion 3603
Podman3
SolidWorks3
Jenkins3
Chrome DevTools2
Drupal2
JMeter2
KiCad2
SLURM2
Puppet2
Terraform2
Claude Code1
CloudFormation1
Copilot1
Cursor1
GraphQL1
Informatica1
LLVM1
Model Context Protocol1
ONNX1
OpenMP1
SSIS1
Salesforce Flow1
Semantic Kernel1
TensorRT1
Windsurf1
Chef1

What AI and ML technologies does Harvard University use?

ChatGPT is named in 5% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by Claude (4%), LLM (1%), LoRA (1%).

ChatGPT 5 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Claude 4 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
LLM 1 1% required in 100% · 1 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?

CI/CD is named in 9% of job postings at Harvard University, followed by NLP (8%), Machine Learning (6%), HPC (5%).

CI/CD 10 9% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
NLP 9 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 6 6% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
HPC 5 5% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
RAG 5 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 4 4% required in 75% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Configuration Management 3 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
ETL/ELT 3 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
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Human-in-the-Loop3
A/B Testing2
Agentic Workflows2
Embeddings2
IAM2
LLM Guardrails2
Master Data Management2
Semantic Search2
Semantic Search2
Fine-tuning2
Dimensional Modeling1
Edge AI1
Hallucination1
Hybrid Search1
Multimodal AI1
Platform Engineering1
Prompt Engineering1
Red Teaming1
SFT1
Self-Attention1

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

14 postings
MATLAB7
Stata7
Python6
Linux3
Ray3
Microsoft Excel2

Backend

10 postings
JavaScript6
Oracle6
SQL6
Git5
Python4
ChatGPT2

Administrative

8 postings
Canva3
WordPress2

DevOps

7 postings
Python5
Linux4
Bash3
Docker3
Podman3
AWS2

Marketing

7 postings
Canva6
Adobe Photoshop2
Figma2

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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
FigmaSep 2026
A/B TestingSep 2026
SvelteSep 2026
TypeScriptSep 2026
Agentic WorkflowsSep 2026
FastAPIAug 2026
DjangoAug 2026
Human-in-the-LoopAug 2026

How modern is the Harvard University stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 82/100

Harvard University scores 82 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 442 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python45%
SQL34%
JavaScript33%
Windows26%
Linux23%
MATLAB13%
Stata6%
GitHub13%
AWS25%
Oracle7%

What sets Harvard University apart

Cypress3%
Django4%
Playwright3%
Pytest2%
Ray4%
Selenium4%

Questions about the Harvard University tech stack

What programming languages does Harvard University use?

The languages named in Harvard University job postings are Python (30%), SQL (14%), JavaScript (12%), MATLAB (10%), Stata (10%), as a share of the 107 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Harvard University use Cypress?

Yes. Cypress is named in 5 of 107 job postings (5%) 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 (13), Linux (11), GitHub (8) (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 MATLAB (7), Stata (7), Python (6), Linux (3), out of 14 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Harvard University tech stack changing?

Yes. Figma, A/B Testing, Svelte, TypeScript first appeared in Harvard University job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Harvard University tech stack?

Harvard University scores 82 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 107 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, "Harvard University tech stack: 164 technologies from 107 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/harvard-university/technologies

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