Headway tech stack
Headway builds mostly with Python, SQL, TypeScript, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Spark, Datadog, FastAPI, PostgreSQL. Python is named in 24 of the 56 job postings Headway published in the last 12 months (43%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Headway, updated Sep 27, 2026.
What programming languages does Headway use?
Python is named in 43% of job postings at Headway, followed by SQL (30%), TypeScript (21%), JavaScript (18%).
What frameworks and libraries does Headway use?
FastAPI is named in 23% of job postings at Headway, followed by SQLAlchemy (20%), React.js (18%), Remix (18%).
FastAPI
13 23%
SQLAlchemy
11 20%
React.js
10 18%
Remix
10 18%
Next.js
9 16%
Tailwind CSS
2 4%
React Router
1 2%
What databases does Headway use?
PostgreSQL is named in 20% of job postings at Headway, followed by Redis (20%), Snowflake (14%), Amazon Redshift (2%).
PostgreSQL
11 20%
Redis
11 20%
Snowflake
8 14%
Amazon Redshift
1 2%
BigQuery
1 2%
Google BigQuery
1 2%
What cloud and platforms does Headway use?
Spark is named in 43% of job postings at Headway, followed by Datadog (27%), AWS (25%), PagerDuty (21%).
Spark
24 43%
Datadog
15 27%
AWS
14 25%
PagerDuty
12 21%
GitHub
10 18%
Apache Kafka
10 18%
AWS Fargate
8 14%
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What developer tools does Headway use?
Cursor is named in 25% of job postings at Headway, followed by Claude Code (16%), dbt (14%), Semgrep (13%).
Cursor
14 25%
Claude Code
9 16%
dbt
8 14%
Semgrep
7 13%
Terraform
2 4%
AWS CDK
1 2%
Pulumi
1 2%
Vite
1 2%
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What AI and ML technologies does Headway use?
Claude is named in 23% of job postings at Headway, followed by LLM (20%), Gemini (5%), Mamba (2%).
Which engineering practices does Headway ask for?
AI Agents is named in 32% of job postings at Headway, followed by Agentic Workflows (11%), LLM Guardrails (11%), A/B Testing (7%).
AI Agents
18 32%
Prompt Engineering
3 5%
Fine-tuning
2 4%
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What does each Headway team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Design
9 postingsData Science
8 postingsLeadership
7 postingsBackend
5 postingsDevOps
3 postingsHow does your stack fit Headway?
How much does Headway pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Headway postings with stated pay: $265k across 56 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 24 | $279k | +5% |
| Spark | 24 | $279k | +5% |
| SQL | 17 | $225k | −15% |
| Datadog | 15 | $331k | +25% |
| AWS | 14 | $331k | +25% |
| FastAPI | 13 | $331k | +25% |
| Claude | 13 | $265k | 0% |
| PagerDuty | 12 | $331k | +25% |
| TypeScript | 12 | $331k | +25% |
| LLM | 11 | $331k | +25% |
How is the Headway 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 Headway stack?
Headway scores 85 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 Headway stack in its industry?
Share of the 99 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Headway apart
Companies with a stack like Headway
Questions about the Headway tech stack
What programming languages does Headway use?
The languages named in Headway job postings are Python (43%), SQL (30%), TypeScript (21%), JavaScript (18%), as a share of the 56 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Headway use FastAPI?
Yes. FastAPI is named in 13 of 56 job postings (23%) and required in 2 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Headway use?
The cloud and platforms named in Headway job postings are Spark (24), Datadog (15), AWS (14) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Design job at Headway?
Design postings at Headway most often require Claude Code (9), Cursor (8), Claude (4), out of 9 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Headway tech stack changing?
Yes. Amazon SageMaker, Kubernetes, Cloudflare, Figma first appeared in Headway job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Headway tech stack?
Headway scores 85 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 Headway tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Headway publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 56 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, "Headway tech stack: 83 technologies from 56 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/headway/technologies