Illumina tech stack
Illumina builds mostly with Python, SQL, JavaScript, C#. Its stack also includes AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Angular. Python is named in 58 of the 168 job postings Illumina published in the last 12 months (35%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Illumina, updated Nov 11, 2026.
What programming languages does Illumina use?
Python is named in 35% of job postings at Illumina, followed by SQL (14%), JavaScript (13%), C# (11%).
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What frameworks and libraries does Illumina use?
Angular is named in 5% of job postings at Illumina, followed by React.js (3%), Selenium (3%), Playwright (3%).
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And 4 more, each named in fewer postings.
What databases does Illumina use?
Snowflake is named in 6% of job postings at Illumina, followed by Delta Lake (4%), PostgreSQL (3%), Apache Iceberg (2%).
Snowflake
10 6%
Delta Lake
7 4%
PostgreSQL
5 3%
Apache Iceberg
4 2%
MS SQL
2 1%
MySQL
2 1%
DuckDB
1 1%
ElasticSearch
1 1%
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What cloud and platforms does Illumina use?
AWS is named in 17% of job postings at Illumina, followed by Azure (13%), Linux (9%), GCP (8%).
AWS
29 17%
Azure
21 13%
GCP
14 8%
GitHub
12 7%
Kubernetes
12 7%
Power BI
12 7%
Databricks
11 7%
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And 21 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Illumina use?
Git is named in 11% of job postings at Illumina, followed by Copilot (11%), Microsoft Excel (10%), Rest API (8%).
Git
19 11%
Copilot
19 11%
Rest API
14 8%
Docker
11 7%
Cursor
10 6%
Terraform
6 4%
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And 6 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Illumina use?
LLM is named in 7% of job postings at Illumina, followed by ChatGPT (6%), Claude (5%), GPT-4 (1%).
Which engineering practices does Illumina ask for?
CI/CD is named in 19% of job postings at Illumina, followed by Next-Generation Sequencing (15%), AI Agents (12%), GMP (11%).
CI/CD
32 19%
AI Agents
20 12%
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And 30 more, each named in fewer postings.
What other technologies does Illumina use?
CDS Views is named in 2% of job postings at Illumina.
What does each Illumina team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Industrial Engineering
28 postingsBackend
19 postingsScience & Research
16 postingsQA
12 postingsData Science
10 postingsHow does your stack fit Illumina?
How much does Illumina pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Illumina postings with stated pay: $162k across 76 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 24 | $174k | +8% |
| Linux | 12 | $194k | +20% |
| AWS | 11 | $256k | +58% |
| C++ | 10 | $233k | +45% |
| Azure | 8 | $256k | +58% |
| LLM | 6 | $212k | +32% |
| C# | 6 | $194k | +20% |
| Java | 5 | $233k | +45% |
| Kubernetes | 5 | $194k | +20% |
How is the Illumina 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 Illumina stack?
Illumina scores 80 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: 1.
How common is the Illumina stack in its industry?
Share of the 316 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Illumina apart
Companies with a stack like Illumina
Agilent Technologies
148 shared technologies
Roche
216 shared technologies
EMD Group
163 shared technologies
Merck Group
165 shared technologies
Eli Lilly and Company
184 shared technologies
Bristol Myers Squibb
183 shared technologies
GE HealthCare
195 shared technologies
Amgen
199 shared technologies
Questions about the Illumina tech stack
What programming languages does Illumina use?
The languages named in Illumina job postings are Python (35%), SQL (14%), JavaScript (13%), C# (11%), C++ (9%), as a share of the 168 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Illumina use Angular?
Yes. Angular is named in 8 of 168 job postings (5%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Illumina use?
The cloud and platforms named in Illumina job postings are AWS (29), Azure (21), Linux (15) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Industrial Engineering job at Illumina?
Industrial Engineering postings at Illumina most often require Python (5), JMP (3), Mandiant capa (3), SQL (3), out of 28 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Illumina tech stack changing?
Yes. Splunk, Embeddings, PowerShell, Postman first appeared in Illumina job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Illumina tech stack?
Illumina scores 80 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: 1.
How does Alion know the Illumina tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Illumina publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 168 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, "Illumina tech stack: 262 technologies from 168 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/illumina/technologies