Intuitive Surgical tech stack
Intuitive Surgical builds mostly with Python, C++, SQL, MATLAB. Its stack also includes Linux, Tableau, Snowflake, CUDA. Python is named in 125 of the 331 job postings Intuitive Surgical published in the last 12 months (38%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Intuitive Surgical, updated Sep 26, 2026.
What programming languages does Intuitive Surgical use?
Python is named in 38% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by C++ (26%), SQL (14%), MATLAB (13%).
Python
125 38%
C++
86 26%
SQL
45 14%
MATLAB
42 13%
JavaScript
21 6%
Java
12 4%
C
12 4%
Embedded C
11 3%
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What frameworks and libraries does Intuitive Surgical use?
CUDA is named in 6% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by PyTorch (5%), TensorFlow (4%), Qt (4%).
PyTorch
17 5%
TensorFlow
13 4%
Qt
12 4%
PyTorch C++
11 3%
FastAPI
10 3%
React.js
10 3%
TensorFlow C++
9 3%
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And 18 more, each named in fewer postings.
What databases does Intuitive Surgical use?
Snowflake is named in 7% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by PostgreSQL (2%), ElasticSearch (2%), Oracle (1%).
Snowflake
23 7%
PostgreSQL
7 2%
ElasticSearch
5 2%
Oracle
3 1%
SAP HANA
3 1%
Redis
3 1%
DynamoDB
2 1%
MS SQL
2 1%
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What cloud and platforms does Intuitive Surgical use?
Linux is named in 15% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by Tableau (11%), CUDA Toolkit (6%), AWS (5%).
Tableau
36 11%
CUDA Toolkit
20 6%
AWS
18 5%
GCP
16 5%
Kubernetes
16 5%
Power BI
16 5%
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And 7 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Intuitive Surgical use?
SolidWorks is named in 27% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by Microsoft Excel (9%), Git (8%), Docker (6%).
SolidWorks
91 27%
Git
27 8%
Docker
20 6%
Jenkins
12 4%
Rest API
10 3%
Ansible
8 2%
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And 22 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Intuitive Surgical use?
LLM is named in 4% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by Claude (2%), ChatGPT (1%), Gaussian Splatting (<1%).
Which engineering practices does Intuitive Surgical ask for?
CI/CD is named in 10% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by Machine Learning (9%), Computer Vision (6%), AI Agents (5%).
CI/CD
34 10%
Computer Vision
19 6%
AI Agents
18 5%
Multimodal AI
12 4%
Incident Management
7 2%
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And 15 more, each named in fewer postings.
What other technologies does Intuitive Surgical use?
ABAP Objects is named in <1% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by CDS Views (<1%).
What does each Intuitive Surgical team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Robotics
53 postingsIndustrial Engineering
51 postingsBackend
35 postingsHardware
33 postingsAnalytics
33 postingsAI/ML
24 postingsHow does your stack fit Intuitive Surgical?
How is the Intuitive Surgical 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 Intuitive Surgical stack?
Intuitive Surgical 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.
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Questions about the Intuitive Surgical tech stack
What programming languages does Intuitive Surgical use?
The languages named in Intuitive Surgical job postings are Python (38%), C++ (26%), SQL (14%), MATLAB (13%), JavaScript (6%), as a share of the 331 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Intuitive Surgical use CUDA?
Yes. CUDA is named in 20 of 331 job postings (6%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Intuitive Surgical use?
The cloud and platforms named in Intuitive Surgical job postings are Linux (51), Tableau (36), CUDA Toolkit (20) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Robotics job at Intuitive Surgical?
Robotics postings at Intuitive Surgical most often require SolidWorks (43), MATLAB (5), C++ (3), out of 53 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Intuitive Surgical tech stack changing?
Yes. Splunk, SIEM, Matter, Hallucination first appeared in Intuitive Surgical job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Intuitive Surgical tech stack?
Intuitive Surgical 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Intuitive Surgical tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Intuitive Surgical publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 331 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 26, 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, "Intuitive Surgical tech stack: 267 technologies from 331 job postings", as of Sep 26, 2026. https://alion.io/company/intuitive/technologies