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 211 of the 620 job postings Intuitive Surgical published in the last 12 months (34%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Intuitive Surgical, updated Nov 10, 2026.
What programming languages does Intuitive Surgical use?
Python is named in 34% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by C++ (22%), SQL (13%), MATLAB (13%).
Python
211 34%
C++
139 22%
SQL
82 13%
MATLAB
78 13%
JavaScript
38 6%
C#
21 3%
C
19 3%
TypeScript
18 3%
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What frameworks and libraries does Intuitive Surgical use?
CUDA is named in 5% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by PyTorch (4%), TensorFlow (3%), React.js (2%).
PyTorch
26 4%
TensorFlow
18 3%
React.js
15 2%
TensorFlow C++
14 2%
Qt
13 2%
FastAPI
11 2%
MuJoCo
10 2%
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And 21 more, each named in fewer postings.
What databases does Intuitive Surgical use?
Snowflake is named in 8% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by PostgreSQL (2%), ElasticSearch (2%), SAP HANA (1%).
Snowflake
49 8%
PostgreSQL
10 2%
ElasticSearch
10 2%
SAP HANA
5 1%
Redis
5 1%
DynamoDB
2 <1%
MS SQL
2 <1%
MySQL
2 <1%
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What cloud and platforms does Intuitive Surgical use?
Linux is named in 12% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by Tableau (11%), AWS (5%), Windows (5%).
Tableau
71 11%
AWS
30 5%
GCP
25 4%
Kubernetes
25 4%
Power BI
23 4%
Azure
21 3%
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And 10 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Intuitive Surgical use?
SolidWorks is named in 23% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by Microsoft Excel (8%), Git (6%), Docker (5%).
SolidWorks
143 23%
Git
39 6%
Docker
34 5%
Rest API
19 3%
Jenkins
15 2%
Isaac Sim
12 2%
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And 35 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?
ISO 13485 is named in 13% of job postings at Intuitive Surgical, followed by CI/CD (10%), Machine Learning (9%), FMEA (9%).
CI/CD
63 10%
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And 51 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.
Industrial Engineering
175 postingsAnalytics
58 postingsHardware
55 postingsBackend
53 postingsRobotics
43 postingsAI/ML
33 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 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: 6; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Intuitive Surgical stack in its industry?
Share of the 40 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Intuitive Surgical apart
Companies with a stack like Intuitive Surgical
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208 shared technologies
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196 shared technologies
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250 shared technologies
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221 shared technologies
HARMAN International
206 shared technologies
General Motors
233 shared technologies
Applied Materials
204 shared technologies
Questions about the Intuitive Surgical tech stack
What programming languages does Intuitive Surgical use?
The languages named in Intuitive Surgical job postings are Python (34%), C++ (22%), SQL (13%), MATLAB (13%), JavaScript (6%), as a share of the 620 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Intuitive Surgical use CUDA?
Yes. CUDA is named in 28 of 620 job postings (5%) and required in 5 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Intuitive Surgical use?
The cloud and platforms named in Intuitive Surgical job postings are Linux (74), Tableau (71), AWS (30) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Industrial Engineering job at Intuitive Surgical?
Industrial Engineering postings at Intuitive Surgical most often require SolidWorks (72), Mandiant capa (16), MATLAB (8), Python (8), out of 175 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Intuitive Surgical tech stack changing?
Yes. MQTT, PubMed, GraphQL, Svelte first appeared in Intuitive Surgical job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Intuitive Surgical tech stack?
Intuitive Surgical 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: 6; 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 620 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 10, 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: 327 technologies from 620 job postings", as of Nov 10, 2026. https://alion.io/company/intuitive/technologies