Kakao Corporation tech stack

Kakao Corporation builds mostly with Python, C++, Java, Kotlin. Its stack also includes AWS, Kubernetes, Hadoop, PyTorch. Python is named in 8 of the 21 job postings Kakao Corporation published in the last 12 months (38%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Kakao Corporation, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 27, 2026
Technologies in use
104
Postings analysed
21
Open now
21
Modernity
82 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Kakao Corporation use?

Python is named in 38% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by C++ (14%), Java (14%), Kotlin (14%).

Python 8 38% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Aug 2024
C++ 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Feb 2025
Java 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2025
Kotlin 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2025
SQL 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
Rust 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Swift 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
C# 1 5% optional · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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JavaScript1

What frameworks and libraries does Kakao Corporation use?

Hadoop is named in 14% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by PyTorch (14%), TensorFlow (10%), Ray (10%).

Hadoop 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
PyTorch 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Dec 2025
TensorFlow 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Dec 2025
Ray 2 10% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
CUDA 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
DeepSpeed 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
JAX 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
Jotai 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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NCCL1
Next.js1
OpenTelemetry1
PyTorch C++1
Ray Serve1
React Query1
React.js1
SGLang1
Scikit-learn1
Spring Boot1
TPOT1
TensorRT-LLM1
Transformers1
Triton1
Zustand1

What databases does Kakao Corporation use?

PostgreSQL is named in 5% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by Redis (5%), Trino (5%).

PostgreSQL 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Redis 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2025
Trino 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025

What cloud and platforms does Kakao Corporation use?

AWS is named in 14% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by Kubernetes (14%), Amazon EC2 (10%), Amazon ECS (10%).

AWS 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
Kubernetes 3 14% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Amazon EC2 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Amazon ECS 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Amazon EKS 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Apache Kafka 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2025
Spark 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Dec 2025
.NET 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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API Gateway1
Amazon S31
CUDA Toolkit1
Datadog1
GCP1
GitLab1
Hugging Face1
Kubeflow1
Linux1
RabbitMQ1
TGI1
Ubuntu1
arXiv1
vLLM1

What developer tools does Kakao Corporation use?

Docker is named in 10% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by Rest API (10%), CloudFormation (5%), Copilot (5%).

Docker 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Dec 2025
Rest API 2 10% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
CloudFormation 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Copilot 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
InfiniBand 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
KServe 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
TPU 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
Terraform 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Triton Inference Server1
TensorRT1

What AI and ML technologies does Kakao Corporation use?

LLM is named in 29% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by AWQ (5%), Claude (5%), GPTQ (5%).

LLM 6 29% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Feb 2025
AWQ 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Claude 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
GPTQ 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026

Which engineering practices does Kakao Corporation ask for?

Knowledge Distillation is named in 24% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by Model Distillation (24%), SLAM (24%), CI/CD (14%).

Knowledge Distillation 5 24% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Model Distillation 5 24% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
SLAM 5 24% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
CI/CD 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Motion Planning 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Quantization 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Sim-to-Real 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Vision-Language-Action 3 14% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
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World Models3
AI Agents2
DeFi2
SFT2
A/B Testing1
Computer Vision1
Contrastive Learning1
Fine-tuning1
Function Calling1
GRPO1
Hybrid Search1
KV Cache1
Mixture of Experts1
Multimodal AI1
NFT1
NLP1
PPO1
Post-training1
Reranking1
Service Mesh1
Speculative Decoding1
Tool Use1
Visual-Inertial Odometry1

What other technologies does Kakao Corporation use?

Ethereum is named in 5% of job postings at Kakao Corporation, followed by Solana (5%).

Ethereum 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Solana 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026

What does each Kakao Corporation team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

AI/ML

9 postings
LLM5
Python3
C++2
PyTorch2

Backend

3 postings
Java2
Kotlin2
Rest API2

Data Science

3 postings
Hadoop3
Python3
SQL3
Spark2

DevOps

3 postings
AWS2
Amazon EC22
Amazon ECS2
Amazon EKS2

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How is the Kakao Corporation 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
Motion PlanningSep 2026
QuantizationSep 2026
Sim-to-RealSep 2026
Vision-Language-ActionSep 2026
World ModelsSep 2026
Amazon EC2Jul 2026
Amazon ECSJul 2026
Amazon EKSJul 2026
Not named for 6 months
HadoopMar 2026
SQLMar 2026
SparkMar 2026
SFTMar 2026
TensorFlowMar 2026

How modern is the Kakao Corporation stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 82/100

Kakao Corporation 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Kakao Corporation stack in its industry?

Share of the 598 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python60%
LLM34%
AWS52%
C++13%
Hadoop6%
Java39%
Kotlin22%
Kubernetes45%
PyTorch15%
SQL61%

Questions about the Kakao Corporation tech stack

What programming languages does Kakao Corporation use?

The languages named in Kakao Corporation job postings are Python (38%), C++ (14%), Java (14%), Kotlin (14%), SQL (14%), as a share of the 21 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Kakao Corporation use Hadoop?

Yes. Hadoop is named in 3 of 21 job postings (14%) and required in 3 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Kakao Corporation use?

The cloud and platforms named in Kakao Corporation job postings are AWS (3), Kubernetes (3), Amazon EC2 (2) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a AI/ML job at Kakao Corporation?

AI/ML postings at Kakao Corporation most often require LLM (5), Python (3), C++ (2), PyTorch (2), out of 9 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Kakao Corporation tech stack changing?

Yes. Motion Planning, Quantization, Sim-to-Real, Vision-Language-Action first appeared in Kakao Corporation job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Kakao Corporation tech stack?

Kakao Corporation 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Kakao Corporation tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Kakao Corporation publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 21 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, "Kakao Corporation tech stack: 104 technologies from 21 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/kakao/technologies

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