Lightcast tech stack
Lightcast builds mostly with SQL, Python, C++, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Snowflake, Tableau, Databricks, BigQuery. SQL is named in 13 of the 19 job postings Lightcast published in the last 12 months (68%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Lightcast, updated Sep 29, 2026.
What programming languages does Lightcast use?
SQL is named in 68% of job postings at Lightcast, followed by Python (26%), C++ (5%), JavaScript (5%).
What frameworks and libraries does Lightcast use?
Next.js is named in 5% of job postings at Lightcast, followed by React.js (5%), Tailwind CSS (5%).
What databases does Lightcast use?
Snowflake is named in 26% of job postings at Lightcast, followed by BigQuery (5%), Google BigQuery (5%).
BigQuery 
What cloud and platforms does Lightcast use?
Tableau is named in 11% of job postings at Lightcast, followed by Databricks (5%), Figma (5%), GitHub (5%).
What developer tools does Lightcast use?
Microsoft Excel is named in 42% of job postings at Lightcast, followed by Rest API (11%), Model Context Protocol (5%).
What AI and ML technologies does Lightcast use?
LLM is named in 16% of job postings at Lightcast.
LLM
3 16%
Which engineering practices does Lightcast ask for?
Machine Learning is named in 47% of job postings at Lightcast, followed by NLP (37%), AI Agents (16%), A/B Testing (5%).
NLP
7 37%
AI Agents
3 16%
CI/CD
1 5%
RAG
1 5%
What does each Lightcast team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Analytics
8 postingsHow does your stack fit Lightcast?
How is the Lightcast 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 Lightcast stack?
Lightcast scores 84 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Lightcast stack in its industry?
Share of the 1,265 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
Companies with a stack like Lightcast
Questions about the Lightcast tech stack
What programming languages does Lightcast use?
The languages named in Lightcast job postings are SQL (68%), Python (26%), C++ (5%), JavaScript (5%), TypeScript (5%), as a share of the 19 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Lightcast use Tableau?
Yes. Tableau is named in 2 of 19 job postings (11%) and required in 1 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Lightcast use?
The cloud and platforms named in Lightcast job postings are Tableau (2), Databricks (1), Figma (1) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Analytics job at Lightcast?
Analytics postings at Lightcast most often require SQL (8), Microsoft Excel (7), out of 8 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Lightcast tech stack changing?
Yes. Tableau, AI Agents, Machine Learning, NLP first appeared in Lightcast job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Lightcast tech stack?
Lightcast scores 84 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Lightcast tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Lightcast publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 19 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 29, 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, "Lightcast tech stack: 28 technologies from 19 job postings", as of Sep 29, 2026. https://alion.io/company/lightcast/technologies