METRO tech stack

METRO builds mostly with SQL, Python, Java, JavaScript. Its stack also includes GCP, Kubernetes, Google BigQuery, PostgreSQL. SQL is named in 28 of the 129 job postings METRO published in the last 12 months (22%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of METRO, updated Sep 29, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 29, 2026
Technologies in use
156
Postings analysed
129
Open now
82
Modernity
81 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does METRO use?

SQL is named in 22% of job postings at METRO, followed by Python (14%), Java (8%), JavaScript (7%).

SQL 28 22% required in 96% · 18 open now · since May 2026
Python 18 14% required in 83% · 13 open now · since Feb 2026
Java 10 8% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2025
JavaScript 9 7% required in 56% · 4 open now · since Mar 2025
PowerShell 5 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
ABAP 5 4% required in 60% · 3 open now · since May 2026
TypeScript 4 3% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Scala 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Kotlin3
C++2
Bash1
Perl1
Sass1
YARA1
Apex1
C1
Node JS1

What frameworks and libraries does METRO use?

React.js is named in 5% of job postings at METRO, followed by Spring Boot (4%), Zustand (4%), JUnit (2%).

React.js 7 5% required in 43% · 4 open now · since May 2026
Spring Boot 5 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
Zustand 5 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
JUnit 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Jest 2 2% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
Next.js 2 2% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
Playwright 2 2% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
Redux 2 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Feb 2026
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Testcontainers2
Angular1
Commander.js1
Hibernate1
Material UI1
Mockito1
React Query1
React Router1
SDL1
Tailwind CSS1
Vitest1
i18next1
Play Framework1
SAP UI51

What databases does METRO use?

Google BigQuery is named in 8% of job postings at METRO, followed by PostgreSQL (8%), BigQuery (7%), Oracle (5%).

Google BigQuery 10 8% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
PostgreSQL 10 8% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Feb 2026
BigQuery 9 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Oracle 6 5% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Cassandra 4 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since May 2026
SAP HANA 2 2% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
MS SQL 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
SAP BW 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026

What cloud and platforms does METRO use?

GCP is named in 20% of job postings at METRO, followed by Kubernetes (12%), Azure (11%), GitHub (11%).

GCP 26 20% required in 77% · 13 open now · since Feb 2026
Kubernetes 15 12% required in 73% · 8 open now · since Feb 2026
Azure 14 11% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
GitHub 14 11% required in 93% · 7 open now · since Apr 2025
Datadog 12 9% required in 33% · 5 open now · since May 2026
GitHub Actions 11 9% required in 91% · 7 open now · since Feb 2026
Power BI 10 8% required in 80% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
MicroStrategy 9 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
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SIEM8
Apache Kafka8
Looker7
AWS6
Linux6
Windows6
Crowdstrike5
Microsoft Entra ID5
DLP4
Vertex AI4
SonarQube4
Active Directory3
Anthropic3
Azure DevOps3
GitLab3
OpenAI3
SAP Fiori3
Splunk3
Figma3
Google GKE3
CyberArk2
VMWare2
Kibana2
GitLab CI1
Google Cloud Run1
LDAP1
LambdaTest1
LocalAI1
MuleSoft1
QlikSense1
Qualys Cloud Platform1
Recorded Future1

And 5 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does METRO use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 16% of job postings at METRO, followed by Rest API (12%), Docker (9%), Terraform (8%).

Microsoft Excel 20 16% required in 70% · 17 open now · since Oct 2025
Rest API 15 12% required in 93% · 8 open now · since Feb 2026
Docker 11 9% required in 91% · 6 open now · since Mar 2025
Terraform 10 8% required in 70% · 6 open now · since Feb 2026
Git 8 6% required in 63% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Prometheus 7 5% required in 29% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Adobe Photoshop 6 5% required in 67% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Cortex 5 4% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
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AutoCAD4
Claude Code4
Adobe After Effects3
Aider3
Adobe Premiere Pro2
DaVinci Resolve2
Gradle2
Jenkins2
Logstash2
Maven2
Swagger2
Copilot2
ArgoCD2
Canva1
Harbor1
Helm1
Informatica1
JFrog Artifactory1
JMeter1
Kustomize1
Lighthouse1
OpenStack1
Packer1
SOPS1
Vite1
YARA1

What AI and ML technologies does METRO use?

Gemini is named in 3% of job postings at METRO, followed by LLM (2%), Midjourney (1%), ChatGPT (1%).

Gemini 4 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
LLM 3 2% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Midjourney 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
ChatGPT 1 1% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does METRO ask for?

CI/CD is named in 21% of job postings at METRO, followed by Master Data Management (9%), AI Agents (9%), SLI/SLO/SLA (4%).

CI/CD 27 21% required in 74% · 14 open now · since Mar 2025
Master Data Management 12 9% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
AI Agents 12 9% required in 75% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
SLI/SLO/SLA 5 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
Computer Vision 3 2% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Context Engineering 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
ETL/ELT 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
IAM 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
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DNS2
Incident Management2
Wi-Fi2
NIST AI RMF2
Platform Engineering2
A/B Testing1
DHCP1
Data Vault1
Dimensional Modeling1
EU AI Act1
HPC1
LLM Guardrails1
Machine Learning1
Material Design1
Red Teaming1
State Management1
VPN1
Time Series Forecasting1

What does each METRO team work with?

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

Early Careers

17 postings
Microsoft Excel5
Aider3
MicroStrategy3
Power BI3
SQL3

Operations

15 postings
Microsoft Excel3
Power BI3
AutoCAD2
SQL2

Backend

14 postings
PostgreSQL8
SQL8
Docker7
Java7
Kubernetes7
GCP6

Security

12 postings
Crowdstrike5
Cortex4
DLP4
SIEM4
Python3
Splunk3

Analytics

8 postings
SQL5
MicroStrategy4
BigQuery3
Google BigQuery3
Looker3
Power BI2

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How is the METRO 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
Adobe Premiere ProSep 2026
DaVinci ResolveSep 2026
CopilotSep 2026
Vertex AIAug 2026
AnthropicAug 2026
Context EngineeringAug 2026
OpenAIAug 2026
AiderAug 2026
Rising
Python0% → 15%
Azure0% → 13%
GitHub0% → 12%
AI Agents0% → 11%
GitHub Actions0% → 9%
Google BigQuery0% → 9%
CI/CD14% → 22%
BigQuery0% → 8%
Falling
React.js29% → 3%
Zustand21% → 2%
ABAP14% → 3%
Microsoft Excel21% → 12%
Java14% → 6%
PostgreSQL14% → 6%
Terraform14% → 6%
JavaScript14% → 6%

How modern is the METRO stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 81/100

METRO 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the METRO stack in its industry?

Share of the 380 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

SQL21%
GCP4%
Python16%
Kubernetes7%
Azure6%
GitHub3%
Datadog2%
GitHub Actions3%
Google BigQuery2%
Java5%

What sets METRO apart

GCP4%
GitHub3%
Datadog2%
GitHub Actions3%
Google BigQuery2%
BigQuery2%
MicroStrategy1%
Apache Kafka4%
SIEM4%
Looker2%

Questions about the METRO tech stack

What programming languages does METRO use?

The languages named in METRO job postings are SQL (22%), Python (14%), Java (8%), JavaScript (7%), PowerShell (4%), as a share of the 129 postings of the last 12 months.

Does METRO use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 7 of 129 job postings (5%) and required in 3 of them.

What cloud and platforms does METRO use?

The cloud and platforms named in METRO job postings are GCP (26), Kubernetes (15), Azure (14) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Early Careers job at METRO?

Early Careers postings at METRO most often require Microsoft Excel (5), Aider (3), MicroStrategy (3), Power BI (3), out of 17 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the METRO tech stack changing?

Yes. Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Copilot, Vertex AI first appeared in METRO job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the METRO tech stack?

METRO 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the METRO tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting METRO publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 129 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, "METRO tech stack: 156 technologies from 129 job postings", as of Sep 29, 2026. https://alion.io/company/metro/technologies

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