Nasdaq tech stack

Nasdaq builds mostly with SQL, Python, Java, Bash. Its stack also includes AWS, Linux, PostgreSQL, Spring Boot. AWS is named in 60 of the 145 job postings Nasdaq published in the last 12 months (41%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Nasdaq, updated Sep 26, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 26, 2026
Technologies in use
173
Postings analysed
145
Open now
97
Modernity
83 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Nasdaq use?

SQL is named in 33% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by Python (30%), Java (25%), Bash (9%).

SQL 48 33% required in 81% · 35 open now · since Dec 2025
Python 43 30% required in 86% · 32 open now · since Dec 2025
Java 36 25% required in 92% · 27 open now · since Mar 2026
Bash 13 9% required in 77% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
C# 10 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 9 6% required in 56% · 6 open now · since Mar 2026
TypeScript 8 6% required in 63% · 6 open now · since Apr 2026
C++ 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
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Go3
Kotlin3
Rust3
Solidity3
PowerShell2
COBOL1
PHP1
Perl1
Scala1

What frameworks and libraries does Nasdaq use?

Spring Boot is named in 4% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by React.js (3%), Cypress (3%), Substrate (2%).

Spring Boot 6 4% required in 83% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
React.js 4 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
Cypress 4 3% required in 50% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Substrate 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Vue.js 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
LangChain 3 2% required in 33% · 2 open now · since Dec 2025
Angular 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
LangGraph 2 1% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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LlamaIndex2
JAX2
PyTorch2
PyTorch C++2
Scikit-learn2
AutoGen1
Boto31
CrewAI1
Playwright1
PoC Library1
Selenium1
DeepEval1
Hadoop1
JUnit1
OpenAI SDK1
Ragas1

What databases does Nasdaq use?

PostgreSQL is named in 6% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by MS SQL (3%), OpenSearch (3%), MySQL (2%).

PostgreSQL 9 6% required in 56% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
MS SQL 5 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
OpenSearch 4 3% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
MySQL 3 2% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Oracle 3 2% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
ClickHouse 1 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
DynamoDB 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Amazon Redshift 1 1% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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ElasticSearch1

What cloud and platforms does Nasdaq use?

AWS is named in 41% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by Linux (25%), Kubernetes (22%), Azure (10%).

AWS 60 41% required in 78% · 42 open now · since Oct 2025
Linux 36 25% required in 89% · 23 open now · since Oct 2025
Kubernetes 32 22% required in 78% · 22 open now · since Oct 2025
Azure 15 10% required in 53% · 12 open now · since Dec 2025
Unix 14 10% required in 93% · 9 open now · since Oct 2025
GitLab 12 8% required in 92% · 8 open now · since Oct 2025
Amazon EKS 9 6% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Oct 2025
Databricks 8 6% required in 50% · 6 open now · since Jun 2026
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.NET7
Power BI7
GCP7
Amazon S36
Amazon EC25
GitLab CI5
Datadog5
Grafana5
Apache Kafka5
AWS Bedrock4
GitHub Actions4
Spark4
Windows4
AWS Lambda3
SIEM3
Amazon CloudWatch3
Tableau3
Istio3
Linkerd3
GitHub2
Windows Server2
ActiveMQ2
API Gateway1
AWS Bedrock AgentCore1
Azure DevOps1
Bitbucket1
Figma1
Prisma Cloud1
RabbitMQ1
Azure AKS1
LangSmith1
Splunk1

And 1 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Nasdaq use?

Terraform is named in 22% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by Git (17%), Docker (17%), Copilot (8%).

Terraform 32 22% required in 84% · 23 open now · since Oct 2025
Git 24 17% required in 88% · 17 open now · since Oct 2025
Docker 24 17% required in 67% · 18 open now · since Mar 2026
Copilot 12 8% required in 75% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
Rest API 9 6% required in 89% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
Ansible 9 6% required in 33% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
Jenkins 8 6% required in 50% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
OpenTofu 7 5% required in 57% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
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Claude Code5
Prometheus5
ArgoCD5
CloudFormation4
Podman3
containerd3
Helm3
Model Context Protocol3
Adobe Photoshop2
Canva2
Pulumi2
Informatica2
Maven2
Microsoft Excel2
Puppet2
Semantic Kernel2
FluxCD2
Cursor1
Hyper-V1
IBM MQ1
Kong1
OpenAI Codex1
Teleport1
Zabbix1
dbt1
pySpark1
Alteryx1
Chef1
Keycloak1

What AI and ML technologies does Nasdaq use?

LLM is named in 3% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by Claude (3%), ChatGPT (1%), Llama (1%).

LLM 5 3% required in 60% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Claude 4 3% required in 50% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
ChatGPT 2 1% optional · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Llama 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Nasdaq ask for?

CI/CD is named in 28% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by AI Agents (12%), Incident Management (7%), Prompt Engineering (7%).

CI/CD 41 28% required in 85% · 30 open now · since Oct 2025
AI Agents 18 12% required in 83% · 14 open now · since Dec 2025
Incident Management 10 7% required in 70% · 7 open now · since May 2026
Prompt Engineering 10 7% required in 60% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
RAG 10 7% required in 50% · 9 open now · since Dec 2025
Configuration Management 9 6% required in 67% · 7 open now · since Mar 2026
Agentic Workflows 8 6% required in 75% · 8 open now · since Aug 2026
Machine Learning 7 5% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Dec 2025
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IAM6
DNS5
Platform Engineering5
Smart Contracts5
TCP/IP5
GitOps5
ETL/ELT3
Embeddings3
Semantic Search3
Semantic Search3
Tokenization3
Tool Use3
Function Calling3
Anomaly Detection2
DeFi2
LLM Guardrails2
Edge AI1
HPC1
Multi-Agent Systems1
Red Teaming1
SLI/SLO/SLA1
SOAP1
SRE1
Shift-Left1
Wi-Fi1
FinOps1
Knowledge Graph1
LLMOps1
Token Standards1

What other technologies does Nasdaq use?

Solana is named in 3% of job postings at Nasdaq, followed by Polkadot (2%), Bitcoin (1%), Ethereum (1%).

Solana 4 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Polkadot 3 2% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Bitcoin 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Ethereum 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026

What does each Nasdaq team work with?

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

Backend

35 postings
Java23
SQL15
AWS12
Kubernetes8
C#7
Docker7

Analytics

21 postings
SQL8
AWS3
Java3
Linux3
C#2
Docker2

DevOps

12 postings
AWS10
Terraform10
Kubernetes9
GitLab6
Git5
Linux5

AI/ML

10 postings
Python9
AWS6
AWS Bedrock3
Git3
Rest API3
Terraform3

Data Science

7 postings
SQL6
Python5
Spark3
Amazon EC22
Amazon S32
Databricks2

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How much does Nasdaq pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Nasdaq postings with stated pay: $135k across 43 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
AWS19$129k−4%
Python17$132k−2%
Linux11$118k−13%
Kubernetes10$125k−7%
SQL8$147k+9%
Java8$127k−6%
Bash5$118k−13%
GitLab5$115k−15%

How is the Nasdaq 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
Function CallingSep 2026
FluxCDSep 2026
PulumiSep 2026
PowerShellSep 2026
Microsoft ExcelSep 2026
PuppetAug 2026
Claude CodeAug 2026
OpenTofuAug 2026
Rising
Terraform14% → 23%
Docker10% → 18%
C#0% → 8%
Prompt Engineering0% → 8%
Rest API0% → 8%
PostgreSQL0% → 8%
Ansible0% → 8%
Agentic Workflows0% → 7%
Falling
Git33% → 13%
TypeScript14% → 4%
Machine Learning10% → 3%
Amazon S310% → 3%
Unix14% → 8%

How modern is the Nasdaq stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 83/100

Nasdaq scores 83 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 Nasdaq stack in its industry?

Share of the 226 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

AWS57%
SQL56%
Python66%
Java39%
Linux33%
Kubernetes48%
Azure39%
Unix15%
Bash16%
GitLab17%

What sets Nasdaq apart

Istio4%
Linkerd2%
Solidity4%
Substrate0%

Questions about the Nasdaq tech stack

What programming languages does Nasdaq use?

The languages named in Nasdaq job postings are SQL (33%), Python (30%), Java (25%), Bash (9%), C# (7%), as a share of the 145 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Nasdaq use Spring Boot?

Yes. Spring Boot is named in 6 of 145 job postings (4%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Nasdaq use?

The cloud and platforms named in Nasdaq job postings are AWS (60), Linux (36), Kubernetes (32) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Nasdaq?

Backend postings at Nasdaq most often require Java (23), SQL (15), AWS (12), Kubernetes (8), out of 35 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Nasdaq tech stack changing?

Yes. Function Calling, FluxCD, Pulumi, PowerShell first appeared in Nasdaq job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Nasdaq tech stack?

Nasdaq scores 83 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 Nasdaq tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Nasdaq publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 145 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, "Nasdaq tech stack: 173 technologies from 145 job postings", as of Sep 26, 2026. https://alion.io/company/nasdaq/technologies

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