Norfolk Southern tech stack

Norfolk Southern builds mostly with C#, Python, SQL, Scala. Its stack also includes .NET, Databricks, BigQuery, Cassandra. C# is named in 21 of the 26 job postings Norfolk Southern published in the last 12 months (81%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Norfolk Southern, updated Oct 1, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Oct 1, 2026
Technologies in use
63
Postings analysed
26
Open now
26
Modernity
78 /100

What programming languages does Norfolk Southern use?

C# is named in 81% of job postings at Norfolk Southern, followed by Python (12%), SQL (8%), Scala (4%).

C# 21 81% optional · 21 open now · since Sep 2026
Python 3 12% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
SQL 2 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Scala 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
COBOL 1 4% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

What frameworks and libraries does Norfolk Southern use?

LangChain is named in 4% of job postings at Norfolk Southern, followed by LangGraph (4%), LightGBM (4%), LlamaIndex (4%).

LangChain 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LangGraph 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LightGBM 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LlamaIndex 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Matplotlib 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
NLTK 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
NumPy 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Pandas 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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PyTorch1
Scikit-learn1
Transformers1
XGBoost1
pgvector1
spaCy1

What databases does Norfolk Southern use?

BigQuery is named in 4% of job postings at Norfolk Southern, followed by Cassandra (4%), Delta Lake (4%), Google BigQuery (4%).

BigQuery 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Cassandra 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Delta Lake 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Google BigQuery 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
HBase 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Milvus 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
OpenSearch 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Pinecone 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Snowflake1
PostgreSQL1

What cloud and platforms does Norfolk Southern use?

.NET is named in 81% of job postings at Norfolk Southern, followed by Databricks (12%), AWS (8%), AWS Lambda (8%).

.NET 21 81% required in 100% · 21 open now · since Sep 2026
Databricks 3 12% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
AWS 2 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
AWS Lambda 2 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Amazon S3 2 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Spark 2 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
AWS Bedrock 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Amazon ECS 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Amazon Kinesis1
Apache Kafka1
Azure1
Datadog1
Erwin1
Kubernetes1

What developer tools does Norfolk Southern use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 8% of job postings at Norfolk Southern, followed by pySpark (8%), Docker (4%), Git (4%).

Microsoft Excel 2 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
pySpark 2 8% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Docker 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Git 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
IBM MQ 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Model Context Protocol 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Rest API 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Terraform 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

What AI and ML technologies does Norfolk Southern use?

LLM is named in 4% of job postings at Norfolk Southern.

LLM 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Norfolk Southern ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 12% of job postings at Norfolk Southern, followed by AI Agents (4%), CI/CD (4%), Computer Vision (4%).

Machine Learning 3 12% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
AI Agents 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
CI/CD 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Computer Vision 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Dimensional Modeling 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
ETL/ELT 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Fine-tuning 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
IAM 1 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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NLP1
RAG1
Time Series Forecasting1

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How modern is the Norfolk Southern stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 78/100

Norfolk Southern scores 78 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 Norfolk Southern stack in its industry?

Share of the 890 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

.NET9%
C#14%
Databricks8%
Python42%
AWS30%
AWS Lambda6%
Amazon S37%
SQL44%
Spark8%
AWS Bedrock3%

Questions about the Norfolk Southern tech stack

What programming languages does Norfolk Southern use?

The languages named in Norfolk Southern job postings are C# (81%), Python (12%), SQL (8%), Scala (4%), COBOL (4%), as a share of the 26 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Norfolk Southern use .NET?

Yes. .NET is named in 21 of 26 job postings (81%) and required in 21 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Norfolk Southern use?

The cloud and platforms named in Norfolk Southern job postings are .NET (21), Databricks (3), AWS (2) (postings in brackets).

Is the Norfolk Southern tech stack changing?

No new technology has appeared in Norfolk Southern job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Norfolk Southern tech stack?

Norfolk Southern scores 78 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 Norfolk Southern tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Norfolk Southern publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 26 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 1, 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, "Norfolk Southern tech stack: 63 technologies from 26 job postings", as of Oct 1, 2026. https://alion.io/company/norfolksouthern/technologies

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