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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at NPR over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
60
Postings analysed
18
Stack modernity
73/100AI adopter
Languages
Python33%
SQL22%
Java11%
Kotlin11%
Frameworks & libraries
AVFoundation6%
AVKit6%
Combine6%
Exoplayer6%
Databases
Snowflake17%
BigQuery11%
Google BigQuery11%
DynamoDB11%
Cloud & platforms
AWS39%
GCP33%
Figma11%
Spark11%
AI & ML
LLM11%
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Full NPR tech stack
60 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$165k
Typical range
$96k – $290k
Open positions
17
17
Jobs
Middle
17.6%
Senior
41.2%
Staff
11.8%
Architect
29.4%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 3 | $115k | $96k – $175k |
| Senior | 7 | $142k | $125k – $230k |
| Staff | 2 | $191k | $180k – $201k |
| Architect | 5 | $180k | $137k – $290k |
Highest paying role
Vice President, Talent Strategy
$290k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
90/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
21
12 opened / 8 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
51 days
faster than 30% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~1 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
28% ▲
Backend
10% ▼
Communications
7% ▲
Design
7% ▲
Legal
7% ▲
Marketing
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+8 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack
Sep 2026
Added BGP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Unix to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack
Sep 2026
Added Adobe Photoshop to stack
Sep 2026
Added Figma to stack
Sep 2026
Added Adobe Premiere Pro to stack
Sep 2026
Added Adobe After Effects to stack
Sep 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
2
Countries
3
Busiest office
Washington
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Washington
United States
Washington, DC - HQ
11 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 200-500 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, AI/ML, Leadership
New York
United States
Sales office
New York City
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $160k Avg Salary
hires for Communications, Design, Sales
Beijing
China
Regional office
Beijing, China - Beijing Bureau
Chicago
United States
Regional office
Chicago
Istanbul
Turkey
Regional office
Istanbul, Turkey - Istanbul Bureau
Culver City
United States
Regional office
NPR West - Culver City
Jobs
$185k – $206k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
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PHP
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SQL
Swift
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GCP
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AWS
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$126k – $137k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Figma
Management
Agile
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$147k – $165k per year • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • New York
Adobe Premiere Pro
Figma
Adobe After Effects
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$165k – $175k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Java
Kotlin
Swift
Objective-C
Kotlin Coroutines
Mobile
Jetpack Compose
SwiftUI
Combine
MVVM
Exoplayer
AVFoundation
AVKit
Media3
DevOps
Git
SLI/SLO/SLA
Management
Agile
Scrum
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$166k – $180k per year • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Washington
SQL
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$164k – $201k per year • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • PhD • Washington
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
NLP
Speech Recognition
LLM
RAG
Semantic Search
Semantic Search
LLM Guardrails
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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