Photon tech stack
Photon builds mostly with JavaScript, Java, SQL, TypeScript. Its stack also includes Azure, GCP, Spring Boot, Angular. JavaScript is named in 10 of the 18 job postings Photon published in the last 12 months (56%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Photon, updated Oct 10, 2026.
What programming languages does Photon use?
JavaScript is named in 56% of job postings at Photon, followed by Java (50%), SQL (39%), TypeScript (33%).
JavaScript
10 56%
Java
9 50%
SQL
7 39%
TypeScript
6 33%
Python
3 17%
Kotlin
2 11%
Bash
1 6%
Groovy
1 6%
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What frameworks and libraries does Photon use?
Spring Boot is named in 39% of job postings at Photon, followed by Angular (22%), React.js (22%), JUnit (17%).
Spring Boot
7 39%
Angular
4 22%
React.js
4 22%
JUnit
3 17%
Cypress
2 11%
Hibernate
2 11%
Mockito
2 11%
Playwright
2 11%
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What databases does Photon use?
BigQuery is named in 11% of job postings at Photon, followed by Google BigQuery (11%), MySQL (11%), PostgreSQL (11%).
BigQuery
2 11%
Google BigQuery
2 11%
MySQL
2 11%
PostgreSQL
2 11%
Cassandra
1 6%
ElasticSearch
1 6%
Google Bigtable
1 6%
Google Cloud Spanner
1 6%
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What cloud and platforms does Photon use?
Azure is named in 50% of job postings at Photon, followed by GCP (44%), AWS (39%), Kubernetes (33%).
Azure
9 50%
GCP
8 44%
AWS
7 39%
Kubernetes
6 33%
GitHub Actions
4 22%
Azure DevOps
3 17%
GitLab CI
3 17%
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What developer tools does Photon use?
Jenkins is named in 44% of job postings at Photon, followed by Docker (33%), Rest API (33%), Git (22%).
Jenkins
8 44%
Docker
6 33%
Rest API
6 33%
Git
4 22%
Swagger
2 11%
Terraform
2 11%
Gradle
2 11%
GraphQL
2 11%
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What AI and ML technologies does Photon use?
LLM is named in 11% of job postings at Photon.
LLM
2 11%
Which engineering practices does Photon ask for?
CI/CD is named in 83% of job postings at Photon, followed by AI Agents (11%), Agentic Workflows (11%), Function Calling (11%).
CI/CD
15 83%
AI Agents
2 11%
Function Calling
2 11%
Prompt Engineering
2 11%
RAG
2 11%
Embeddings
2 11%
Chaos Engineering
1 6%
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What does each Photon team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Backend
5 postingsHow does your stack fit Photon?
How is the Photon 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 Photon stack?
Photon scores 71 out of 100 (Modern). 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: 1.
How common is the Photon stack in its industry?
Share of the 3,567 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
Companies with a stack like Photon
Questions about the Photon tech stack
What programming languages does Photon use?
The languages named in Photon job postings are JavaScript (56%), Java (50%), SQL (39%), TypeScript (33%), Python (17%), as a share of the 18 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Photon use Spring Boot?
Yes. Spring Boot is named in 7 of 18 job postings (39%) and required in 7 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Photon use?
The cloud and platforms named in Photon job postings are Azure (9), GCP (8), AWS (7) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Backend job at Photon?
Backend postings at Photon most often require Spring Boot (5), Java (4), Docker (3), API Gateway (2), out of 5 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Photon tech stack changing?
Yes. Google Cloud Run, Google GKE, AI Agents, Function Calling first appeared in Photon job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Photon tech stack?
Photon scores 71 out of 100 (Modern). 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: 1.
How does Alion know the Photon tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Photon publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 18 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 10, 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, "Photon tech stack: 124 technologies from 18 job postings", as of Oct 10, 2026. https://alion.io/company/photon-com/technologies