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Playtech tech stack

Playtech builds mostly with Python, SQL, Java, Bash. Its stack also includes Linux, AWS, PostgreSQL, MariaDB. Python is named in 66 of the 192 job postings Playtech published in the last 12 months (34%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Playtech, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
175
Postings analysed
192
Open now
59
Modernity
80 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Playtech use?

Python is named in 34% of job postings at Playtech, followed by SQL (26%), Java (11%), Bash (11%).

Python 66 34% required in 76% · 17 open now · since Apr 2026
SQL 49 26% required in 98% · 21 open now · since May 2026
Java 22 11% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Mar 2026
Bash 22 11% required in 82% · 8 open now · since Apr 2026
JavaScript 22 11% required in 82% · 4 open now · since May 2026
TypeScript 14 7% required in 100% · 5 open now · since May 2026
PowerShell 9 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Scala 6 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
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Node JS5
C#4
Sass2
Cython1
Kotlin1
PHP1

What frameworks and libraries does Playtech use?

Apache Pekko is named in 3% of job postings at Playtech, followed by React.js (3%), Akka (3%), Angular (2%).

Apache Pekko 6 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
React.js 6 3% required in 83% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Akka 5 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Angular 4 2% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Redux 4 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Selenium 4 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Django 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Hibernate 3 2% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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PixiJS3
Spring Boot3
Appium2
FastAPI2
Flask2
GSAP2
Jest2
Material UI2
NgRx2
RxJS2
TestNG2
Godot1
JUnit1
NumPy1
Phaser1
Spring Framework1
Testcontainers1
Three.JS1

What databases does Playtech use?

PostgreSQL is named in 12% of job postings at Playtech, followed by MariaDB (7%), MySQL (6%), Redis (6%).

PostgreSQL 23 12% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Apr 2026
MariaDB 14 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
MySQL 12 6% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
Redis 11 6% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
Couchbase 7 4% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
DynamoDB 6 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Google BigQuery 6 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Oracle 6 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
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MS SQL4
Azure Cosmos DB2
ClickHouse2
Milvus2
Pinecone2
Weaviate2
ElasticSearch1

What cloud and platforms does Playtech use?

Linux is named in 29% of job postings at Playtech, followed by AWS (21%), Azure (18%), Kubernetes (17%).

Linux 56 29% required in 68% · 12 open now · since Apr 2026
AWS 40 21% required in 65% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
Azure 35 18% required in 83% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Kubernetes 32 17% required in 94% · 11 open now · since Mar 2026
GCP 28 15% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Windows 26 14% required in 46% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Postman 13 7% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
Grafana 12 6% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
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Unix11
Power BI10
Apache Kafka9
Figma8
Ollama8
Vertex AI8
Amazon S36
Kibana6
Tableau6
.NET4
Active Directory4
Airflow4
Crowdstrike4
SentinelOne4
Bitbucket3
GitLab2
Looker2
Metabase2
VMWare2
Azure DevOps1
BrowserStack1
Burp Suite1
Cloudflare1
GitHub1
Istio1
RabbitMQ1
Rancher1
SIEM1
Splunk1

What developer tools does Playtech use?

Git is named in 14% of job postings at Playtech, followed by Docker (13%), Adobe Photoshop (11%), Spine (10%).

Git 26 14% required in 92% · 12 open now · since Apr 2026
Docker 25 13% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Apr 2026
Adobe Photoshop 21 11% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
Spine 20 10% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Jul 2026
Terraform 16 8% required in 75% · 6 open now · since Apr 2026
Adobe After Effects 15 8% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Sep 2026
Rest API 15 8% required in 100% · 7 open now · since May 2026
Ansible 15 8% required in 73% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
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Microsoft Excel14
Jenkins11
TestRail10
Model Context Protocol10
Cursor8
LM Studio8
OWASP Dependency-Track8
Prometheus7
Nomad6
WebSockets6
OWASP ZAP5
ScalaTest5
Swagger5
ArgoCD4
Maven4
Nagios4
Puppet4
Copilot3
Loki3
Nginx3
Webpack3
Apache HTTP Server2
Chrome DevTools2
Google ADK2
Gradle2
Helm2
dbt2
Alertmanager1
Bicep1
Blender1
Calico1
Chef1

And 5 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Playtech use?

LLM is named in 8% of job postings at Playtech, followed by ChatGPT (6%), Midjourney (6%), Claude (2%).

LLM 15 8% required in 73% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
ChatGPT 12 6% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Midjourney 11 6% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Claude 3 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Gemini 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Stable Diffusion 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Playtech ask for?

CI/CD is named in 23% of job postings at Playtech, followed by TCP/IP (11%), AI Agents (7%), LLM Guardrails (7%).

CI/CD 45 23% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Apr 2026
TCP/IP 22 11% required in 45% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
AI Agents 14 7% required in 71% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
LLM Guardrails 13 7% required in 69% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
NIST AI RMF 13 7% required in 69% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
RAG 9 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 8 4% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
EU AI Act 8 4% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
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Hallucination8
IAM8
Time Series7
DNS7
Configuration Management5
ETL/ELT5
Incident Management5
VPN5
Dimensional Modeling3
Gitflow3
Agentic Workflows2
Multi-Agent Systems2
OSPF2
Prompt Engineering2
SOAP2
Semantic Search2
State Management2
Wi-Fi2
BGP1
DHCP1
MVC1
Material Design1
SLI/SLO/SLA1
Synthetic Data1

What does each Playtech team work with?

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

Backend

32 postings
Java19
Docker13
Kubernetes9
SQL8
TypeScript8
Linux7

Data Science

21 postings
Python17
SQL15
AWS13
PostgreSQL13
MariaDB11
GCP10

Security

19 postings
Azure13
GCP13

QA

17 postings
Postman10
TestRail10
Rest API7
SQL7
Git5
Cursor4

Games

17 postings
Adobe Photoshop16
Spine16
Adobe After Effects12
Midjourney10
ChatGPT9

Analytics

13 postings
Power BI8
SQL8
Tableau6
Python5
Figma4
Google BigQuery3

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How is the Playtech 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
SOAPOct 2026
Chrome DevToolsOct 2026
CrowdstrikeOct 2026
SentinelOneOct 2026
Dimensional ModelingSep 2026
LookerSep 2026
MetabaseSep 2026
dbtSep 2026
Rising
Adobe After Effects0% → 12%
Adobe Photoshop4% → 15%
Spine4% → 14%
GCP9% → 18%
Java5% → 14%
Midjourney2% → 8%
Machine Learning0% → 6%
Time Series0% → 5%
Falling
Linux40% → 23%
Azure28% → 15%
PostgreSQL21% → 8%
JavaScript21% → 8%
LLM Guardrails16% → 3%
NIST AI RMF16% → 3%
LLM16% → 5%
Bash18% → 8%

How modern is the Playtech stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Playtech scores 80 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: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Playtech stack in its industry?

Share of the 411 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python51%
Linux35%
SQL57%
AWS39%
Azure31%
Kubernetes40%
GCP25%
Windows36%
PostgreSQL30%
Bash15%

What sets Playtech apart

MariaDB2%
Ollama0%
Vertex AI2%
Couchbase1%
Apache Pekko0%
DynamoDB3%
Akka0%
Crowdstrike3%
SentinelOne1%
Django4%

Questions about the Playtech tech stack

What programming languages does Playtech use?

The languages named in Playtech job postings are Python (34%), SQL (26%), Java (11%), Bash (11%), JavaScript (11%), as a share of the 192 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Playtech use Apache Pekko?

Yes. Apache Pekko is named in 6 of 192 job postings (3%) and required in 6 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Playtech use?

The cloud and platforms named in Playtech job postings are Linux (56), AWS (40), Azure (35) (postings in brackets).

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

Backend postings at Playtech most often require Java (19), Docker (13), Kubernetes (9), SQL (8), out of 32 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Playtech tech stack changing?

Yes. SOAP, Chrome DevTools, Crowdstrike, SentinelOne first appeared in Playtech job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Playtech tech stack?

Playtech scores 80 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: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Playtech tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Playtech publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 192 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 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, "Playtech tech stack: 175 technologies from 192 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/playtech/technologies

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