Prefect tech stack
Prefect builds mostly with Python, Go, C++, Java. Its stack also includes Dagster, AWS, Spark, ClickHouse. Dagster is named in 9 of the 13 job postings Prefect published in the last 12 months (69%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Prefect, updated Sep 27, 2026.
What programming languages does Prefect use?
Python is named in 46% of job postings at Prefect, followed by Go (23%), C++ (15%), Java (15%).
What frameworks and libraries does Prefect use?
Dagster is named in 69% of job postings at Prefect, followed by Flink (15%), OpenTelemetry (8%).
What databases does Prefect use?
ClickHouse is named in 15% of job postings at Prefect, followed by DuckDB (15%), Presto (15%), Trino (15%).
What cloud and platforms does Prefect use?
AWS is named in 23% of job postings at Prefect, followed by Spark (15%), Azure (15%), GCP (15%).
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What developer tools does Prefect use?
Model Context Protocol is named in 100% of job postings at Prefect, followed by Claude Code (31%), OpenAI Codex (23%), dbt (23%).
Model Context Protocol
13 100%
Claude Code
4 31%
dbt
3 23%
Copilot
2 15%
Cursor
2 15%
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What AI and ML technologies does Prefect use?
Claude is named in 31% of job postings at Prefect, followed by LLM (23%).
Which engineering practices does Prefect ask for?
AI Agents is named in 77% of job postings at Prefect, followed by Agentic Workflows (8%), ETL/ELT (8%), Human-in-the-Loop (8%).
AI Agents
10 77%
SLI/SLO/SLA
1 8%
Self-Healing
1 8%
Function Calling
1 8%
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What does each Prefect team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Product
3 postingsHow does your stack fit Prefect?
How is the Prefect 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 Prefect stack?
Prefect scores 82 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: 2; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Prefect stack in its industry?
Share of the 747 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Prefect apart
Prefect products in its job postings
Postings at Prefect name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.
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Questions about the Prefect tech stack
What programming languages does Prefect use?
The languages named in Prefect job postings are Python (46%), Go (23%), C++ (15%), Java (15%), Rust (15%), as a share of the 13 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Prefect use Dagster?
Yes. Dagster is named in 9 of 13 job postings (69%) and required in 9 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Prefect use?
The cloud and platforms named in Prefect job postings are AWS (3), Spark (2), Azure (2) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Product job at Prefect?
Product postings at Prefect most often require Model Context Protocol (3), Claude (2), Claude Code (2), LLM (2), out of 3 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Prefect tech stack changing?
Yes. AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes first appeared in Prefect job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Prefect tech stack?
Prefect scores 82 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: 2; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Prefect tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Prefect publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 13 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 27, 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, "Prefect tech stack: 50 technologies from 13 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/prefect/technologies