Red Hat tech stack
Red Hat builds mostly with Python, Java, Go, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Linux, Kubernetes, PyTorch, TensorFlow. Kubernetes is named in 361 of the 361 job postings Red Hat published in the last 12 months (100%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Red Hat, updated Nov 11, 2026.
What programming languages does Red Hat use?
Python is named in 29% of job postings at Red Hat, followed by Java (12%), Go (8%), JavaScript (7%).
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What frameworks and libraries does Red Hat use?
PyTorch is named in 4% of job postings at Red Hat, followed by TensorFlow (3%), Ray (2%), LangChain (2%).
PyTorch
15 4%
TensorFlow
10 3%
Ray
9 2%
LangChain
8 2%
LangGraph
6 2%
OpenTelemetry
6 2%
Docling
5 1%
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What databases does Red Hat use?
Oracle is named in 1% of job postings at Red Hat, followed by Snowflake (1%), PostgreSQL (1%), Redis (1%).
Oracle
4 1%
Snowflake
3 1%
PostgreSQL
3 1%
Redis
2 1%
Amazon Aurora
1 <1%
Amazon Redshift
1 <1%
ElasticSearch
1 <1%
What cloud and platforms does Red Hat use?
Linux is named in 100% of job postings at Red Hat, followed by Kubernetes (100%), AWS (11%), Azure (10%).
Kubernetes
361 100%
AWS
41 11%
Azure
37 10%
GitHub
31 9%
vLLM
23 6%
GCP
21 6%
VMWare
17 5%
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And 31 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Red Hat use?
Ansible is named in 36% of job postings at Red Hat, followed by Docker (12%), Git (8%), OpenStack (7%).
Ansible
130 36%
Docker
44 12%
Git
30 8%
OpenStack
27 7%
ArgoCD
25 7%
Tekton
25 7%
Jenkins
25 7%
Podman
24 7%
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And 33 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Red Hat use?
LLM is named in 4% of job postings at Red Hat, followed by PEFT (1%), Llama (1%), Granite (1%).
Granite 
Which engineering practices does Red Hat ask for?
CI/CD is named in 30% of job postings at Red Hat, followed by GitOps (11%), AI Agents (8%), Platform Engineering (5%).
CI/CD
108 30%
GitOps
39 11%
AI Agents
30 8%
Platform Engineering
18 5%
RAG
14 4%
Fine-tuning
13 4%
Configuration Management
11 3%
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And 11 more, each named in fewer postings.
What does each Red Hat team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Solutions
71 postingsDevOps
51 postingsBackend
48 postingsSales
38 postingsMarketing
29 postingsEarly Careers
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How much does Red Hat pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Red Hat postings with stated pay: $212k across 99 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 99 | $212k | 0% |
| Linux | 99 | $212k | 0% |
| Python | 36 | $196k | −8% |
| AWS | 17 | $196k | −8% |
| Azure | 15 | $196k | −8% |
| Java | 14 | $204k | −4% |
| VMWare | 10 | $215k | +2% |
| JavaScript | 9 | $199k | −6% |
| Go | 8 | $204k | −4% |
| vLLM | 7 | $215k | +2% |
How is the Red Hat 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 Red Hat stack?
Red Hat 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: 8; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Red Hat stack in its industry?
Share of the 301 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Red Hat apart
Red Hat products in its job postings
Postings at Red Hat name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.
Companies with a stack like Red Hat
Questions about the Red Hat tech stack
What programming languages does Red Hat use?
The languages named in Red Hat job postings are Python (29%), Java (12%), Go (8%), JavaScript (7%), Bash (6%), as a share of the 361 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Red Hat use PyTorch?
Yes. PyTorch is named in 15 of 361 job postings (4%) and required in 14 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Red Hat use?
The cloud and platforms named in Red Hat job postings are Linux (361), Kubernetes (361), AWS (41) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Solutions job at Red Hat?
Solutions postings at Red Hat most often require Kubernetes (50), Linux (44), Ansible (32), Python (15), out of 71 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Red Hat tech stack changing?
Yes. A2A, EU AI Act, Post-training, Chaos Engineering first appeared in Red Hat job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Red Hat tech stack?
Red Hat 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: 8; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Red Hat tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Red Hat publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 361 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, "Red Hat tech stack: 266 technologies from 361 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/red-hat-developer/technologies