Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
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Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies tech stack

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies builds mostly with Python, C++, Java, Rust. Its stack also includes Linux, AWS, Pytest, OpenGL. Python is named in 120 of the 198 job postings Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies published in the last 12 months (61%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, updated Nov 12, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 12, 2026
Technologies in use
225
Postings analysed
198
Open now
142
Modernity
80 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

Python is named in 61% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by C++ (35%), Java (17%), Rust (12%).

Python 120 61% required in 94% · 83 open now · since Apr 2026
C++ 69 35% required in 93% · 51 open now · since Apr 2026
Java 34 17% required in 91% · 25 open now · since Apr 2026
Rust 24 12% required in 96% · 14 open now · since May 2026
Go 23 12% required in 100% · 16 open now · since May 2026
Kotlin 22 11% required in 91% · 17 open now · since Apr 2026
SQL 20 10% required in 65% · 11 open now · since May 2026
MATLAB 16 8% required in 94% · 13 open now · since Apr 2026
Show all (17)
TypeScript7
JavaScript6
C4
Node JS2
C#2
Bash1
Julia1
Scala1
Apex1

What frameworks and libraries does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

Pytest is named in 6% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by OpenGL (5%), Unreal Engine (2%), React.js (2%).

Pytest 11 6% required in 82% · 9 open now · since May 2026
OpenGL 9 5% required in 56% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
Unreal Engine 4 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Sep 2026
React.js 4 2% required in 50% · 2 open now · since May 2026
Jetpack Compose 3 2% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
OpenCV 3 2% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
OpenTelemetry 3 2% required in 33% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
Google Test 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Streamlit2
OpenCL2
TensorFlow2
Espresso2
LiteRT2
Qt2
FFmpeg1
Flink1
GStreamer1
Jest1
LangChain1
LlamaIndex1
Next.js1
PostGIS1
PyTorch1
Ray1
Redux1
Room1
Spring Boot1
TensorFlow C++1
Transformers1
Vuex1
WorkManager1
Appium1
ExecuTorch1
GDAL1
Lanelet21
ONNX Runtime1
React Native1
TFLite1
Vue.js1

What databases does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

DynamoDB is named in 4% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by Redis (3%), PostgreSQL (2%), Amazon DocumentDB (1%).

DynamoDB 8 4% required in 75% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Redis 5 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
PostgreSQL 3 2% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Amazon DocumentDB 2 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Google BigQuery 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Snowflake 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Chroma 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
CockroachDB 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Apache Iceberg1
ClickHouse1
Delta Lake1

What cloud and platforms does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

Linux is named in 21% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by AWS (14%), Kubernetes (13%), Databricks (11%).

Linux 41 21% required in 80% · 28 open now · since Apr 2026
AWS 28 14% required in 82% · 14 open now · since May 2026
Kubernetes 25 13% required in 80% · 14 open now · since Apr 2026
Databricks 22 11% required in 55% · 14 open now · since May 2026
RTOS 20 10% required in 85% · 13 open now · since Apr 2026
Apache Kafka 14 7% required in 64% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
GitLab CI 11 6% required in 73% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
Datadog 10 5% required in 70% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
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Azure8
GCP8
Tableau8
GitLab7
NATS7
Power BI6
Spark6
AWS Lambda5
Amazon CloudWatch5
Grafana5
Amazon EKS4
Amazon Kinesis3
Superset3
U-Boot3
Amazon EC23
GitHub2
RabbitMQ2
GitHub Actions2
Firebase2
Looker2
.NET1
API Gateway1
Active Directory1
Buildkite1
Crashlytics1
Debian1
Figma1
Istio1
Kibana1
Microsoft Entra ID1
MuleSoft1
Okta1

And 6 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

Git is named in 11% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by gRPC (9%), Terraform (6%), Docker (6%).

Git 21 11% required in 67% · 12 open now · since Jun 2026
gRPC 17 9% required in 76% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
Terraform 12 6% required in 83% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Docker 11 6% required in 73% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Cursor 10 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since May 2026
MQTT 10 5% required in 50% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
Jenkins 9 5% required in 78% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
ArgoCD 8 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Show all (55)
Copilot8
Rest API8
Simulink8
Bazel7
IBM DOORS7
Claude Code6
Wireshark5
Prometheus5
dbt4
Helm4
Protobuf4
Crossplane3
Gradle3
pySpark3
Altium Designer3
LTspice3
GraphQL2
SysML2
Terragrunt2
WebSockets2
OPC UA2
Maestro2
Android NDK1
Atlantis1
Cameo Systems Modeler1
Cilium1
Cortex1
Envoy1
FortiGate1
JMP1
Microsoft Excel1
Nginx1

And 15 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

LLM is named in 9% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by Claude (4%), BERT (1%).

LLM 18 9% required in 78% · 11 open now · since May 2026
Claude 8 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
BERT 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies ask for?

CI/CD is named in 24% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by FMEA (12%), Wi-Fi (10%), Machine Learning (8%).

CI/CD 48 24% required in 83% · 28 open now · since Apr 2026
FMEA 23 12% required in 91% · 21 open now · since May 2026
Wi-Fi 20 10% required in 85% · 17 open now · since Apr 2026
Machine Learning 15 8% required in 80% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
AI Agents 11 6% required in 91% · 6 open now · since Jun 2026
Platform Engineering 10 5% required in 80% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Verification & Validation 9 5% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
ETL/ELT 5 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Show all (52)
GitOps5
LLM Guardrails5
RAG5
IAM5
Incident Management4
Sensor Fusion4
Computer Vision4
TCP/IP4
DNS3
Function Calling3
PKI3
SLI/SLO/SLA3
State Management3
Edge AI3
Battery Management Systems2
Context Engineering2
DHCP2
DO-1602
MIL-STD-4612
Semantic Search2
Service Mesh2
Time Series2
Clean Architecture2
MBSE2
Configuration Management1
DO-178C1
Digital Twin1
Error Budget1
Human-in-the-Loop1
Master Data Management1
Modularization1
Obstacle Avoidance1

And 12 more, each named in fewer postings.

What other technologies does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

StateFlow is named in 1% of job postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, followed by Kotlin Coroutines (1%).

StateFlow 2 1% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Kotlin Coroutines 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What does each Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies team work with?

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

Backend

58 postings
Python34
C++31
Go21
Java21
AWS17
Kubernetes15

Industrial Engineering

28 postings
Python14
C++4
Databricks2
LLM2
MATLAB2
Power BI2

Hardware

27 postings
Python18
RTOS13
C++8
Linux6
Claude Code4
Copilot4

Automotive

15 postings
Python11
C++6
Rust5
IBM DOORS3
Linux3
LLM2

DevOps

11 postings
Python8
Bazel3
Jenkins3
Pytest3
Datadog2
Git2

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How much does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies postings with stated pay: $193k across 174 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python109$186k−4%
C++58$186k−4%
Linux35$202k+5%
Java29$160k−17%
AWS23$202k+5%
RTOS20$202k+5%
Databricks20$198k+3%
Kubernetes20$195k+1%
SQL19$202k+5%
Kotlin19$132k−32%

How is the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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
LookerNov 2026
COct 2026
U-BootOct 2026
Computer VisionSep 2026
OpenCVSep 2026
OpenCLSep 2026
Clean ArchitectureSep 2026
Battery Management SystemsSep 2026
Rising
Wi-Fi0% → 12%
FMEA6% → 14%
Copilot0% → 6%
Simulink0% → 6%
Pytest2% → 7%
OpenGL2% → 6%
Claude Code0% → 4%
AWS Lambda0% → 4%
Falling
AWS32% → 10%
Azure15% → 1%
Kubernetes23% → 10%
Machine Learning17% → 4%
Java26% → 14%
LLM19% → 7%
GCP13% → 1%
Go21% → 10%

How modern is the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies stack in its industry?

Share of the 704 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python44%
C++27%
Linux31%
Java23%
AWS26%
Kubernetes20%
Rust7%
Go9%
Databricks9%
Kotlin14%

What sets Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies apart

Pytest4%
OpenGL3%
DynamoDB4%
NATS2%
Amazon CloudWatch4%
Unreal Engine4%
Amazon Kinesis2%
Jetpack Compose4%
Superset2%
U-Boot2%

Questions about the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies tech stack

What programming languages does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

The languages named in Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies job postings are Python (61%), C++ (35%), Java (17%), Rust (12%), Go (12%), as a share of the 198 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use Pytest?

Yes. Pytest is named in 11 of 198 job postings (6%) and required in 9 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies use?

The cloud and platforms named in Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies job postings are Linux (41), AWS (28), Kubernetes (25) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies?

Backend postings at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies most often require Python (34), C++ (31), Go (21), Java (21), out of 58 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies tech stack changing?

Yes. Looker, C, U-Boot, Computer Vision first appeared in Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies tech stack?

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 198 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 12, 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, "Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies tech stack: 225 technologies from 198 job postings", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/rivianvw/technologies

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