Salesforce tech stack
Salesforce builds mostly with Python, JavaScript, SQL, TypeScript. Its stack also includes AWS, MuleSoft, Snowflake, Google BigQuery. Python is named in 378 of the 1,998 job postings Salesforce published in the last 12 months (19%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Salesforce, updated Sep 26, 2026.
What programming languages does Salesforce use?
Python is named in 19% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by JavaScript (15%), SQL (10%), TypeScript (8%).
Python
378 19%
JavaScript
293 15%
SQL
191 10%
TypeScript
150 8%
Java
140 7%
Go
55 3%
Node JS
36 2%
Ruby
31 2%
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What frameworks and libraries does Salesforce use?
LangChain is named in 4% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by LlamaIndex (3%), React.js (3%), Lightning Web Components (3%).
LangChain
88 4%
LlamaIndex
69 3%
React.js
59 3%
PyTorch
27 1%
Selenium
19 1%
TensorFlow
14 1%
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And 31 more, each named in fewer postings.
What databases does Salesforce use?
Snowflake is named in 10% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by Google BigQuery (5%), BigQuery (4%), Amazon Redshift (2%).
Snowflake
194 10%
Google BigQuery
104 5%
BigQuery
84 4%
Amazon Redshift
36 2%
PostgreSQL
33 2%
ElasticSearch
15 1%
Trino
12 1%
Oracle
10 1%
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What cloud and platforms does Salesforce use?
AWS is named in 11% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by MuleSoft (10%), GCP (8%), Azure (7%).
AWS
229 11%
GCP
157 8%
Azure
147 7%
Databricks
144 7%
Kubernetes
134 7%
GitHub
86 4%
Apache Kafka
57 3%
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And 63 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Salesforce use?
Cursor is named in 15% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by Copilot (6%), Claude Code (6%), Docker (5%).
Cursor
300 15%
Copilot
117 6%
Claude Code
111 6%
Docker
96 5%
Model Context Protocol
85 4%
Terraform
68 3%
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And 69 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Salesforce use?
Claude is named in 15% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by LLM (12%), Gemini (2%), ChatGPT (1%).
Claude
304 15%
LLM
238 12%
Gemini
31 2%
ChatGPT
11 1%
Midjourney
5 <1%
Kling
2 <1%
BERT
1 <1%
PEFT
1 <1%
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Which engineering practices does Salesforce ask for?
AI Agents is named in 100% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by Prompt Engineering (13%), CI/CD (9%), RAG (6%).
AI Agents
1998 100%
Prompt Engineering
256 13%
CI/CD
171 9%
RAG
110 6%
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And 48 more, each named in fewer postings.
What does each Salesforce team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Enterprise Apps
225 postingsHR
221 postingsSolutions
196 postingsBackend
123 postingsLeadership
99 postingsHow does your stack fit Salesforce?
How much does Salesforce pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Salesforce postings with stated pay: $224k across 757 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 177 | $224k | 0% |
| AWS | 154 | $232k | +4% |
| GCP | 112 | $229k | +2% |
| Claude | 105 | $227k | +1% |
| Java | 97 | $260k | +16% |
| LLM | 95 | $232k | +4% |
| Azure | 94 | $229k | +2% |
| Kubernetes | 93 | $260k | +16% |
| JavaScript | 91 | $224k | 0% |
| SQL | 90 | $224k | 0% |
How is the Salesforce 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 Salesforce stack?
Salesforce scores 76 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: 12; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Salesforce stack in its industry?
Share of the 1,161 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Salesforce apart
Salesforce products in its job postings
Postings at Salesforce name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.
Companies with a stack like Salesforce
Questions about the Salesforce tech stack
What programming languages does Salesforce use?
The languages named in Salesforce job postings are Python (19%), JavaScript (15%), SQL (10%), TypeScript (8%), Java (7%), as a share of the 1,998 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Salesforce use LangChain?
Yes. LangChain is named in 88 of 1,998 job postings (4%) and required in 44 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Salesforce use?
The cloud and platforms named in Salesforce job postings are AWS (229), MuleSoft (203), GCP (157) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Enterprise Apps job at Salesforce?
Enterprise Apps postings at Salesforce most often require MuleSoft (85), Cursor (67), Claude (60), JavaScript (59), out of 225 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Salesforce tech stack changing?
Yes. Lovable, HashiCorp Vault, Webflow, SOPS first appeared in Salesforce job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Salesforce tech stack?
Salesforce scores 76 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: 12; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Salesforce tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Salesforce publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 1,998 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 26, 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, "Salesforce tech stack: 436 technologies from 1,998 job postings", as of Sep 26, 2026. https://alion.io/company/salesforce/technologies