Salesforce tech stack
Salesforce builds mostly with Python, JavaScript, SQL, TypeScript. Its stack also includes AWS, MuleSoft, Snowflake, Google BigQuery. Python is named in 573 of the 3,204 job postings Salesforce published in the last 12 months (18%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Salesforce, updated Nov 10, 2026.
What programming languages does Salesforce use?
Python is named in 18% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by JavaScript (14%), SQL (9%), TypeScript (7%).
Python
573 18%
JavaScript
445 14%
SQL
301 9%
TypeScript
233 7%
Java
186 6%
Go
88 3%
Node JS
62 2%
Ruby
46 1%
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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%), Lightning Web Components (3%), React.js (2%).
LangChain
127 4%
LlamaIndex
101 3%
React.js
78 2%
PyTorch
44 1%
Selenium
28 1%
TensorFlow
18 1%
JUnit
17 1%
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And 36 more, each named in fewer postings.
What databases does Salesforce use?
Snowflake is named in 9% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by Google BigQuery (5%), PostgreSQL (2%), Amazon Redshift (1%).
Snowflake
294 9%
Google BigQuery
150 5%
PostgreSQL
52 2%
Amazon Redshift
45 1%
Trino
20 1%
ElasticSearch
20 1%
MySQL
17 1%
Oracle
16 <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 (9%), GCP (7%), Databricks (7%).
AWS
342 11%
GCP
234 7%
Databricks
223 7%
Azure
207 6%
Kubernetes
198 6%
GitHub
90 3%
Apache Kafka
77 2%
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And 72 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Salesforce use?
Cursor is named in 13% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by Copilot (5%), Claude Code (5%), Model Context Protocol (5%).
Cursor
424 13%
Copilot
173 5%
Claude Code
163 5%
Model Context Protocol
148 5%
Docker
140 4%
Rest API
129 4%
Terraform
106 3%
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And 91 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Salesforce use?
Claude is named in 14% of job postings at Salesforce, followed by LLM (11%), Gemini (2%), ChatGPT (1%).
Claude
443 14%
LLM
361 11%
Gemini
52 2%
ChatGPT
31 1%
Midjourney
6 <1%
Kling
2 <1%
Llama
2 <1%
BERT
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 (11%), CI/CD (8%), RAG (5%).
AI Agents
3203 100%
Prompt Engineering
352 11%
CI/CD
270 8%
RAG
158 5%
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And 56 more, each named in fewer postings.
What other technologies does Salesforce use?
Swift Concurrency is named in <1% of job postings at Salesforce.
Swift Concurrency
1 <1%
What does each Salesforce team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Sales
796 postingsHR
353 postingsSolutions
331 postingsEnterprise Apps
317 postingsBackend
234 postingsProduct
141 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 1,250 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 271 | $224k | 0% |
| AWS | 220 | $260k | +16% |
| GCP | 157 | $232k | +4% |
| Claude | 157 | $225k | +1% |
| SQL | 149 | $224k | 0% |
| LLM | 147 | $232k | +4% |
| JavaScript | 143 | $224k | 0% |
| Kubernetes | 138 | $260k | +16% |
| Java | 129 | $260k | +16% |
| Azure | 127 | $232k | +4% |
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 74 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 13; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Salesforce stack in its industry?
Share of the 2,240 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 (18%), JavaScript (14%), SQL (9%), TypeScript (7%), Java (6%), as a share of the 3,204 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Salesforce use LangChain?
Yes. LangChain is named in 127 of 3,204 job postings (4%) and required in 64 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Salesforce use?
The cloud and platforms named in Salesforce job postings are AWS (342), MuleSoft (304), GCP (234) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Sales job at Salesforce?
Sales postings at Salesforce most often require Amazon ECS (24), MuleSoft (22), Informatica (21), Anthropic (2), out of 796 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Salesforce tech stack changing?
Yes. 21 CFR Part 11, React Native, ESLint, Superset first appeared in Salesforce job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Salesforce tech stack?
Salesforce scores 74 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 13; 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 3,204 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 10, 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: 487 technologies from 3,204 job postings", as of Nov 10, 2026. https://alion.io/company/salesforce/technologies