Scale AI
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Scale AI tech stack

Scale AI builds mostly with Python, TypeScript, SQL, JavaScript. Its stack also includes AWS, Kubernetes, React.js, PostgreSQL. Python is named in 94 of the 217 job postings Scale AI published in the last 12 months (43%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Scale AI, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
187
Postings analysed
217
Open now
123
Modernity
80 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Scale AI use?

Python is named in 43% of job postings at Scale AI, followed by TypeScript (16%), SQL (16%), JavaScript (16%).

Python 94 43% required in 85% · 57 open now · since Jun 2023
TypeScript 34 16% required in 97% · 20 open now · since May 2024
SQL 34 16% required in 71% · 24 open now · since Jun 2023
JavaScript 34 16% required in 41% · 19 open now · since May 2024
Node JS 21 10% required in 81% · 9 open now · since Mar 2025
C++ 15 7% required in 93% · 5 open now · since May 2024
Go 9 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2025
Rust 9 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jan 2025
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Java8
C#3
PowerShell2
C1
Apex1

What frameworks and libraries does Scale AI use?

React.js is named in 6% of job postings at Scale AI, followed by LangChain (4%), Next.js (4%), PyTorch (3%).

React.js 14 6% required in 86% · 8 open now · since Feb 2025
LangChain 8 4% required in 88% · 8 open now · since Oct 2024
Next.js 8 4% required in 88% · 6 open now · since Feb 2025
PyTorch 6 3% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Oct 2024
TensorFlow 5 2% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2024
LlamaIndex 5 2% required in 80% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Flink 3 1% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Ray 3 1% optional · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Transformers3
Dagster2
SGLang2
Triton2
Angular1
CUDA1
FastAPI1
Flask1
Nest.JS1
FFmpeg1
ROS1
ROS21
TRL1
TensorRT-LLM1

What databases does Scale AI use?

PostgreSQL is named in 6% of job postings at Scale AI, followed by Snowflake (4%), DynamoDB (1%), ElasticSearch (1%).

PostgreSQL 12 6% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Feb 2025
Snowflake 8 4% required in 75% · 4 open now · since Aug 2025
DynamoDB 2 1% required in 100% · since Mar 2025
ElasticSearch 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2025
Presto 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
Redis 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
Trino 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
Google BigQuery 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What cloud and platforms does Scale AI use?

AWS is named in 31% of job postings at Scale AI, followed by Kubernetes (28%), GCP (26%), Azure (24%).

AWS 68 31% required in 82% · 41 open now · since Aug 2023
Kubernetes 61 28% required in 75% · 34 open now · since Aug 2023
GCP 57 26% required in 74% · 33 open now · since Aug 2023
Azure 52 24% required in 73% · 32 open now · since Aug 2023
OpenAI 8 4% required in 88% · 8 open now · since Jan 2026
Okta 6 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
Figma 5 2% required in 80% · 5 open now · since Sep 2025
Tableau 5 2% required in 60% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
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GitHub Actions4
Hugging Face4
Wiz4
Linux3
Amazon Kinesis3
Looker3
Replit3
.NET3
AWS Step Functions2
Azure DevOps2
GitLab2
SIEM2
Databricks2
vLLM2
API Gateway1
Amazon CloudWatch1
Amazon EC21
Amazon EKS1
Amazon S31
Cloudflare1
Datadog1
GitLab CI1
Istio1
Metabase1
Microsoft Entra ID1
MuleSoft1
Spark1
Windows1
Apache Kafka1
Vercel1

What developer tools does Scale AI use?

Docker is named in 20% of job postings at Scale AI, followed by Terraform (12%), Model Context Protocol (6%), Copilot (4%).

Docker 43 20% required in 67% · 30 open now · since Aug 2023
Terraform 26 12% required in 81% · 15 open now · since Oct 2024
Model Context Protocol 14 6% required in 57% · 12 open now · since Jan 2026
Copilot 8 4% required in 50% · 8 open now · since Jan 2026
CircleCI 7 3% required in 71% · 4 open now · since Aug 2025
Microsoft Excel 5 2% required in 80% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Bicep 4 2% optional · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
Claude Code 3 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
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Pulumi3
Canva3
Lovable3
CloudFormation2
Cursor2
QEMU2
dbt2
Helm2
Rest API2
A2A2
OpenHands2
AFSIM1
ArgoCD1
Atlantis1
Azure Data Factory1
Envoy1
GraphQL1
Jenkins1
Mandiant capa1
OpenAI Codex1
Teleport1
pySpark1
Ansible1
Bazel1
TensorRT1
gRPC1

What AI and ML technologies does Scale AI use?

LLM is named in 23% of job postings at Scale AI, followed by ChatGPT (3%), Claude (2%), LoRA (1%).

LLM 50 23% required in 86% · 26 open now · since May 2024
ChatGPT 7 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2025
Claude 5 2% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2025
LoRA 3 1% optional · 3 open now · since Nov 2025
PEFT 3 1% optional · 3 open now · since Nov 2025
VLM 1 <1% required in 100% · since Feb 2026

Which engineering practices does Scale AI ask for?

AI Agents is named in 38% of job postings at Scale AI, followed by Machine Learning (23%), Fine-tuning (16%), RAG (12%).

AI Agents 82 38% required in 95% · 56 open now · since Aug 2023
Machine Learning 50 23% required in 94% · 24 open now · since Aug 2023
Fine-tuning 35 16% required in 74% · 20 open now · since May 2024
RAG 27 12% required in 70% · 19 open now · since Aug 2023
CI/CD 27 12% required in 59% · 19 open now · since Mar 2025
Reinforcement Learning 24 11% required in 83% · 17 open now · since Feb 2025
Agentic Workflows 21 10% required in 81% · 13 open now · since Aug 2023
Post-training 20 9% required in 90% · 15 open now · since Feb 2025
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RLHF19
LLM Guardrails18
Human-in-the-Loop15
Function Calling15
Computer Vision14
Multi-Agent Systems10
ETL/ELT10
Embeddings10
Physical AI9
SFT9
Multimodal AI8
Semantic Search8
IAM7
LLM Evaluation7
Prompt Engineering7
Pre-training6
Context Engineering6
Platform Engineering5
Reward Modeling5
Knowledge Graph5
A/B Testing4
Teleoperation4
Sensor Fusion4
Imitation Learning4
Voice Agents4
AIOps3
Embodied AI3
Red Teaming3
EU AI Act3
GRPO3
Knowledge Distillation3
Model Distillation3

And 26 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each Scale AI team work with?

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

Backend

33 postings
Python20
TypeScript16
AWS13
Kubernetes13
Docker10
Terraform10

Product

29 postings
LLM6
Python6
SQL6
GitLab2

AI/ML

28 postings
Python13
LLM11
AWS6
PyTorch6
Docker5
TensorFlow5

Solutions

27 postings
Python16
AWS10
Azure10
GCP10
LLM8
Node JS8

Sales

17 postings
SQL3
Looker2
Microsoft Excel2
Snowflake2
Tableau2

Leadership

15 postings
AWS7
Azure6
GCP6
Python5
Hugging Face3
Kubernetes3

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How much does Scale AI pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Scale AI postings with stated pay: $249k across 137 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python53$249k0%
Kubernetes35$297k+19%
AWS35$279k+12%
LLM32$245k−2%
GCP30$275k+10%
Azure29$279k+12%
SQL24$226k−9%
TypeScript15$279k+12%
JavaScript14$270k+8%
OpenAI7$325k+31%

How is the Scale AI 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
Claude CodeSep 2026
DatabricksSep 2026
Digital TwinSep 2026
GitOpsSep 2026
GitLabAug 2026
Knowledge DistillationJul 2026
Model DistillationJul 2026
QEMUJul 2026
Rising
TypeScript8% → 18%
Post-training6% → 16%
Agentic Workflows6% → 14%
React.js0% → 8%
RAG12% → 19%
Next.js0% → 6%
Claude Code0% → 4%
PostgreSQL1% → 4%
Falling
Fine-tuning26% → 8%
LLM27% → 13%
Machine Learning26% → 16%
RLHF14% → 5%
Physical AI9% → 0%
Human-in-the-Loop12% → 4%
Function Calling13% → 5%
Model Context Protocol12% → 5%
Not named for 6 months
LoRAFeb 2026
PEFTFeb 2026
DynamoDBMay 2026
NIST AI RMFMar 2026
Motion PlanningJan 2026
SLAMJan 2026

How modern is the Scale AI stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Scale AI 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: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Scale AI stack in its industry?

Share of the 494 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python69%
AWS52%
Kubernetes44%
GCP40%
Azure36%
LLM57%
JavaScript57%
SQL43%
TypeScript53%
Node JS27%

What sets Scale AI apart

Wiz1%
Amazon Kinesis3%
Replit2%

Scale AI products in its job postings

Postings at Scale AI name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

Scale AI66

Questions about the Scale AI tech stack

What programming languages does Scale AI use?

The languages named in Scale AI job postings are Python (43%), TypeScript (16%), SQL (16%), JavaScript (16%), Node JS (10%), as a share of the 217 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Scale AI use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 14 of 217 job postings (6%) and required in 12 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Scale AI use?

The cloud and platforms named in Scale AI job postings are AWS (68), Kubernetes (61), GCP (57) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Scale AI?

Backend postings at Scale AI most often require Python (20), TypeScript (16), AWS (13), Kubernetes (13), out of 33 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Scale AI tech stack changing?

Yes. Claude Code, Databricks, Digital Twin, GitOps first appeared in Scale AI job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Scale AI tech stack?

Scale AI 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: 6; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Scale AI tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Scale AI publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 217 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, "Scale AI tech stack: 187 technologies from 217 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/scale-ai/technologies

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