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Software Engineering Institute tech stack

Software Engineering Institute builds mostly with Python, C++, Java, MATLAB. Its stack also includes Linux, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Windows. Python is named in 58 of the 91 job postings Software Engineering Institute published in the last 12 months (64%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Software Engineering Institute, updated Nov 15, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 15, 2026
Technologies in use
153
Postings analysed
91
Open now
49
Modernity
82 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Software Engineering Institute use?

Python is named in 64% of job postings at Software Engineering Institute, followed by C++ (36%), Java (22%), MATLAB (13%).

Python 58 64% required in 100% · 30 open now · since Jan 2026
C++ 33 36% required in 94% · 19 open now · since Jan 2026
Java 20 22% required in 100% · 12 open now · since Jan 2026
MATLAB 12 13% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
PowerShell 9 10% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Verilog 9 10% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
VHDL 8 9% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
C# 7 8% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
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Ada4
Go3
Ruby3
Rust3
TypeScript3
JavaScript3
Bash2
SQL2
Scala2
Structured Text2
Assembly2
PHP1
Perl1
R1
SystemVerilog1

What frameworks and libraries does Software Engineering Institute use?

PyTorch is named in 19% of job postings at Software Engineering Institute, followed by TensorFlow (19%), NumPy (9%), TensorFlow C++ (9%).

PyTorch 17 19% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
TensorFlow 17 19% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
NumPy 8 9% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Apr 2026
TensorFlow C++ 8 9% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
JAX 6 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
LangChain 6 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
FastAPI 6 7% required in 83% · 4 open now · since May 2026
CatBoost 5 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
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LightGBM5
LlamaIndex5
Triton5
XGBoost5
Haystack4
NeuralProphet4
SciPy4
Angular2
ROS2
Unicorn Engine2
ASP.NET Core1
Jest1
Playwright1
Ray1
Shiny1
Transformers1

What databases does Software Engineering Institute use?

Realm is named in 8% of job postings at Software Engineering Institute, followed by Google BigQuery (4%), Snowflake (4%), Trino (4%).

Realm 7 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Google BigQuery 4 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Snowflake 4 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Trino 4 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
MS SQL 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Oracle 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
PostgreSQL 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What cloud and platforms does Software Engineering Institute use?

Linux is named in 25% of job postings at Software Engineering Institute, followed by Windows (14%), Amazon SageMaker (5%), Vertex AI (5%).

Linux 23 25% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Jan 2026
Windows 13 14% required in 85% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Amazon SageMaker 5 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
Vertex AI 5 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
Kubernetes 5 5% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
Databricks 4 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Spark 4 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Unix 4 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
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VMWare3
GitHub2
GitLab2
AWS2
Azure2
Bitbucket1
GCP1
GitHub Actions1
GitLab CI1
Hugging Face1
Kali Linux1
MLFlow1
Ollama1
Prefect1
RTOS1
SIEM1
Security Onion1
SonarQube1
Weights & Biases1
Microsoft Entra ID1

What developer tools does Software Engineering Institute use?

IDA Pro is named in 16% of job postings at Software Engineering Institute, followed by Wireshark (10%), Docker (9%), Cobalt Strike (8%).

IDA Pro 15 16% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Apr 2026
Wireshark 9 10% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Docker 8 9% required in 75% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Cobalt Strike 7 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Git 7 8% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Sliver 7 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Ghidra 6 7% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
KServe 5 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
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SolidWorks5
Ansible3
TPU3
Terraform3
Hyper-V3
Binary Ninja2
Frida2
Model Context Protocol2
QEMU2
Rest API2
Suricata2
WinDbg2
Zeek2
x64dbg2
Altium Designer1
ArgoCD1
Fusion 3601
Gazebo1
KVM1
Microsoft Excel1
Open WebUI1
Packer1
Proxmox VE1
xUnit1
gRPC1

What AI and ML technologies does Software Engineering Institute use?

LLM is named in 10% of job postings at Software Engineering Institute, followed by Llama (4%), LoRA (1%), PEFT (1%).

LLM 9 10% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
Llama 4 4% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
LoRA 1 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
PEFT 1 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does Software Engineering Institute ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 44% of job postings at Software Engineering Institute, followed by Computer Vision (18%), AI Agents (16%), Red Teaming (15%).

Machine Learning 40 44% required in 100% · 23 open now · since Apr 2026
Computer Vision 16 18% required in 81% · 8 open now · since May 2026
AI Agents 15 16% required in 100% · 13 open now · since May 2026
Red Teaming 14 15% required in 100% · 5 open now · since May 2026
Agentic Workflows 10 11% required in 100% · 8 open now · since May 2026
TCP/IP 8 9% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
CI/CD 7 8% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
Multimodal AI 6 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
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Fine-tuning5
NLP5
RAG5
ETL/ELT4
Human-in-the-Loop4
Prompt Engineering4
Recommender Systems4
Time Series4
Edge AI3
HPC3
Incident Management3
Configuration Management2
Digital Twin2
Function Calling2
Motion Planning2
Reinforcement Learning2
Self-Supervised Learning2
Sensor Fusion2
GitOps2
Anomaly Detection1
DNS1
Reinforcement Learning1
Synthetic Data1
Transfer Learning1
Verification & Validation1
CMMC1

What does each Software Engineering Institute team work with?

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

AI/ML

23 postings
Python15
C++9
IDA Pro7
Java7
LLM6
PyTorch6

Security

19 postings
Python12
IDA Pro7
Linux7
C++5
NumPy4
PowerShell4

Early Careers

10 postings
Python10
C++3
Linux3
PyTorch3
TensorFlow3
Ansible2

Data Science

9 postings
Python7
MATLAB5
Amazon SageMaker4
CatBoost4
Databricks4
FastAPI4

Hardware

8 postings
C++8
Python7
VHDL6
Verilog6
MATLAB5
Ada4

Backend

7 postings
Java4
C++3
Git3
Python3
Angular2
C#2

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How is the Software Engineering Institute 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
AnsibleOct 2026
TerraformOct 2026
BashOct 2026
SQLSep 2026
TypeScriptAug 2026
JavaScriptAug 2026
AngularAug 2026
PowerShellAug 2026
Rising
Windows0% → 26%
Red Teaming3% → 24%
PowerShell0% → 20%
TCP/IP0% → 17%
Cobalt Strike0% → 15%
Realm0% → 15%
Sliver0% → 15%
Wireshark3% → 17%
Falling
Machine Learning53% → 35%
SolidWorks15% → 0%
Agentic Workflows18% → 4%
Unix12% → 0%
TensorFlow C++15% → 4%
Computer Vision21% → 11%
NumPy12% → 2%
AI Agents21% → 13%

How modern is the Software Engineering Institute stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 82/100

Software Engineering Institute scores 82 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Software Engineering Institute stack in its industry?

Share of the 2,953 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python35%
C++18%
Linux22%
Java12%
PyTorch7%
TensorFlow6%
Windows21%
MATLAB13%
LLM10%
PowerShell10%

What sets Software Engineering Institute apart

Verilog3%
NumPy4%
TensorFlow C++2%
VHDL3%
Realm0%
FastAPI4%
JAX1%
LangChain4%
Amazon SageMaker1%
CatBoost0%

Questions about the Software Engineering Institute tech stack

What programming languages does Software Engineering Institute use?

The languages named in Software Engineering Institute job postings are Python (64%), C++ (36%), Java (22%), MATLAB (13%), PowerShell (10%), as a share of the 91 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Software Engineering Institute use PyTorch?

Yes. PyTorch is named in 17 of 91 job postings (19%) and required in 17 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Software Engineering Institute use?

The cloud and platforms named in Software Engineering Institute job postings are Linux (23), Windows (13), Amazon SageMaker (5) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a AI/ML job at Software Engineering Institute?

AI/ML postings at Software Engineering Institute most often require Python (15), C++ (9), IDA Pro (7), Java (7), out of 23 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Software Engineering Institute tech stack changing?

Yes. Ansible, Terraform, Bash, SQL first appeared in Software Engineering Institute job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Software Engineering Institute tech stack?

Software Engineering Institute scores 82 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: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Software Engineering Institute tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Software Engineering Institute publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 91 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 15, 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, "Software Engineering Institute tech stack: 153 technologies from 91 job postings", as of Nov 15, 2026. https://alion.io/company/sei-cmu/technologies

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