Starfish Holdings
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Starfish Holdings tech stack

Starfish Holdings builds mostly with Python, MATLAB, C++, SQL. Its stack also includes Linux, Windows, Oracle, NumPy. Python is named in 88 of the 222 job postings Starfish Holdings published in the last 12 months (40%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Starfish Holdings, updated Nov 11, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 11, 2026
Technologies in use
172
Postings analysed
222
Open now
108
Modernity
74 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Starfish Holdings use?

Python is named in 40% of job postings at Starfish Holdings, followed by MATLAB (23%), C++ (19%), SQL (9%).

Python 88 40% required in 73% · 51 open now · since May 2026
MATLAB 52 23% required in 85% · 39 open now · since Jun 2026
C++ 43 19% required in 86% · 32 open now · since Jun 2026
SQL 20 9% required in 70% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Java 19 9% required in 95% · 11 open now · since Jun 2026
C# 18 8% required in 78% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Bash 14 6% required in 79% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
JavaScript 14 6% required in 64% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
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Fortran13
PowerShell12
Ada10
Cython6
Node JS4
TypeScript2
Go1
VHDL1
C1

What frameworks and libraries does Starfish Holdings use?

NumPy is named in 3% of job postings at Starfish Holdings, followed by PyTorch (3%), ASP.NET Core (2%), Matplotlib (2%).

NumPy 7 3% required in 71% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
PyTorch 7 3% required in 57% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
ASP.NET Core 5 2% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Matplotlib 5 2% required in 80% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
TensorFlow 5 2% required in 40% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
CUDA 4 2% optional · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
WPF 2 1% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Entity Framework Core 2 1% optional · since Aug 2026
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Angular1
Gymnasium1
Keras1
Pandas1
RLlib1
Radare21
Ray1
SciPy1
Scikit-learn1
Tailwind CSS1
TensorFlow C++1
Asio1
Blazor1
Eigen1
Plotly1
Ray Tune1
gRPC for .NET1

What databases does Starfish Holdings use?

Oracle is named in 3% of job postings at Starfish Holdings, followed by PostgreSQL (2%), SQLite (1%), MS SQL (<1%).

Oracle 7 3% required in 43% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
PostgreSQL 4 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
SQLite 2 1% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
MS SQL 1 <1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026

What cloud and platforms does Starfish Holdings use?

Linux is named in 20% of job postings at Starfish Holdings, followed by Windows (17%), Azure (13%), Kubernetes (10%).

Linux 45 20% required in 76% · 19 open now · since Jun 2026
Windows 38 17% required in 82% · 16 open now · since Jul 2026
Azure 28 13% required in 39% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
Kubernetes 23 10% required in 83% · 6 open now · since Jun 2026
AWS 18 8% required in 44% · 9 open now · since Jun 2026
Azure DevOps 17 8% required in 82% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
GitLab 16 7% required in 88% · 8 open now · since May 2026
Bitbucket 14 6% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
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Checkmarx11
VMWare10
SonarQube10
GitLab CI10
Unix9
Power BI9
Active Directory7
Fortify7
Tableau7
OpenShift6
Windows Server6
Amazon EKS5
Splunk5
.NET5
Grafana5
Red Hat5
GCP5
Ubuntu4
Google GKE3
OpenAI3
GitHub2
Anthropic2
Amazon CloudWatch1
Amazon EC21
Amazon S31
GitHub Actions1
SAP BusinessObjects1
AWS Lambda1

What developer tools does Starfish Holdings use?

Git is named in 9% of job postings at Starfish Holdings, followed by Docker (9%), Jenkins (8%), Podman (5%).

Git 19 9% required in 74% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
Docker 19 9% required in 68% · 8 open now · since Jun 2026
Jenkins 17 8% required in 35% · 7 open now · since Apr 2026
Podman 11 5% required in 73% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Ansible 10 5% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Cameo Systems Modeler 9 4% required in 100% · 8 open now · since May 2026
Microsoft Excel 9 4% required in 78% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Rest API 9 4% required in 78% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
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Simulink9
Terraform8
SolidWorks7
Altium Designer6
Meson6
AFSIM6
SysML5
Copilot4
KVM4
Prometheus4
IBM DOORS4
CMake3
Model Context Protocol3
Alteryx2
Hyper-V2
KubeVirt2
Puppet2
SaltStack2
AutoCAD2
CloudFormation2
Nastran2
STK2
Eagle2
Gradle2
OrCAD2
gRPC2
Axure RP1
Azure Data Factory1
Cutter1
Ghidra1
Helm1
IDA Pro1

And 8 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Starfish Holdings use?

LLM is named in 1% of job postings at Starfish Holdings, followed by ChatGPT (<1%).

LLM 3 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
ChatGPT 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

Which engineering practices does Starfish Holdings ask for?

CI/CD is named in 19% of job postings at Starfish Holdings, followed by IAM (7%), Verification & Validation (6%), Machine Learning (5%).

CI/CD 42 19% required in 81% · 17 open now · since Jun 2026
IAM 16 7% required in 31% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Verification & Validation 13 6% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 10 5% required in 80% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
MBSE 9 4% required in 78% · 7 open now · since May 2026
Configuration Management 8 4% required in 75% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
DNS 6 3% required in 83% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
MIL-STD-882 6 3% required in 17% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
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DHCP5
ETL/ELT4
TCP/IP4
AI Agents4
AS91004
DO-178C3
EVMS3
GD&T3
DO-2542
Human Factors Engineering2
MVVM2
Time Series2
BGP2
Explainable AI2
MIL-STD-8102
OSPF2
Design of Experiments1
DoDAF1
HPC1
Human-in-the-Loop1
Incident Management1
Mixture of Experts1
OCR1
PPO1
Pipeline as Code1
Prompt Engineering1
Reinforcement Learning1
Sensor Fusion1
Dependency Injection1
Digital Twin1
OpenVPX1
Platform Engineering1

What does each Starfish Holdings team work with?

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

Backend

41 postings
C++15
Python14
Kubernetes11
Java9
MATLAB9
C#7

DevOps

28 postings
Linux14
Windows13
Python10
Docker8
Ansible7
Bash7

Early Careers

26 postings
AWS3
Bitbucket3
Cameo Systems Modeler3
Linux3
Microsoft Excel3
Azure DevOps2

Analytics

24 postings
Python17
MATLAB16
C++8
Linux8
Windows8
Java3

Industrial Engineering

20 postings
MATLAB4
C++3
Simulink3
SolidWorks3
Cameo Systems Modeler2
Fortran2

Hardware

15 postings
Python6
MATLAB5
Altium Designer4
C#4
C++4
Fortran3

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How is the Starfish Holdings 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
EVMSOct 2026
AutoCADOct 2026
AS9100Sep 2026
TCP/IPSep 2026
Time SeriesSep 2026
BGPSep 2026
OSPFSep 2026
Human Factors EngineeringSep 2026
Rising
IAM3% → 9%
Microsoft Excel0% → 6%
NumPy0% → 5%
Oracle0% → 5%
Cameo Systems Modeler1% → 5%
MBSE1% → 5%
Power BI1% → 5%
Simulink1% → 5%
Falling
Java16% → 5%
Linux27% → 18%
Azure19% → 10%
Docker15% → 6%
Bitbucket12% → 3%
SonarQube10% → 1%
Checkmarx10% → 2%
Fortify7% → 1%

How modern is the Starfish Holdings stack?

Modern AI adopter 74/100

Starfish Holdings 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: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Starfish Holdings stack in its industry?

Share of the 2,332 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python31%
MATLAB14%
Linux20%
C++19%
Windows22%
Azure20%
Kubernetes12%
SQL23%
Java14%
AWS17%

What sets Starfish Holdings apart

Bitbucket3%
Fortran3%
Checkmarx1%
Ada1%
SonarQube3%
Fortify1%
NumPy4%
Cython0%
OpenShift4%
ASP.NET Core4%

Questions about the Starfish Holdings tech stack

What programming languages does Starfish Holdings use?

The languages named in Starfish Holdings job postings are Python (40%), MATLAB (23%), C++ (19%), SQL (9%), Java (9%), as a share of the 222 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Starfish Holdings use NumPy?

Yes. NumPy is named in 7 of 222 job postings (3%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Starfish Holdings use?

The cloud and platforms named in Starfish Holdings job postings are Linux (45), Windows (38), Azure (28) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Starfish Holdings?

Backend postings at Starfish Holdings most often require C++ (15), Python (14), Kubernetes (11), Java (9), out of 41 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Starfish Holdings tech stack changing?

Yes. EVMS, AutoCAD, AS9100, TCP/IP first appeared in Starfish Holdings job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Starfish Holdings tech stack?

Starfish Holdings 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: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Starfish Holdings tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Starfish Holdings publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 222 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, "Starfish Holdings tech stack: 172 technologies from 222 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/starfish/technologies

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