Temporal tech stack
Temporal builds mostly with Go, Java, Python, TypeScript. Its stack also includes GCP, AWS, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL. Go is named in 98 of the 135 job postings Temporal published in the last 12 months (73%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Temporal, updated Nov 12, 2026.
What programming languages does Temporal use?
Go is named in 73% of job postings at Temporal, followed by Java (46%), Python (44%), TypeScript (40%).
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What frameworks and libraries does Temporal use?
OpenTelemetry is named in 3% of job postings at Temporal, followed by OpenAI Agents SDK (1%), Pydantic (1%), Pydantic AI (1%).
What databases does Temporal use?
ClickHouse is named in 11% of job postings at Temporal, followed by PostgreSQL (8%), Amazon Redshift (4%), ElasticSearch (2%).
ClickHouse
15 11%
PostgreSQL
11 8%
Amazon Redshift
6 4%
ElasticSearch
3 2%
MySQL
3 2%
OpenSearch
3 2%
Google BigQuery
2 1%
Snowflake
2 1%
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What cloud and platforms does Temporal use?
GCP is named in 28% of job postings at Temporal, followed by AWS (27%), Kubernetes (27%), Azure (21%).
GCP
38 28%
AWS
36 27%
Kubernetes
36 27%
Azure
29 21%
GitHub
11 8%
Grafana
10 7%
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What developer tools does Temporal use?
OpenAI Codex is named in 7% of job postings at Temporal, followed by Prometheus (7%), Terraform (7%), Claude Code (7%).
Prometheus
10 7%
Terraform
10 7%
Claude Code
9 7%
Cursor
9 7%
Docker
6 4%
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What AI and ML technologies does Temporal use?
LLM is named in 7% of job postings at Temporal, followed by Claude (5%), ChatGPT (2%).
Which engineering practices does Temporal ask for?
AI Agents is named in 20% of job postings at Temporal, followed by CI/CD (10%), SLI/SLO/SLA (4%), IAM (4%).
AI Agents
27 20%
CI/CD
13 10%
SLI/SLO/SLA
6 4%
Function Calling
4 3%
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What other technologies does Temporal use?
Solana is named in 1% of job postings at Temporal.
Solana
2 1%
What does each Temporal team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Backend
41 postingsProduct
24 postingsSolutions
20 postingsSales
14 postingsLeadership
8 postingsMarketing
5 postingsHow does your stack fit Temporal?
How much does Temporal pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Temporal postings with stated pay: $238k across 125 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | 92 | $231k | −3% |
| Java | 57 | $231k | −3% |
| Python | 55 | $225k | −5% |
| TypeScript | 50 | $226k | −5% |
| GCP | 36 | $238k | 0% |
| AWS | 35 | $250k | +5% |
| Kubernetes | 35 | $231k | −3% |
| Azure | 27 | $238k | 0% |
| C# | 20 | $221k | −7% |
| PHP | 16 | $250k | +5% |
How is the Temporal 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 Temporal stack?
Temporal 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Temporal stack in its industry?
Share of the 606 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Temporal apart
Temporal products in its job postings
Postings at Temporal name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.
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Questions about the Temporal tech stack
What programming languages does Temporal use?
The languages named in Temporal job postings are Go (73%), Java (46%), Python (44%), TypeScript (40%), C# (18%), as a share of the 135 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Temporal use OpenAI Agents SDK?
Yes. OpenAI Agents SDK is named in 2 of 135 job postings (1%) and required in 2 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Temporal use?
The cloud and platforms named in Temporal job postings are GCP (38), AWS (36), Kubernetes (36) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Backend job at Temporal?
Backend postings at Temporal most often require Go (31), Java (22), AWS (13), GCP (13), out of 41 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Temporal tech stack changing?
Yes. Agentic Workflows, ChatGPT, Google BigQuery, Snowflake first appeared in Temporal job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Temporal tech stack?
Temporal 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Temporal tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Temporal publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 135 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 12, 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, "Temporal tech stack: 114 technologies from 135 job postings", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/temporal/technologies