The Economist tech stack
The Economist builds mostly with JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin. Its stack also includes React.js, Next.js, AWS, BigQuery. JavaScript is named in 4 of the 10 job postings The Economist published in the last 12 months (40%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of The Economist, updated Oct 20, 2026.
What programming languages does The Economist use?
JavaScript is named in 40% of job postings at The Economist, followed by TypeScript (30%), Swift (20%), Kotlin (10%).
What frameworks and libraries does The Economist use?
React.js is named in 40% of job postings at The Economist, followed by Next.js (30%), SwiftUI (10%).
What databases does The Economist use?
BigQuery is named in 10% of job postings at The Economist, followed by Google BigQuery (10%).
What cloud and platforms does The Economist use?
AWS is named in 20% of job postings at The Economist.
What AI and ML technologies does The Economist use?
LLM is named in 10% of job postings at The Economist.
Which engineering practices does The Economist ask for?
CI/CD is named in 10% of job postings at The Economist, followed by Fine-tuning (10%), NLP (10%), RAG (10%).
What does each The Economist team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Backend
3 postingsHow does your stack fit The Economist?
How modern is the The Economist stack?
The Economist scores 87 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the The Economist stack in its industry?
Share of the 885 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
Companies with a stack like The Economist
Questions about the The Economist tech stack
What programming languages does The Economist use?
The languages named in The Economist job postings are JavaScript (40%), TypeScript (30%), Swift (20%), Kotlin (10%), Node JS (10%), as a share of the 10 postings of the last 12 months.
Does The Economist use React.js?
Yes. React.js is named in 4 of 10 job postings (40%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does The Economist use?
The cloud and platforms named in The Economist job postings are AWS (2) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Backend job at The Economist?
Backend postings at The Economist most often require React.js (3), AWS (2), Next.js (2), TypeScript (2), out of 3 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the The Economist tech stack changing?
No new technology has appeared in The Economist job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the The Economist tech stack?
The Economist scores 87 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the The Economist tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting The Economist publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 10 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 20, 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, "The Economist tech stack: 16 technologies from 10 job postings", as of Oct 20, 2026. https://alion.io/company/the-economist/technologies
