The Economist Group tech stack

The Economist Group builds mostly with JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin. Its stack also includes React.js, AWS, Next.js, Tableau. JavaScript is named in 8 of the 38 job postings The Economist Group published in the last 12 months (21%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of The Economist Group, updated Oct 19, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Oct 19, 2026
Technologies in use
98
Postings analysed
38
Open now
29
Modernity
86 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does The Economist Group use?

JavaScript is named in 21% of job postings at The Economist Group, followed by TypeScript (16%), Swift (13%), Kotlin (11%).

JavaScript 8 21% required in 50% · 6 open now · since Oct 2026
TypeScript 6 16% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
Swift 5 13% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
Kotlin 4 11% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Oct 2026
Node JS 4 11% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2026
SQL 3 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
Python 3 8% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
PHP 3 8% optional · since Aug 2026
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Apex2

What frameworks and libraries does The Economist Group use?

React.js is named in 18% of job postings at The Economist Group, followed by Next.js (13%), SwiftUI (8%), Jetpack Compose (5%).

React.js 7 18% required in 86% · 6 open now · since Oct 2026
Next.js 5 13% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Oct 2026
SwiftUI 3 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2026
Jetpack Compose 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
UIKit 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
LangChain 2 5% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
AWS Strands Agents 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Cohere SDK 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
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Espresso1
LangGraph1
Lightning Web Components1
OpenAI Agents SDK1
OpenTelemetry1
Pandas1
Transformers1
React Native1
pgvector1

What databases does The Economist Group use?

BigQuery is named in 5% of job postings at The Economist Group, followed by Google BigQuery (5%), Snowflake (5%), OpenSearch (3%).

BigQuery 2 5% required in 50% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Google BigQuery 2 5% required in 50% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Snowflake 2 5% optional · 1 open now · since May 2026
OpenSearch 1 3% optional · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
PostgreSQL 1 3% optional · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What cloud and platforms does The Economist Group use?

AWS is named in 16% of job postings at The Economist Group, followed by Tableau (11%), Looker (8%), Power BI (5%).

AWS 6 16% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Tableau 4 11% required in 75% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Looker 3 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
Power BI 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
AWS Bedrock 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
AWS Bedrock AgentCore 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
AWS Lambda 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
AWS Step Functions 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
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Amazon SageMaker1
Android SDK1
ElevenLabs1
Figma1
GCP1
Hugging Face1
LangSmith1
Linux1
OpenAI1
SIEM1
Windows1
Amazon S31
AppsFlyer SDK1
Databricks1

What developer tools does The Economist Group use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 16% of job postings at The Economist Group, followed by WordPress (8%), CircleCI (5%), Model Context Protocol (5%).

Microsoft Excel 6 16% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
WordPress 3 8% required in 67% · since Aug 2026
CircleCI 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Model Context Protocol 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
A2A 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Claude Code 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Copilot 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Cursor 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
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GraphQL1
Rest API1

What AI and ML technologies does The Economist Group use?

LLM is named in 8% of job postings at The Economist Group, followed by Claude (5%), Gemini (3%), Mistral (3%).

LLM 3 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
Claude 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Gemini 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
Mistral 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026
Whisper 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jan 2026

Which engineering practices does The Economist Group ask for?

CI/CD is named in 39% of job postings at The Economist Group, followed by A/B Testing (11%), AI Agents (8%), Human-in-the-Loop (5%).

CI/CD 15 39% required in 100% · 14 open now · since Aug 2026
A/B Testing 4 11% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
AI Agents 3 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2026
Human-in-the-Loop 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Modularization 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
NLP 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
RAG 2 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
SLI/SLO/SLA 2 5% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
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Fine-tuning2
Context Engineering1
DHCP1
DNS1
LLM Guardrails1
LLMOps1
Machine Learning1
Master Data Management1
Material Design1
Multimodal AI1
Platform Engineering1
RLAIF1
RLHF1
SFT1
TCP/IP1
Text-to-Speech1
Function Calling1
Multi-Agent Systems1
Offline-First1
Semantic Search1
Semantic Search1
Tool Use1

What does each The Economist Group team work with?

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

Leadership

5 postings
AWS2
Kotlin2
Swift2

Mobile

5 postings
Swift3
SwiftUI3
Jetpack Compose2
Kotlin2
UIKit2

Backend

4 postings
React.js4
TypeScript4
AWS3
JavaScript3
Next.js3
Node JS2

Science & Research

3 postings
Looker2
Microsoft Excel2
Power BI2
Tableau2

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How is the The Economist Group 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
ModularizationOct 2026
SwiftOct 2026
SwiftUIOct 2026
UIKitOct 2026
AI AgentsOct 2026
Model Context ProtocolOct 2026
KotlinOct 2026
Jetpack ComposeOct 2026

How modern is the The Economist Group stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 86/100

The Economist Group scores 86 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the The Economist Group stack in its industry?

Share of the 469 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

JavaScript31%
React.js19%
AWS23%
TypeScript22%
Next.js8%
Swift4%
Kotlin6%
Node JS14%
Tableau10%
LLM15%

What sets The Economist Group apart

Swift4%
SwiftUI3%

Questions about the The Economist Group tech stack

What programming languages does The Economist Group use?

The languages named in The Economist Group job postings are JavaScript (21%), TypeScript (16%), Swift (13%), Kotlin (11%), Node JS (11%), as a share of the 38 postings of the last 12 months.

Does The Economist Group use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 7 of 38 job postings (18%) and required in 6 of them.

What cloud and platforms does The Economist Group use?

The cloud and platforms named in The Economist Group job postings are AWS (6), Tableau (4), Looker (3) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Leadership job at The Economist Group?

Leadership postings at The Economist Group most often require AWS (2), Kotlin (2), Swift (2), out of 5 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the The Economist Group tech stack changing?

Yes. Modularization, Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit first appeared in The Economist Group job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the The Economist Group tech stack?

The Economist Group scores 86 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: 5; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the The Economist Group tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting The Economist Group publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 38 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 19, 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 Group tech stack: 98 technologies from 38 job postings", as of Oct 19, 2026. https://alion.io/company/theeconomistgroup/technologies

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