University of Southern California tech stack
University of Southern California builds mostly with Python, SQL, C++, MATLAB. Its stack also includes Windows, Unix, Snowflake, Ray. Python is named in 21 of the 75 job postings University of Southern California published in the last 12 months (28%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of University of Southern California, updated Oct 12, 2026.
What programming languages does University of Southern California use?
Python is named in 28% of job postings at University of Southern California, followed by SQL (17%), C++ (11%), MATLAB (8%).
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What frameworks and libraries does University of Southern California use?
Ray is named in 5% of job postings at University of Southern California, followed by D3.js (3%), TensorFlow (3%), Commander.js (1%).
Ray
4 5%
D3.js
2 3%
TensorFlow
2 3%
Commander.js
1 1%
Qt
1 1%
Supervision
1 1%
MPI
1 1%
PyTorch
1 1%
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What databases does University of Southern California use?
Snowflake is named in 5% of job postings at University of Southern California, followed by MySQL (4%), Amazon Redshift (3%), MongoDB (3%).
What cloud and platforms does University of Southern California use?
Windows is named in 15% of job postings at University of Southern California, followed by Unix (12%), GCP (9%), Linux (8%).
GCP
7 9%
Tableau
5 7%
Power BI
4 5%
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What developer tools does University of Southern California use?
Microsoft Excel is named in 20% of job postings at University of Southern California, followed by Chef (5%), Canva (4%), WordPress (4%).
Chef
4 5%
Canva
3 4%
WordPress
3 4%
Copilot
2 3%
Docker
2 3%
Git
2 3%
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What AI and ML technologies does University of Southern California use?
Gemini is named in 3% of job postings at University of Southern California, followed by ChatGPT (1%), LLM (1%).
Which engineering practices does University of Southern California ask for?
Machine Learning is named in 12% of job postings at University of Southern California, followed by HPC (4%), IAM (3%), ETL/ELT (3%).
HPC
3 4%
Incident Management
1 1%
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What does each University of Southern California team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Science & Research
12 postingsAdministrative
10 postingsField & Service
8 postingsCustomer Success
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How much does University of Southern California pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all University of Southern California postings with stated pay: $105k across 31 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 17 | $117k | +11% |
| SQL | 11 | $138k | +31% |
| Unix | 9 | $134k | +27% |
| C++ | 7 | $124k | +18% |
| Linux | 6 | $129k | +23% |
| Tableau | 5 | $117k | +11% |
How is the University of Southern California 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 University of Southern California stack?
University of Southern California 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the University of Southern California stack in its industry?
Share of the 1,432 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets University of Southern California apart
Companies with a stack like University of Southern California
ExxonMobil
68 shared technologies
Northeastern University
62 shared technologies
The University of Texas at Austin
82 shared technologies
Applied Materials
80 shared technologies
Gilead Sciences
62 shared technologies
Reckitt
64 shared technologies
General Motors
71 shared technologies
Applied Materials
81 shared technologies
Questions about the University of Southern California tech stack
What programming languages does University of Southern California use?
The languages named in University of Southern California job postings are Python (28%), SQL (17%), C++ (11%), MATLAB (8%), JavaScript (5%), as a share of the 75 postings of the last 12 months.
Does University of Southern California use Ray?
Yes. Ray is named in 4 of 75 job postings (5%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does University of Southern California use?
The cloud and platforms named in University of Southern California job postings are Windows (11), Unix (9), GCP (7) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Science & Research job at University of Southern California?
Science & Research postings at University of Southern California most often require Python (6), C++ (3), MATLAB (2), Unix (2), out of 12 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the University of Southern California tech stack changing?
Yes. IAM, CyberArk, Ray, WordPress first appeared in University of Southern California job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the University of Southern California tech stack?
University of Southern California 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the University of Southern California tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting University of Southern California publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 75 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 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, "University of Southern California tech stack: 87 technologies from 75 job postings", as of Oct 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/usc-dornsife-news/technologies