Washington University in St. Louis
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Washington University in St. Louis tech stack

Washington University in St. Louis builds mostly with SAS, Python, SQL, MATLAB. Its stack also includes Linux, Cognos, PyTorch, PostgreSQL. SAS is named in 74 of the 269 job postings Washington University in St. Louis published in the last 12 months (28%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Washington University in St. Louis, updated Nov 13, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 13, 2026
Technologies in use
106
Postings analysed
269
Open now
155
Modernity
69 /100
New in 6 months
7

What programming languages does Washington University in St. Louis use?

SAS is named in 28% of job postings at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by Python (13%), SQL (5%), MATLAB (3%).

SAS 74 28% required in 4% · 49 open now · since Jul 2026
Python 34 13% required in 38% · 18 open now · since Jul 2026
SQL 13 5% required in 31% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
MATLAB 7 3% required in 57% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Perl 5 2% required in 40% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
C++ 4 1% optional · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Stata 3 1% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Bash 3 1% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Java3
JavaScript2
PHP2
SPSS2
Node JS1
R1

What frameworks and libraries does Washington University in St. Louis use?

PyTorch is named in 1% of job postings at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by TensorFlow (1%), TensorFlow C++ (1%), Matplotlib (1%).

PyTorch 3 1% required in 33% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
TensorFlow 2 1% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
TensorFlow C++ 2 1% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Matplotlib 2 1% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LangChain 1 <1% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
DSPy 1 <1% optional · since Aug 2026
Keras 1 <1% optional · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
LangGraph 1 <1% optional · since Aug 2026
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Scikit-learn1

What databases does Washington University in St. Louis use?

PostgreSQL is named in 1% of job postings at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by Amazon Neptune (<1%), Neo4j (<1%).

PostgreSQL 2 1% required in 50% · since Aug 2026
Amazon Neptune 1 <1% optional · since Aug 2026
Neo4j 1 <1% optional · since Aug 2026

What cloud and platforms does Washington University in St. Louis use?

Linux is named in 5% of job postings at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by Cognos (5%), GCP (4%), Windows (4%).

Linux 13 5% required in 31% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
Cognos 13 5% optional · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 10 4% required in 30% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Windows 10 4% required in 20% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Unix 5 2% optional · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
GitHub 4 1% required in 25% · since Aug 2026
AWS 4 1% optional · since Aug 2026
Power BI 3 1% required in 33% · since Jul 2026
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Azure3
Kubernetes2
Airflow2
Amazon EKS2
Databricks2
Spark2
Tableau2
VMWare2
Active Directory1
Autopsy1
Orca Security1
PubMed1
Agentforce1
Bitbucket1
Figma1
GitHub Actions1
Hugging Face1

What developer tools does Washington University in St. Louis use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 28% of job postings at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by Git (1%), Adobe Illustrator (1%), Adobe InDesign (1%).

Microsoft Excel 76 28% required in 8% · 35 open now · since Jul 2026
Git 4 1% optional · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Adobe Illustrator 2 1% optional · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
Adobe InDesign 2 1% optional · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
Adobe Photoshop 2 1% optional · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
AutoCAD 2 1% optional · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Docker 2 1% optional · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
GraphPad Prism 2 1% optional · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
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Terraform2
dbt2
PM21
Adobe After Effects1
Azure Data Factory1
Canva1
Claude Code1
Copilot1
FlowJo1
Jupyter Notebook1
Model Context Protocol1
OpenAI Codex1
SLURM1
WordPress1

What AI and ML technologies does Washington University in St. Louis use?

LLM is named in <1% of job postings at Washington University in St. Louis.

LLM 1 <1% optional · since Aug 2026

Which engineering practices does Washington University in St. Louis ask for?

Cell Culture is named in 5% of job postings at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by Machine Learning (5%), GLP (5%), Flow Cytometry (4%).

Cell Culture 14 5% required in 43% · 13 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 14 5% required in 43% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
GLP 13 5% required in 92% · 13 open now · since Jul 2026
Flow Cytometry 12 4% required in 83% · 11 open now · since Jul 2026
PCR 6 2% required in 83% · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
Incident Management 6 2% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Next-Generation Sequencing 5 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Mass Spectrometry 4 1% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Sep 2026
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HPC4
SOAP3
Western Blot3
ETL/ELT3
AI Agents3
CI/CD3
CRISPR2
Immunohistochemistry2
Multimodal AI2
Single-Cell Sequencing2
Confocal Microscopy2
ELISA2
CAPA1
Chromatography1
GMP1
IAM1
Molecular Cloning1
qPCR1
Computer Vision1
Knowledge Graph1
NLP1
RAG1
Reinforcement Learning1
Time Series1

What does each Washington University in St. Louis team work with?

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

Science & Research

60 postings
Python7
Linux2
MATLAB2
SAS2

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How much does Washington University in St. Louis pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Washington University in St. Louis postings with stated pay: $100k across 130 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
SAS68$105k+5%
Python17$100k0%
SQL9$115k+15%
GCP8$131k+31%
Linux6$91k−9%
Cognos5$100k0%

How is the Washington University in St. Louis 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
CRISPRNov 2026
Confocal MicroscopyNov 2026
PCROct 2026
Western BlotOct 2026
ImmunohistochemistryOct 2026
ELISAOct 2026
GraphPad PrismOct 2026
Rising
Microsoft Excel19% → 31%
SQL0% → 6%
Cell Culture2% → 6%
Cognos2% → 6%
Flow Cytometry2% → 5%
PCR0% → 3%
Falling
Python18% → 11%
Incident Management5% → 1%
Linux7% → 4%

How modern is the Washington University in St. Louis stack?

Modern AI adopter 69/100

Washington University in St. Louis scores 69 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Washington University in St. Louis stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,395 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

SAS8%
Python37%
Cognos2%
Linux21%
SQL30%
GCP10%
Windows30%
MATLAB11%
Perl3%
Unix6%

What sets Washington University in St. Louis apart

Cognos2%
Perl3%

Questions about the Washington University in St. Louis tech stack

What programming languages does Washington University in St. Louis use?

The languages named in Washington University in St. Louis job postings are SAS (28%), Python (13%), SQL (5%), MATLAB (3%), Perl (2%), as a share of the 269 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Washington University in St. Louis use PyTorch?

Yes. PyTorch is named in 3 of 269 job postings (1%) and required in 1 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Washington University in St. Louis use?

The cloud and platforms named in Washington University in St. Louis job postings are Linux (13), Cognos (13), GCP (10) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Science & Research job at Washington University in St. Louis?

Science & Research postings at Washington University in St. Louis most often require Python (7), Linux (2), MATLAB (2), SAS (2), out of 60 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Washington University in St. Louis tech stack changing?

Yes. CRISPR, Confocal Microscopy, PCR, Western Blot first appeared in Washington University in St. Louis job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Washington University in St. Louis tech stack?

Washington University in St. Louis scores 69 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: 1; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Washington University in St. Louis tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Washington University in St. Louis publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 269 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 13, 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, "Washington University in St. Louis tech stack: 106 technologies from 269 job postings", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/washu/technologies

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