Wave tech stack
Wave builds mostly with Python, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript. Its stack also includes Adjust, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Jetpack Compose. Adjust is named in 29 of the 44 job postings Wave published in the last 12 months (66%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Wave, updated Sep 26, 2026.
What programming languages does Wave use?
Python is named in 16% of job postings at Wave, followed by Kotlin (9%), Swift (9%), TypeScript (9%).
What frameworks and libraries does Wave use?
Jetpack Compose is named in 9% of job postings at Wave, followed by SwiftUI (9%), React.js (5%), OpenTelemetry (2%).
What databases does Wave use?
PostgreSQL is named in 11% of job postings at Wave, followed by CockroachDB (7%), Redis (7%).
What cloud and platforms does Wave use?
Adjust is named in 66% of job postings at Wave, followed by Kubernetes (11%), GCP (9%), Crowdstrike (2%).
Adjust
29 66%
Kubernetes
5 11%
GCP
4 9%
Crowdstrike
1 2%
Datadog
1 2%
Grafana
1 2%
Honeycomb
1 2%
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What developer tools does Wave use?
AgentOps is named in 11% of job postings at Wave, followed by GraphQL (11%), Mypy (9%), Terraform (9%).
AgentOps
5 11%
GraphQL
5 11%
Mypy
4 9%
Terraform
4 9%
Ansible
1 2%
Canva
1 2%
Chef
1 2%
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Which engineering practices does Wave ask for?
AI Agents is named in 7% of job postings at Wave, followed by SLI/SLO/SLA (5%), Embeddings (2%), LLM Guardrails (2%).
AI Agents
3 7%
SLI/SLO/SLA
2 5%
Embeddings
1 2%
Platform Engineering
1 2%
RAG
1 2%
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What does each Wave team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Operations
9 postingsHow does your stack fit Wave?
How is the Wave 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 Wave stack?
Wave scores 68 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: 0; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Wave stack in its industry?
Share of the 305 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Wave apart
Companies with a stack like Wave
Questions about the Wave tech stack
What programming languages does Wave use?
The languages named in Wave job postings are Python (16%), Kotlin (9%), Swift (9%), TypeScript (9%), SQL (5%), as a share of the 44 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Wave use Jetpack Compose?
Yes. Jetpack Compose is named in 4 of 44 job postings (9%) and required in 2 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Wave use?
The cloud and platforms named in Wave job postings are Adjust (29), Kubernetes (5), GCP (4) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Operations job at Wave?
Operations postings at Wave most often require Adjust (5), AgentOps (3), out of 9 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Wave tech stack changing?
Yes. SQL, SLI/SLO/SLA, Redis, Microsoft Excel first appeared in Wave job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Wave tech stack?
Wave scores 68 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: 0; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Wave tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Wave publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 44 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 26, 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, "Wave tech stack: 54 technologies from 44 job postings", as of Sep 26, 2026. https://alion.io/company/wave/technologies