Amazon tech stack

Amazon tech stack

Backend & Core Systems


* Java – The backbone of Amazon. Most core services (ordering, payments, logistics) are java based.


* C++ – Used where ultra-high performance and low latency matter.


* Python – Automation, data processing, ML pipelines, internal tools.


* Node.js – Some newer microservices and internal APIs.


Fun fact: Amazon standardized early on with Java + SOA, which later evolved into microservices.



Frontend & Client Apps


* React – Web UI (especially newer experiences).


* Angular (legacy areas) – Some internal tools.


* HTML, CSS, JS – Core web stack.


* Mobile


&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp * Java/Kotlin – Android


&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp * Swift/Objective-C – iOS



Cloud & Infrastructure


* AWS (obviously) – Amazon literally runs on its own cloud.


&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp * EC2, S3,DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda, ECS/KS


* Microservices architecture


* Containerization – Docker


* Orchestration – Kubernetes(EKS)


* Infrastructure as Code –


Database & Storage


* DynamoDB – Massive scale, low-latency NoSQL


* Aurora (MySQL/PostgreSQL compatible)


* S3 – Object storage at insane scale


* Redshift – Analytics & data warehousing


* Elasticache (Redis/Memcached – Caching




Messaging & Streaming



SQS – Queue-based communication


SNS – Pub/Sub


Kinesis – Real-time data streaming


Kafka – Used in some data pipeline



Data, AI & ML


* Python + PyTorch / TensorFlow

* Amazon SageMaker

* ML used for

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Recommendations

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Search ranking

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Fraud detection

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Demand forecasting

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Alexa (NLP + speech)


Security & Releability


* IAM – Fine-grained access control

* Internal security frameworks

* Encryption everywhere (at rest & in transit)

* Chaos Engineering – Systems are designed to fail safely


DevOps & Engineering Culture


* CI/CD pipelines (internal + AWS tools)

* Monitoring – CloudWatch, internal dashboards

* Two-Pizza Teams – Small, independent teams owning services

* API-first culture – Everything talks via APIs


Architecture Philosophy (Very Amazon)


* Microservices over monoliths

* “You build it, you run it”

* Extreme automation

* Design for millions of requests per second


TL; DR

Java + AWS + Microservices + DynamoDB + S3 + React + Heavy Automation

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