r/dataengineer is a subreddit with 4k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses data engineer, data engineering, interview, career, and sql.
This is the hub for data enthusiasts who design, build, and manage the systems and tools that enable organizations to collect, process, and analyze large volumes of data!
Popular Themes in r/dataengineer
#1
Advice Requests
: "My First Self-Driven SQL Data Warehouse Project – Would Love Your Honest Feedback!"
29 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How to Reduce Data Transfer Costs in the Cloud"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Need some serious help"
5 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Data Engineer | Open to Opportunities | Recently Laid Off"
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Selling Grow Data Skills (by Shashank Mishra) Portal Access"
2 posts
#6
News
: "Databricks Cluster Upgrade: Apache Spark 4.0 Highlights (2025)"
2 posts
#7
Ideas
: "Transition to Data Engineering"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dataengineer
#1
Data Engineer
: "Data Engineering Academy - reverse engineering because i wont spend 20K"
64 posts
#2
Data Engineering
: "Complete Data Engineering Roadmap"
33 posts
#3
Interview
: "Visa Senior DE Interview"
29 posts
#4
Career
: "What You Need to Know Before Pursuing a Career in Data Engineering"
17 posts
#5
Sql
: "My First Self-Driven Sql Data Warehouse Project – Would Love Your Honest Feedback!"
17 posts
#6
Snowflake
: "Infosys Snowflake Data Engineer L1 Done – What to Expect in L2 (F2F Round)?"
14 posts
#7
Postgres
: "Postgres Full-Text Search: Building Searchable Applications"
12 posts
#8
Databricks
: "💡 Experienced Data Engineer (5+ yrs) — Open to New Roles | Azure • AWS • Databricks • Spark"
9 posts
#9
Sap Training
9 posts
#10
Python
: "Python topics required for DE"
7 posts
Flair Used in r/dataengineer
#1
Discussion
: "Need some serious help"
27 posts
#2
General
: "Please Stop Using AI During Interviews"
16 posts
#3
Question
: "Python topics required for DE"
15 posts
#4
Help
: "Suggest good platform to learn pyspark"
14 posts
#5
Promotion
: "Source avare resources data extraction Cli"
8 posts
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Last updated: August 14, 2026