r/dataengineering is a subreddit with 482k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking for, data engineering, tool, looking for a job, and online course, and they frequently recommend/review etl tool, bi tool, and automation tools.
News & discussion on Data Engineering topics, including but not limited to: data pipelines, databases, data formats, storage, data modeling, data governance, cleansing, NoSQL, distributed systems, streaming, batch, Big Data, and workflow engines.
Popular Themes in r/dataengineering
#1
Solution Requests
: "Browser tool for prototyping star schemas"
3 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Made a huge mistake during work and now my team is having to fix it."
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "Ideas to handle ever changing data requirements?"
1 post
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Eddytor: A free master data platform in your own data lake"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dataengineering
#1
Looking For
43 posts
#2
Data Engineering
: "Transitioning away from DE"
38 posts
#3
Tool
11 posts
#4
Looking For A Job
3 posts
#5
Online Course
2 posts
#6
Roadmap
2 posts
#7
Looking For A Data Engineering Cohort
2 posts
#8
Looking For A
2 posts
#9
Dbt
: "Thoughts on Dbt 2 maturity?"
2 posts
#10
Sql
: "I tried using brief database table summaries to improve naive text2Sql pipeline. Didn't work."
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/dataengineering
Etl Tool
282 reviews
#1
Fivetran
3.9★ from 20 reviews
#2
Airbyte
4.1★ from 16 reviews
#3
Talend
3.3★ from 15 reviews
Bi Tool
12 reviews
#1
Tableau
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
Microsoft
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Looker Studio
4.0★ from 1 review
Automation Tools
9 reviews
#1
Power Automate
1.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Airbyte
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Telescope AI
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/dataengineering
#1
Discussion
: "Writing on the wall?"
11 posts
#2
Help
: "Ideas to handle ever changing data requirements?"
5 posts
#3
Career
: "Made a huge mistake during work and now my team is having to fix it."
3 posts
#4
Blog
: "Why do we need the Data-Lakehouse?"
3 posts
#5
Personal Project Showcase
: "Browser tool for prototyping star schemas"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/dataengineering
Yearly
+80k members(19.9%)
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Last updated: October 5, 2026