r/dataengineering is a subreddit with 470k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, data engineering, tool, data, and struggling, 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
Advice Requests
: "I made a chapter-by-chapter set of notes on "Designing Data-Intensive Applications""
6 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Microsoft Fabric - How is it? Is it worth getting into?"
4 posts
#3
Ideas
: "TrinoDB as an alternative data warehouse"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dataengineering
#1
Looking For
43 posts
#2
Data Engineering
: "Data Engineering advances in the age of LLMs"
39 posts
#3
Tool
11 posts
#4
Data
: "Apache Spark 4.2: What Data Engineers Need to Know About Auto CDC and Metric Views"
8 posts
#5
Struggling
7 posts
#6
Engineering
: "Data Engineering advances in the age of LLMs"
5 posts
#7
Looking For A Job
3 posts
#8
Frustrating Experiences
3 posts
#9
Ai
: "Ai driven analytics in a dbt + BQ data platform"
3 posts
#10
Online Course
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
: "Is Databricks and Fabric overtaking Snowflake?"
14 posts
#2
Career
: "I accepted a job in MS Fabric, is this a step in the wrong direction?"
13 posts
#3
Help
: "First job and imposter syndrome"
12 posts
#4
Blog
: "Apache Spark 4.2: What Data Engineers Need to Know About Auto CDC and Metric Views"
7 posts
#5
Open Source
: "DuckGQL : An ISO GQL extension to run graph queries and algorithms on DuckDB"
5 posts
#6
Personal Project Showcase
: "rainfrog (0.4.1) now has autocomplete!"
4 posts
#7
Rant
: "My experience working with Palantir as a Client"
1 post
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+93k members(24.8%)
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Last updated: July 30, 2026