r/dataengineering is a subreddit with 485k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, data engineering, data, tool, and looking for a job, 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
: "Using AWS CDK instead of dbt to manage and deploy BI objects?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/dataengineering
#1
Looking For
43 posts
#2
Data Engineering
25 posts
#3
Data
: "Data Governance/Data Engineering Building Test Cases"
14 posts
#4
Tool
11 posts
#5
Looking For A Job
3 posts
#6
Online Course
2 posts
#7
Roadmap
2 posts
#8
Looking For A Data Engineering Cohort
2 posts
#9
Looking For A
2 posts
#10
Migrating
: "Migrating from dbt Cloud to Core"
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
: "I enjoy managing access control"
9 posts
#2
Blog
: "Announcing DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal”"
2 posts
#3
Career
: "How should we handle updates in fact tables?"
2 posts
#4
Rant
: "I lament- My work has shifted from building pipelines to building semantic layer for chatbots"
1 post
#5
Help
: "Using AWS CDK instead of dbt to manage and deploy BI objects?"
1 post
#6
Open Source
: "Multiplayer AI + data - but pluggable"
1 post
#7
Meme
: "Here comes the BOOM(I)"
1 post
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Yearly
+79k members(19.5%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026