r/dataengineering is a subreddit with 475k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, data engineering, tool, struggling, 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
Advice Requests
: "How do you deal with AI Slop PRs from team members?"
6 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Moving away from Fivetran due to cost: Massive Salesforce ingestion to Snowflake at scale — what are our real alternatives?"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Fresh Grad First Job Imposter Syndrome"
2 posts
#4
News
: "DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Ideas on educating non IT and non Data guys in fun and innovative way"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "What salary should I be targeting? (Numbers inside)"
1 post
#7
Self-Promotion
: "Xberg v1 is out"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dataengineering
#1
Looking For
43 posts
#2
Data Engineering
31 posts
#3
Tool
11 posts
#4
Struggling
7 posts
#5
Looking For A Job
3 posts
#6
Frustrating Experiences
3 posts
#7
Aws
: "DuckLabs to Join Aws, Projects to Remain Open Source"
3 posts
#8
Ducklabs
: "Ducklabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source"
3 posts
#9
Duckdb
: "DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source"
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
: "DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source"
41 posts
#2
Career
: "Should I consider counter offer?"
30 posts
#3
Help
: "Sick to my stomach"
25 posts
#4
Open Source
: "A tool to visualize any Parquet file’s internals"
12 posts
#5
Blog
: "2026 Data Engineering Roadmap"
11 posts
#6
Personal Project Showcase
: "Data Engineering Streaming Project Feedback"
3 posts
#7
Rant
: "Is anyone else losing interest in data engineering?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/dataengineering
Yearly
+83k members(21.2%)
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Last updated: August 31, 2026