r/dataengineering is a subreddit with 480k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, data engineering, tool, ai, 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
Pain & Anger
: "AI has been making me moody about my career"
2 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Is Data Engineering Still a Sustainable Career Path for a Junior?"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "What is the cheapest way to transfer data from GCS to BQ?"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Ideas to handle ever changing data requirements?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dataengineering
#1
Looking For
43 posts
#2
Data Engineering
: "Thoughts on AI in DE After Drinking the KoolAid For 10 months"
28 posts
#3
Tool
11 posts
#4
Ai
: "Thoughts on Ai in DE After Drinking the KoolAid For 10 months"
6 posts
#5
Looking For A Job
3 posts
#6
Data
: "Is Data Engineering Still a Sustainable Career Path for a Junior?"
3 posts
#7
Online Course
2 posts
#8
Roadmap
2 posts
#9
Looking For A Data Engineering Cohort
2 posts
#10
Looking For A
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 dbt the red-headed stepchild to data engineers?"
6 posts
#2
Career
: "Thoughts on AI in DE After Drinking the KoolAid For 10 months"
5 posts
#3
Rant
: "Why is my LinkedIn feed filled with knowledge posts from 20-26 year old Indian guys who are AI experts? How are they getting so accomplished at AI?"
3 posts
#4
Help
: "What is the cheapest way to transfer data from GCS to BQ?"
3 posts
#5
Meme
: "I'm tired boss"
2 posts
#6
Open Source
: "Splink 5 – Open-source probabilistic record linkage at billion-row scale"
1 post
#7
Personal Project Showcase
: "Starfleet will fly Postgres AI apps from prototype to production, says pgEdge"
1 post
Member Growth in r/dataengineering
Yearly
+80k members(20.0%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026