r/dataengineering is a subreddit with 467k 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
: "Should I switch from Windows to Linux for Data Engineering? Which Distro is best"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What kind of ETL pipeline would be helpful when the incoming file is an excel and the structure keeps changing and every piece of info is important and needs to be loaded into the Db?"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "But what's the cure to this headache?"
4 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Salary negotiation with promotion"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "Is the industry actually swinging back to Postgres?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/dataengineering
#1
Looking For
43 posts
#2
Data Engineering
: "Are sensitive fields in logs/traces a real Data Engineering problem?"
33 posts
#3
Tool
11 posts
#4
Struggling
8 posts
#5
Looking For A Job
3 posts
#6
Frustrating Experiences
3 posts
#7
Online Course
2 posts
#8
Roadmap
2 posts
#9
Looking For A Data Engineering Cohort
2 posts
#10
Career
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
: "For folks who think AI is going to take data engineering jobs"
73 posts
#2
Help
: "Analysts doing my Engineering tasks"
48 posts
#3
Career
: "I might give up on tech."
27 posts
#4
Open Source
: "PyCanopy: a polars-native spatial query engine that beats duckdb, sedona, geopandas on most in-memory operations"
15 posts
#5
Blog
: "What kind of ETL pipeline would be helpful when the incoming file is an excel and the structure keeps changing and every piece of info is important and needs to be loaded into the Db?"
14 posts
#6
Personal Project Showcase
: "Trying to solve the Airflow schedule pain"
11 posts
#7
Rant
: "Vibe coded dashboard failing on a Friday"
5 posts
#8
Meme
: "But what's the cure to this headache?"
4 posts
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Yearly
+103k members(28.3%)
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Last updated: July 16, 2026