Data Engineer
Databases
Column-oriented database built for fast analytical queries at scale.
Embedded, in-process analytical database; fast-growing as the "SQLite for analytics."
The other dominant open-source relational database, alongside PostgreSQL.
Open-source relational database with strong SQL compliance and extensibility.
Cloud-native data warehouse with separated storage and compute.
Orchestration
Platform to author, schedule, and monitor workflows as code.
Data orchestrator focused on asset-based pipelines and observability.
Python-native workflow orchestration platform, a direct Airflow/Dagster alternative with strong current adoption.
SQL-first transformation tool for building and testing data models in the warehouse.
Streaming & Processing
Stream-processing framework for stateful computations over unbounded data.
Distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput data pipelines.
Unified analytics engine for large-scale batch and streaming data processing.
Kafka-API-compatible streaming platform without ZooKeeper/JVM overhead.