PINTEREST
How data engineering is powering Pinterest ’ s global platform
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“ In data engineering , we create and run reliable and efficient planet-scale data platforms and services to accelerate innovation at Pinterest , sustaining our business ”
DR . DAVE BURGESS VP DATA ENGINEERING , PINTEREST
Pinterest ’ s machine learning and experimentation platforms ‘ Under the covers ’, according to Burgess , Pinterest is a ‘ massive ML machine ’: “ We use ML to generate recommendations for our home feed , search results , related products , advertising , and also have augmented reality for our Pinners ( the affectionate name we call our users ) to see makeup on their face .”
Central to Pinterest ’ s success is its ML platform . Used to power everything from product recommendations and image categorisation to online advertising and spam filtering , Burgess explains that it enables Pinterest ’ s engineers to be significantly more productive .
“ Our ML engineers can iterate much more quickly , building and deploying new ML models in a day , performing offline training
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