Coffee Sessions #119

MLOps at DoorDash: 3 Principles for Building an ML Platform That Will Sustain Hypergrowth

Machine Learning plays a big part at DoorDash in terms of what they do on a daily basis. It powers many of their core infrastructures. When it comes to DoorDash's business, they have to be leveraging machine learning and it is such a huge piece of the business that it is critical.

In this episode

Hien Luu

Hien Luu

Sr. Engineering Manager, DoorDash

Hien Luu is an Engineering Manager at DoorDash, leading the Machine Learning platform team at DoorDash. He is particularly passionate about the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. He is the author of the Beginning Apache Spark 3 book. He has given presentations at various conferences like Data+AI Summit, MLOps World, Deep Learning Summit, and apply() conference.

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Demetrios Brinkmann

Demetrios Brinkmann

Host

Demetrios is one of the main organizers of the MLOps community and currently resides in a small town outside Frankfurt, Germany. He is an avid traveller who taught English as a second language to see the world and learn about new cultures. Demetrios fell into the Machine Learning Operations world, and since, has interviewed the leading names around MLOps, Data Science, and ML. Since diving into the nitty-gritty of Machine Learning Operations he felt a strong calling to explore the ethical issues surrounding ML. When he is not conducting interviews you can find him making stone stacking with his daughter in the woods or playing the ukulele by the campfire.

Skylar Payne

Skylar Payne

Host

Data is a superpower, and Skylar has been passionate about applying it to solve important problems across society. For several years, Skylar worked on large-scale, personalized search and recommendation at LinkedIn -- leading teams to make step-function improvements in our machine learning systems to help people find the best-fit role. Since then, he shifted my focus to applying machine learning to mental health care to ensure the best access and quality for all. To decompress from his workaholism, Skylar loves lifting weights, writing music, and hanging out at the beach!