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October is Filipino Heritage Month, and our Asians@ Pinclusion Group is helping us celebrate with member spotlights. Meet Neil Phillip Enriquez, Pinterest Software Engineer. "To celebrate FAHM, I will eat a whole lot of Filipino food, support locally owned Filipino businesses and attend the Lumpia Festival at Smorgasburg x Philippines Fest. Food and family are big parts of Filipino culture, and I'm excited to visit my family at the end of the month. I've been using Pinterest to find and teach myself recipes of my favorite Filipino dishes. Pinterest helps me embrace my Filipino roots by connecting me with what I consider the best part about Filipino culture: The FOOD! Earlier this year, I travelled to the Philippines and went on a 12 hour road trip out of Manila to get my first ever tattoo by Apo Whang-Od, a 107 Year old Filipino tattoo artist who is famous for Batok (hand poked) tattoos. I enjoyed every moment being surrounded by Filipino culture, tradition, and history." 📸 Photo credit: Neil Enriquez

Mark your calendars 📌 on November 7, for an evening to remember. We are thrilled to announce our 5th Annual ML Day Conference at Pinterest! This year, we’re featuring an inspiring lineup of speakers from our top-notch Machine Learning team. Our dynamic agenda includes sessions, lightning talks, and panel discussions that delve into how Pinterest leverages machine learning to foster an inclusive and innovative experience for over 500+ million monthly Pinners. Join us for this exciting event! https://lnkd.in/ez37KMAp

We're excited to share the third installment of our series on Ray at Pinterest: Ray Batch Inference by Alex Wang, Lei Pan, Raymond Lee, Saurabh Vishwas Joshi and Chia-Wei Chen. Discover how we're harnessing the power of Ray to efficiently scale and optimize our machine learning models for batch processing. 🚀 Explore the full blog post here: https://lnkd.in/dKWUFaaF

Meet David Rojas Camaggi, a Senior Software Engineer & a member of the Latin@ employee resource group at Pinterest. Today, David shares more on joining the Latin@ ERG and what this year's Latine Heritage Month theme, 'Mi Gente,' means to him. "I was introduced to Latin@ during my onboarding process when I joined Pinterest. Since then, it has been a rewarding experience to connect with a diverse group of individuals and learn from their varied experiences. It has been exciting to meet people from so many cultural backgrounds. [The theme] Mi Gente evokes the image of my closest friends and family—those who uplift me in times of need and bring joy and laughter into my life."

Meet Pedro Silva, Manager, Machine Learning Pedro sat down with us to share his experience as an intern at Pinterest! Ready to start your own journey? University applications are now open! Join us as an intern and help to launch innovative products and features at Pinterest. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/erHqxvzU

Check out our latest Pinterest engineering blog post where we unveil the innovative Structured Datastore (SDS) – our multi-model data management solution designed to streamline data processing and create a one-stop-shop for multi-model online query processing. 📌 Explore how SDS integrates a unified serving stack, enabling our teams to efficiently manage diverse data models while improving application scalability and reliability. https://lnkd.in/eUpzAHE7

Our latest blog post written by Li Tang, Saurabh Vishwas Joshi and Zhiyuan Z. explores how we leverage Cachelib to enhance performance and scalability at Pinterest. Discover the strategies behind optimizing our recommendation algorithms and the reliable impact it has on user experience. 🚀 https://lnkd.in/ecMc2dfV

We're excited to introduce Women in Tech, a sub group of our Women@ employee resource group! 🌟 This initiative connects women and allies in our Engineering and Product teams to create a supportive community for sharing experiences and celebrating achievements. We recently held our inaugural event with inspiring internal and external speakers, fostering crucial dialogue for innovation and connection. A big thank you to all who participated and to our leaders Prathibha Deshikachar and Madhuri Racherla! Your enthusiasm empowers the incredible women in tech at Pinterest. Let’s keep uplifting one another and shaping the future together! 💖

Read our latest Pinterest Engineering blog written by Jeff Xiang & Vahid Hashemian! Learn about Tiered Storage for Apache Kafka, which decouples storage from brokers to boost performance and scalability. This innovative solution separates hot and cold data for quick access and affordable archival. Read more here. 📌 https://lnkd.in/e5QVHzfC