SDS 435: Scaling Up Machine Learning

Erica Greene joins us to discuss her work as a machine learning manager at Etsy, how they tackle problem-solving, how they implement ML scaling, and more.In this episode you will learn:• Erica’s role at Etsy and problem solving between platforms [2:28]• Interesting failures Erica has navigated [25:40]• How does Erica’s team select problems to solve [33:07]• Engineering at scale [40:15]• What does Erica’s working day look like? [46:30]• Etsy is hiring [53:00]• Diversity in hiring [57:12]• Do data scientists need PhDs? [1:01:26]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/435