Etsy Engineering5 min readJun 17, 2024

Enhancing Cloud Usage Forecasting, Monitoring & Optimizing

In 2020, Etsy concluded its migration from an on-premise data center to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). During this transition, a dedicated team of program managers ensured the migration's success. P

Cloud Databases Performance

Google Cloud PlatformPostgreSQLCloud MigrationMonitoringOptimization

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Making Ads Count: Using MMoE and Auxiliary Tasks to Better Connect Buyers & Sellers

When buyers search on Etsy, they need to quickly and easily find the perfect item. At the same time, sellers need to be confident their unique products are...

Etsy Engineering11 min18d ago

Migrating Etsy’s database sharding to Vitess

Etsy has maintained a sharded MySQL architecture since around 2010. This database cluster contains most of Etsy’s online data and is made up of ~1,000 tables...

Distributed SystemsDatabases

MySQLVitessKubernetesDatabase ShardingLarge Scale SystemMicroservicesDatabase Architecture

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Enhancing Cloud Usage Forecasting, Monitoring & Optimizing

Making Ads Count: Using MMoE and Auxiliary Tasks to Better Connect Buyers & Sellers

Migrating Etsy’s database sharding to Vitess

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