Etsy Engineering9 min readMar 18, 2024

Macramé: Untangling the Knot on the Etsy Android Listing Screen

Easily the most important and complex screen in the Buy on Etsy Android app is the listing screen, where all key information about an item for sale in the Etsy marketplace is displayed to buyers. Far

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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...

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Macramé: Untangling the Knot on the Etsy Android Listing Screen

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

Migrating Etsy’s database sharding to Vitess

How Etsy Uses LLMs to Improve Search Relevance