Abstract: 

DoorDash serves millions of customers and thousands of merchants on the platform. We connect consumers with relevant product offerings through personalization and recommendation. This talk will give a detailed review of our recommendation systems and go through the life cycle of how our recommendations are produced in DoorDash's platform to empower a tailored experience for our consumers.

Bio: 

Eric Gu works as a Senior Engineering Manager at DoorDash, overseeing teams working on search, discovery, consumer pricing, ordering experience, and client platform. Prior to DoorDash, he managed teams at Uber covering Marketplace predictions including ETA, food prep time, forecasting, and the Uber Eats Pricing team including real time pricing, structural pricing, demand shaping, and subscription. He earned his MS in Computer Science from USC.