ML System Design interviews reward candidates who can walk through the full lifecycle of a production ML system, from problem framing and feature engineering through training, inference, and metrics evaluation. This course covers that lifecycle through five real-world systems that reflect the kinds of problems asked at companies like Meta, Snapchat, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.
You'll start with a primer on core ML system design concepts: feature selection and engineering, training pipelines, inference architecture, and how to evaluate models with the right metrics. Then you'll apply those concepts to increasingly complex systems, including video recommendation, feed ranking, ad click prediction, rental search ranking, and food delivery time estimation. Each system follows a consistent structure: define the problem, choose metrics, design the architecture, and discuss tradeoffs.
The course draws directly from hundreds of recent research and industry papers, so the techniques you'll learn reflect how ML systems are actually built at scale today. It is designed to be dense and efficient, ideal if you have an ML System Design interview approaching and want to go deep on production-level thinking quickly. Learners from this course have gone on to receive offers from companies including Snapchat, Meta, Coupang, StitchFix, and LinkedIn.
ML System Design interviews reward candidates who can walk through the full lifecycle of a production ML system, from problem fr...Show More
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Design end-to-end ML systems for production environments: feature engineering, training pipelines, inference, and metrics evaluation
Build a video recommendation system with candidate generation and ranking models
Optimize feed ranking with personalized models for user engagement
Design ad click prediction models and recommender system architectures
Architect Airbnb-style rental search ranking with booking prediction models
Estimate food delivery times using scalable ML system design principles
Design end-to-end ML systems for production environments: feature engineering, training pipelines, inference, and metrics evaluation
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TAKEAWAY SKILLS
Learning Roadmap
1.
Machine Learning Primer
Machine Learning Primer
Get familiar with core machine learning principles, from feature engineering to model deployment.
2.
Video Recommendation
Video Recommendation
Discover the logic behind developing and optimizing scalable video recommendation systems for enhanced user engagement.
3.
Feed Ranking
Feed Ranking
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
Work your way through optimizing feed ranking with personalized models for enhanced user engagement.
4.
Ad Click Prediction
Ad Click Prediction
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
Enhance your skills in designing and optimizing ad click prediction models for better ad performance.
5.
Rental Search Ranking
Rental Search Ranking
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
Take a closer look at designing Airbnb's rental search ranking system with a booking prediction model and performance metrics.
6.
Estimate Food Delivery Time
Estimate Food Delivery Time
3 Lessons
3 Lessons
See how it works to design an accurate, scalable food delivery time estimation system.
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