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By — Kshitiz Swaroop ( Data Scientist, Data) In a world overflowing with data, finding correlations is easy. The real challenge is understanding causality. This article presents 2 case studies where the methodology was used to improve the organization wide estimates on the…
🎤 10x Engineering Tech Talks This talk by Kanav Arora will draw on our learnings from the efforts that we undertook earlier this year to improve Urban Company’s website performance, resulting in a 60% reduction in load time. All the efforts towards performance engineering can…
Data Privacy & Security — Detecting & Encrypting PII 🎤 10x Engineering Tech Talks Ever wondered why PII encryption is crucial or how to effectively detect PII in your databases? In this insightful talk, Jatin Gupta (Tech Lead, Infra & Security) delves into the importance of PII…
🎤 10x Engineering Tech Talks Can traditional data management handle modern analytics? In this insightful talk, Abhishek Pathania (Tech Lead, Data Platform) explores the challenges Urban Company faced as their data needs expanded. He highlights the need for a robust,…
By — Rounak Saha (Engineer, Platform) Push Notifications (PNs) are an efficient mode of in-app communication for an organisation to engage with its user-base. It is not only cost-effective, but also facilitates convenient real-time updates to users. This blog describes the…
By — Saumil Shah (Engineer, Marketplace) P.C. Adobe stock photoUrban Company (UC) professionals deliver services across a wide spectrum of categories. Over the course of a request journey, right from a booking being made to a service starting, the request may get cancelled under…
By — Resham Wadhwa ( Data Scientist, Data) At Urban Company, we act as a matchmaker between customers and service professionals for home services like salons and cleaning. Our goal is to find the right professional, ensure they accept the request, arrive on time, and deliver…
By — Abhishek Pathania (Engineer, Platform) Urban Company’s growth over the last few years has resulted in an increased volume and reliance on data to fulfill product & business use-cases. Data-driven decisions across teams have played a pivotal role in this journey; but it came…
By — Avantika Dwivedi (Product Ordering Ecosystem, Engineering) After servicing over 10 Lakh ROs of every possible brand, we realised that the high cost of maintaining a water purifier was due to the frequent wear and tear of filters, leading to expensive yearly RO water…
By — Aman Singh (Order, Request Management Ecosystem) Introduction There has been a lot of confusion between behaviour and structure over the years and many freshers faced this issue. What is the behaviour? What is the structure? What are the differences between the two? Who had…