Sep 23–26, 2019

Kaan Onuk
Engineering Manager, Uber

Kaan Onuk is an engineering manager at Uber, where he leads the metadata management team on the Big Data org. Previously, he was a tech lead at Uber, where he designed and built infrastructure to power data discovery and data privacy, and he helped build data infrastructure from the ground up at Graphiq, a startup acquired by Amazon. Kaan holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.

Sessions

2:55pm–3:35pm Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Location: 1A 23/24

Turning big data into knowledge: Managing metadata and data relationships at Uber's scale

Data Engineering and Architecture

Secondary topics: Data quality, data governance and data lineage, Transportation and Logistics

Kaan Onuk (Uber), Luyao Li (Uber), Atul Gupte (Uber)

Uber takes data driven to the next level. It needs a robust system for discovering and managing various entities, from datasets to services to pipelines, and their relevant metadata isn't just nice—it's absolutely integral to making data useful. Kaan Onuk, Luyao Li, and Atul Gupte explore the current state of metadata management, end-to-end data flow solutions at Uber, and what’s coming next. Read more.