Meetup Live

Recording | Powering the Platform: Meetup Engineering Update

Learn about recent enhancements and planned updates from Meetup’s Engineering team.

By Emily Trieste

Reviewed by Mary Garcia

Hear from Meetup’s engineering team, the crew working behind the scenes to power the platform and make improvements show up on screen! Don’t miss this Meetup Live recording with Rajib Ahmed, CTO & CPO; Eujin Measson, Director of Data; and Ronlee Tehranian, Director of Product Design. Learn all about our recent enhancements and planned updates from improved search functions on the platform to accessibility considerations and design.

Timestamps:

Introductions (0:51)
The tech behind our platform (3:25)
- Cloud Infrastructure (5:10)
- Architecture (6:39)
- Platform stats (8:44)
What we’ve launched
- iOS App clips (10:39)
- Redesigned homepage (11:24)
- More discovery pages (12:59)
- Expanding map features (13:44)
- Member feedback (14:44)
- More event insights for members (15:39)
What’s coming next
- Swiping for event discovery (17:05)
- Leveraging AI (18:00)
- Hybrid events (18:35)
Data Science and Machine Learning models
- Meetup’s data (19:30)
Q2 updates (21:50)
Q3 model updates (23:40)
Digital Accessibility
- What is it? (24:55)
- Why it’s important (26:00)
- Our approach (27:40)
- Updating foundations (28:25)
- Breaking it down(30:00)
Q&A session (34:06)