Dimitar Nedev

What does it take to run Apache Iceberg at the scale of Affirm, Booking.com, DoorDash and Indeed? Join data leaders from all four companies as they share the architecture decisions, cost wins and hard-won lessons from modernizing their data platforms with Iceberg — including how an open lakehouse foundation is accelerating their AI and ML workloads. Walk away with practical frameworks, a clear view of where these teams are investing next and insights you can apply immediately.

Discover how the Booking.com Data DevEx team scales data platforms with Snowflake by integrating PySpark, Iceberg, and an S3‐based architecture. Leveraging an in‐house PySpark SDK, we process hundreds of terabytes daily while synchronizing catalogs, optimizing S3 reads, and ensuring high data quality and performance. Gain practical insights into overcoming technical challenges in large‐scale platform development, migration, and operational excellence, with actionable insights.