Case Study : Best Buy : Search & Suggestion Process Optimization

Brief

Client needed assistance creating and managing their Apache Kafka implementation to support their search results and weigh suggestions based on temporary and stable factors.

Problem

Need to integrate many diverse input streams for real-time e-commerce search functionality for an extremely large scale Fortune 500 retailer.

Solution

Working with Apache Solr and Apache Kafka to integrate many diverse input streams for real-time e-commerce search functionality. Required processes for data ingestion and data sanitization. Define rules and weights for suggestions. Supported temporary weightings for sales items.

Highlights

Apache Solr, Apache Kafka, Spring Boot, microservices, data engineering.

Industry

E-commerce

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Product

Apache Kafka

Process

Search & Suggest