Data Engineering


  • Data Talks & Conferences Recommended by Automatticians

    This post highlights specific data conferences and talks recently recommended by Automatticians (employees at Automattic).  Staying informed is key in the fast-evolving field of data science. At Automattic, we value continuous learning and regularly attend conferences and talks that advance our understanding and skills.  This post shares a curated list of events and talks that…

  • Synchronizing Data with Apache Superset: Our Internal Solution

    At Automattic, our deep appreciation for open source software is evident through our active contributions, with a primary focus on WordPress. Recently, we integrated Apache Superset, to help support our intricate data visualization needs. One notable achievement includes the automation of dataset creation, a solution that not only resolved an issue but also enhanced our…

  • Women of Datamattic: Madison Swain-Bowden

    Welcome to Women of Datamattic—conversations with some of the remarkable women working all over the world to build, maintain, and explore Automattic’s data landscape and make the web a better place. Today’s interviewee is the Data Pagan, Madison Swain-Bowden.

  • The Data Docs: A WordPress based Data Discoverability Tool

    The Data Docs is Automattic’s new home made data discoverability solution. It collects and publishes our datasets’ metadata to Wordpress so it is accessible and searchable by our users. Here we describe the idea from its conception and explain how it works.

  • SQL — a Common Language for the Whole Data Team

    Today, I wanted to share how we’ve empowered colleagues outside the data engineering team to write their own data transformations by overcoming coding language barriers. Within our Data team, there […]