Data science powers Netflix. It informs our decisions and challenges our assumptions. It fuels experimentation and innovation at an unprecedented scale. It helps us discover fantastic content and deliver personalized experiences for millions of people around the world. In short, data science has become critical to Netflix, touching nearly every aspect of the business today. In this talk, Michelle Ufford will discuss the philosophies and innovations that have helped Netflix scale its data science practice. She’ll walk through what the process looks like today and how Netflix is tackling some of the biggest challenges facing data scientists. Through it all, she’ll share core principles that have contributed to their success, which you can put to immediate use at your own company.