Building a real-time anomaly detection system for time series at Pinterest

1 · Pinterest · July 30, 2019, 6:17 p.m.
Kevin Chen | Software Engineer Intern, VisibilityBrian Overstreet | Software Engineer, VisibilityIn this post, we’ll share the algorithms and infrastructure that we developed to build a real-time, scalable anomaly detection system for Pinterest’s key operational timeseries metrics. Read on to hear about our learnings, lessons, and plans for the future.BackgroundPinterest uses an in-house metrics and dashboard system called Statsboard that allows teams to gain a real-time understanding of the sta...