How To Build Google Photos From Scratch - System Design Series

GDG Waterloo

Whether you're building your own photo app or curious about the engineering behind services like Google Photos, this event will equip you with the architectural insights to design scalable, intelligent, and user-friendly photo management solutions.

May 31, 4:00 – 5:30 PM (UTC)

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About this event

Join us for a deep dive into the architecture behind modern photo storage and management platforms—systems designed to handle billions of high-resolution images with seamless user experiences across devices. Whether you're building your own photo app or curious about the engineering behind services like Google Photos, this event will equip you with the architectural insights to design scalable, intelligent, and user-friendly photo management solutions.

Topics we will cover:

1. Photo Storage & Management (cloud storage engine / deduplication / scalable metadata storage)

2. Search & Organization (ML tagging engine / indexing service / albums)

3. Sharing & Collaboration (access control / link sharing / shared albums / real-time sync)

4. Backup & Sync (device sync service / conflict resolution / compression engine / offline support)

Speaker

  • Allen Firstenberg

    Google Developer Expert ML, Google Workspace & Google Assistant

Host

  • Oleksandr Levinskyi

    GDG Lead

Organizers

  • Hana (Dope'rah) Hassan

    GDG Organizer

  • Oleksandr Levinskyi

    GDG Organizer

  • Sanjay Sekar Samuel

    GDG Organizer

  • Udesh Cooray

  • Yash Hiren Dave

    GDG Organizer

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