Co-authors: Xiang Zhang, Estella Pham, and Ke Wu Identity services are critical systems that serve data on profile and member settings to help power many other applications at LinkedIn. In this blog post, we’ll share how we merged two layers of the identity services that handle more than half a million queries per second (QPS) that drove a 10% reduction in...

LinkedIn’s mission is to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. Building an active community of engaged members is a key strategy for achieving our mission. One of the many ways to drive member conversations and active communities is through profile highlights, which are insights between the viewer of a profile and that...