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Scaling Airflow to 11,000 DAGs Across Three Regions at Intercom with András Gombosi and Paul Vickers
The evolution of Intercom’s data infrastructure reveals how a well-built orchestration system can scale to serve global needs. With thousands of DAGs powering analytics, AI and customer operations, the team’s approach combines technical depth with organizational insight.
In this episode, András Gombosi, Senior Engineering Manager of Data Infra and Analytics Engineering, and Paul Vickers, Principal Engineer, both at Intercom, share how they built one of the largest Airflow deployments in production and enabled self-serve data platforms across teams.
Key Takeaways:
00:00 Introduction.
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