How Uber Uses Kafka for Real-Time Pricing

Ansam Yousry
4 min readMay 15, 2024
Uber Uses Kafka for Real-Time Pricing

Let’s delve into the practical aspects of Kafka’s use in an Uber-like scenario, focusing on topics, consumers, and producers. Kafka’s role in such a use case typically involves handling a massive amount of real-time data generated by both riders and drivers using the app.

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Ansam Yousry

Help data engineers grow their skills by sharing real-world demos and in-depth technical articles. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansam-yousry/