The Question
ML DesignLarge-Scale Visual Search System
Design an end-to-end multi-modal image search engine capable of indexing billions of images and supporting both text-based and image-based queries with sub-second latency. The system should handle real-time content ingestion, ensure high relevance across diverse categories, and include robust mechanisms for ranking, filtering, and performance monitoring at scale.
ViT/CNN
CLIP
FAISS
Triplet Loss
Inverted Index
February 25, 2026