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GraphQL Federation Gateway

A unified graph API aggregating data from dozens of internal microservices.

Node.jsApollo FederationRedis
Code is private/proprietary

Architecture Overview

Apollo Federation supergraph routing requests to underlying subgraph services, providing a single endpoint for frontend clients.

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The Problem

Frontend teams struggled with over-fetching and complex orchestration across multiple REST APIs.

The Solution

Introduced a federated GraphQL gateway to simplify data fetching and improve client performance.

Lessons Learned

"Schema design requires cross-team coordination to avoid breaking changes in the federated graph."

Key Features

  • Unified schema
  • Sub-graph orchestration
  • Query complexity analysis

Result Metrics

  • Reduced
    Reduced frontend payload size by 60%
  • Improved
    Improved developer velocity for UI teams