# How Indeed Used Parallel GraphQL Platforms to Address API Fragmentation

DevFeed: [How Indeed Used Parallel GraphQL Platforms to Address API Fragmentation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-indeed-s-bold-bet-on-parallel-api-platforms-paid-off-23362.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/how-indeeds-bold-bet-on-parallel-api-platforms-paid-off>)

Author: Maylee Jacob

Published: 2025-09-02T08:21:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [events](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/events.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [parallel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parallel.md>), [platforms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platforms.md>)

## AI overview

This customer case study describes how Indeed addressed API fragmentation by running two competing GraphQL platform efforts in parallel. EmployerGraph used schema stitching, while Jobseeker Federator used Apollo Federation; the experiments were later unified into OneGraph.

## Source excerpt

This post is part of our GraphQL Summit 2024 customer series, highlighting how leading teams are using Apollo to accelerate development and build world-class applications. Join hundreds of your peers this October as we return for GraphQL Summit 2025. "Like all great software companies, we built it twice," Mike Cohen shared with the GraphQL Summit audience, pausing for laughter.