# Redefining API Strategy: Why Netflix Platform Engineering Chose Federated GraphQL

DevFeed: [Redefining API Strategy: Why Netflix Platform Engineering Chose Federated GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/redefining-api-strategy-why-netflix-platform-engineering-chose-federated-graphql-23491.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/redefining-api-strategy-why-netflix-platform-engineering-chose-federated-graphql>)

Author: Ishwari Lokare

Published: 2024-03-13T12:37:32Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netflix.md>), [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apollo-federation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-federation.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [decoupling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decoupling.md>), [events](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/events.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [monolithic-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monolithic-architecture.md>), [netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netflix.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines Netflix's 15-year evolution across five generations of APIs and its adoption of federated GraphQL. It describes how Netflix used Apollo Federation to unify APIs across platforms, decouple domain teams, and support independent API ownership while retaining an integrated Consumer Edge API.

## Source excerpt

The Netflix API evolution is a saga worth exploring, spanning 15 years and five generations of APIs, culminating in GraphQL adoption to meet the growing demands of its industry-leading streaming platform. Bruce Wang, Director of Product Platform Systems at Netflix, sat down with Matt DeBergalis, CTO at Apollo GraphQL, to discuss Netflix's extensive API journey and the adoption of GraphQL in an insightful fireside discussion during the GraphQL Summit 2023.