Ben Ong

About Ben

Senior Engineer at Atlassian

Ben is a software engineer currently working on Atlassian's GraphQL Gateway platform.
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Programmable 2026 Presentation

Intro to Distributed GraphQL: Building One Graph from 150+ Services

Melbourne
Programming Languages, Cloud & Tools
At small scale, GraphQL feels almost magical: one endpoint, one query, and the client chooses exactly the data it needs. At Atlassian, we wanted that same experience across 150+ microservices, multiple products all while maintaining a good developer experience.

This talk is a case study of how we built the Atlassian GraphQL Gateway (AGG) to turn a sea of independent services into one cohesive graph.