In this session, I will share the real-world journey of designing, building, and evolving our API management platform from the ground up. Starting with an empty slate, our platform engineering team faced multiple technical, architectural, and organizational challenges — from defining the right platform vision to enabling scalability, governance, and developer productivity.

Throughout this story, I will cover:

- Key platform engineering principles we applied to API management
- Architectural decisions and trade-offs we made along the way
- The evolution of the platform as business needs and scale grew
- Challenges in operations, adoption, and developer experience
- How the platform delivered tangible business value and positioned us for future growth

Attendees will leave with actionable insights into platform engineering practices, architecture patterns, and lessons learned that can be applied to similar platform-building initiatives.