Emma Liu
Emma Liu is a GraphQL specialist and modern API architect with 8+ years of experience designing large-scale distributed systems. She helps engineering teams transition from REST to GraphQL, reduce over-fetching, increase performance, and deliver faster and more maintainable API platforms.
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What she works on
GraphQL architecture & modern API design
API security, federation and scalability patterns
Developer experience & performance optimization
Distributed systems and backend engineering
About
Emma holds a Master’s degree in Distributed Systems from Carnegie Mellon and has guided GraphQL transformations across startups, enterprise teams, and multiple Fortune 100 companies. Her work focuses on high-performance API ecosystems, reducing deployment friction, and enabling scalable request routing at production scale.
She is the author of “GraphQL at Scale”, contributes to the GraphQL specification, and frequently leads workshops on secure API design and developer-friendly schema architecture. Emma is known for breaking down complex backend topics into clear, practical ideas teams can apply immediately.
Why attendees value her sessions
Clear explanations of complex API topics
Practical solutions engineers can implement right away
Real production experience — not just theory
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