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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    Talks and workshops are chosen based on relevance, depth, and practical value—not sponsorships.

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Speaker Overview

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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Sessions by this Speaker

  1. Intermediate

    Day 1

    10:30

    GraphQL at Scale

    Learn how to scale GraphQL APIs to handle millions of queries by applying caching strategies, query optimization, and federation patterns in production systems.

    Room A

    Intermediate

    Day 1

    10:30

    GraphQL at Scale

    Learn how to scale GraphQL APIs to handle millions of queries by applying caching strategies, query optimization, and federation patterns in production systems.

    Room A

    Intermediate

    Day 1

    10:30

    GraphQL at Scale

    Learn how to scale GraphQL APIs to handle millions of queries by applying caching strategies, query optimization, and federation patterns in production systems.

    Room A

    Intermediate

    Day 1

    10:30

    GraphQL at Scale

    Learn how to scale GraphQL APIs to handle millions of queries by applying caching strategies, query optimization, and federation patterns in production systems.

    Room A

  2. Intermediate

    Day 2

    10:30

    API Security Best Practices

    Secure your APIs against common attack vectors and security risks. Cover OAuth, JWT, rate limiting, and proven API gateway security patterns used in production systems.

    Main Hall

    Intermediate

    Day 2

    10:30

    API Security Best Practices

    Secure your APIs against common attack vectors and security risks. Cover OAuth, JWT, rate limiting, and proven API gateway security patterns used in production systems.

    Main Hall

    Intermediate

    Day 2

    10:30

    API Security Best Practices

    Secure your APIs against common attack vectors and security risks. Cover OAuth, JWT, rate limiting, and proven API gateway security patterns used in production systems.

    Main Hall

    Intermediate

    Day 2

    10:30

    API Security Best Practices

    Secure your APIs against common attack vectors and security risks. Cover OAuth, JWT, rate limiting, and proven API gateway security patterns used in production systems.

    Main Hall

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