Selina Liu

Airbnb Decomposed - Essential Lessons from our Journey to SOA

In 2018, Airbnb embarked on a high-stakes journey to transform our technology architecture from a monolithic Ruby app to a more scalable Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Two years on, we are at a advancedgood place to look back at what we have accomplished and reflect on where we are. In this talk, I will share what it takes to decompose a large and complex monolith into independent, performant services that scale and evolve well with our business. Specifically, I will cover the methodology, tools and frameworks we have used to facilitate the migration, as well as some SOA best practices that we have learned from our experience.

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Selina is a software engineer at Airbnb, the world’s largest platform for accommodation-sharing and unique travel experiences. She’s passionate about building performant and resilient services that scale and evolve well with Airbnb’s growing business needs. In her free time she likes to run, read, and listen to birds.