Bain · Technology / E-Commerce · Advanced · 35-45 min

Migrate monolithic e-commerce platform to microservices

The brief

A $5B e-commerce company’s monolithic platform is limiting feature velocity and scalability. Built 10 years ago, it serves 50M monthly users across 5 geographies. Architect a migration to microservices that improves agility and reliability without disrupting the business.

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