Kong Platform Split

Context

API gateway migration work requires clear ownership, communication across squads and a practical path for teams to understand what changes and when.

Responsibilities

• Supported ownership mapping for services and API gateway usage.
• Helped structure migration planning and team onboarding workflows.
• Prepared documentation to reduce ambiguity for squads.
• Tracked migration progress and operational dependencies.

Challenges

• Clarifying ownership across distributed teams and service boundaries.
• Turning platform migration work into repeatable onboarding steps.
• Communicating change clearly while keeping technical detail appropriate.

Outcomes

• Improved visibility into ownership, migration scope and team readiness.
• Created clearer documentation paths for squads joining the migration.
• Helped reduce uncertainty around platform transition activities.

Lessons Learned

• Successful platform migration starts with ownership clarity.
• Documentation is part of the migration product.
• Squad onboarding works best when the path is repeatable and explicit.