KrakenD redefined how we manage and scale our APIs. It delivered the performance, security, and operational simplicity needed to accelerate our growth. Today, it stands as a strategic enabler of our scalable digital architecture. – Ricardo Silva, Head of Engineering at Delly’s Food Service
As the largest food service distributor in Brazil, Delly’s operates a complex digital ecosystem that supports nationwide logistics, thousands of products, and a growing network of food operators. As the platform evolved, so did the challenges of managing its microservices architecture.
Growing pains in a microservices ecosystem
As Delly’s ecosystem grew, the team started facing increasing complexity in managing multiple microservices. Routing, performance optimization, and architectural consistency became harder to maintain across services. The team needed a solution that could centralize these concerns without adding overhead or slowing down delivery.
KrakenD API Gateway as the central entry point
To address these challenges, Delly’s implemented KrakenD as their API Gateway. KrakenD acts as the single entry point between client applications and the backend microservices, centralizing routing and performance optimization while simplifying the overall architecture.
The gateway integrates with:
- Existing REST services across the platform
- Authentication systems for secure access control
- Monitoring tools for observability and performance tracking
KrakenD runs in containers within Delly’s cloud environment in Brazil, fitting naturally into their existing infrastructure and deployment workflows.
Measurable impact on operations and development
The adoption of KrakenD API Gateway delivered tangible results across the organization:
- Reduced infrastructure load by offloading common concerns to the gateway
- Simplified maintenance with centralized routing and configuration
- Accelerated onboarding of new services and partner integrations
- Lower operational costs through streamlined architecture
- Faster development cycles by removing repetitive work from backend teams
Why Delly’s chose KrakenD
The team chose KrakenD for its combination of lightweight design, stateless architecture, and high scalability. It provided the right balance between performance, flexibility, and operational efficiency — key requirements for a platform serving Brazil’s food distribution industry at scale.
What’s next
Looking ahead, Delly’s plans to expand KrakenD API Gateway capabilities with advanced caching strategies and enhanced observability, including deeper native integrations with monitoring and tracing tools to further simplify performance analysis.
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