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Situation: At my last company, frontend and backend teams had inconsistent API contracts, causing 20–30% of releases to be rolled back. Task: I was asked to lead an initiative to standardize API responses across services. Action: I proposed a shared OpenAPI spec and a typed client library (TypeScript + Axios) generated from it. I ran a short RFC, captured concerns from 3 squads, and built a POC for one critical service. I added CI checks to block schema-breaking changes and created shared NestJS/Express middleware to enforce a standard envelope and error format. Result: within 2 sprints, 6 services and 3 frontends adopted the standard. Integration bugs dropped by 60%, average release testing time fell by 25%, and we cut API-related production incidents from ~8/month to 2/month.
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