A scalable brokerless messaging network includes a service mesh implementing a plurality of service nodes in signal communication with one another to exchange a plurality of messages. A control plane is in signal communication with the plurality of service nodes and is configured to register an application service associated with a given service node included in the service mesh. The plurality of service nodes define a messaging middleware layer that establishes several point-to-point connections between each service in the network via transmission control protocol (TCP) sockets.