Methods and computer-readable medium for improved caching are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a server node, a first data request including an identifier of a requested data entry; performing a lookup in the in-process cache for data corresponding to the identifier; upon determining that data corresponding to the identifier is missing in the in-process cache, invoking a cache loader module configured to: communicate a second data request for the identifier to a shared cache; receive a response from the shared cache; upon determining that data for the identifier was not returned in the response, communicate a third data request for the identifier to a main data store; receive data for the identifier from the main data store; and add the data for the identifier received from the main data store in the in-process cache; and communicating the data for the identifier of the data entry to a requesting system.