Scaling Venmo for High Volume Events

Learn how to engineer cloud-native systems that handle extreme traffic surges during major events in this conference talk from AWS Enterprise Support Customer Community Event. Discover Venmo's innovative approach to scaling managed database services including Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon DocumentDB alongside containerized services to maintain sub-second response times during peak periods. Explore predictive capacity planning strategies with AWS, real-time monitoring capabilities, and engineering processes that ensure system reliability under pressure. Gain insights into transforming infrastructure challenges into growth opportunities and acquire actionable strategies for building systems that thrive under extreme load conditions, whether preparing for Black Friday rushes or viral social media moments. The presentation features expertise from Venmo's Manager and Principal Engineer alongside AWS Senior Technical Account Manager, focusing on modernization and migration themes within cloud architecture.