David Yanacek

Senior Principal Engineer at AWS with long experience building core cloud services (SQS, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda) and working on agentic AI and compute/storage innovations.

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Jan 16, 2026 • 29min

How AWS re:Invented the cloud

David Yanacek, Senior Principal Engineer at AWS, shares his extensive expertise in cloud services like SQS and DynamoDB. He debunks the myth that AWS was born from Black Friday, explaining the internal challenges that shaped its services. Discover how he envisions agentic AI, like Kiro, automating tedious DevOps tasks. Yanacek also discusses the evolution of compute with technologies like Lambda and Firecracker, and dives into ensuring reliable traffic management across AWS regions. His insights reveal how innovation is easing developers' operational burdens.

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