Turbocharged Kotlin/Native on AWS Lambda | Ian Botsford

Recording brought to you by American Express. https://americanexpress.io/kotlin-jobs AWS Lambda is a powerful tool for serverless architectures but many examples and tools assume you're working in Python, Node.js, or Java. This talk demonstrates fast, maintainable Lambda functions in your preferred language! In this session, we'll go from zero to fully-deployed Kotlin/Native Lambda functions, with real performance data and practical tradeoffs at every step. You'll learn how to build a custom Lambda runtime, structure your code for serverless, and to package & deploy your application. Throughout the talk we'll highlight how to measure & optimize for cold starts, concurrency, and efficiency. Whether you're hitting Lambda timeout limits, paying for wasted cold start time, or just curious about pushing Kotlin to new environments, this talk gives you the tools to evaluate and implement Kotlin/Native on Lambda.