Unwrapping Moonpig: Architectural Insights into Personalization and Scalability

Big Ideas in App Architecture

Whether you need to send greeting cards or flowers, Moonpig makes personalized gifting for any occasion easy. But behind the simplicity of Moonpig’s platform are complex technologies that enable the deep customization that customers love. To talk about the architecture behind Moonpig, Principal Engineer Alexis Lowe sat down with our host David Joy.
Join as we discuss:

• How serverless technologies are helping Moonpig manage costs and handle spikes in usage
• The failover solutions that are implemented to ensure Moonpig can provide an always-on experience even during high-traffic events such as holidays
• How Alexis experiments with new AWS services and why he loves Lambda