Serverless Data Pipelines with AWS Lambda and EventBridge
Serverless Data Pipelines with AWS Lambda and EventBridge
April 30, 2025
Serverless architectures are changing how data pipelines are built. At Essid Solutions, we design event-driven pipelines using AWS Lambda, EventBridge, and S3 to provide low-maintenance, scalable solutions without managing servers.
🚀 Why Go Serverless for Data Pipelines?
- No infrastructure to manage
- Auto-scaling and high availability
- Pay only for what you use
- Ideal for lightweight and bursty workloads
Perfect for real-time ingestion, small batch processing, and async workflows.
⚖️ Common Serverless Pipeline Use Cases
- ETL for JSON/CSV to S3 and Redshift/Snowflake
- Log ingestion and transformation
- Webhook to data warehouse
- IoT or sensor data streaming
- Periodic data pulls from APIs
🌌 Core AWS Services Used
- Amazon S3 – Storage for raw and processed data
- AWS Lambda – Stateless compute for transformation or enrichment
- Amazon EventBridge – Event routing and triggers
- AWS Glue / Athena – Schema discovery and querying
- Step Functions (optional) – Orchestration for complex flows
🔧 Example Architecture
[ External API / Cron Job / Webhook ]
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[ EventBridge Trigger ]
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[ AWS Lambda: Data Processing ]
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[ S3 Bucket or Redshift / Snowflake ]
Optional: Add a second Lambda for cleaning, enrichment, or batch processing.
💼 Use Case: Real-Time Transaction Logging
A fintech client needed to log and enrich user transactions in real-time. We:
- Triggered Lambda via EventBridge for new API requests
- Cleaned and enriched data on the fly
- Stored results in S3 and Snowflake for BI dashboards
Result: Pipeline scaled to 1M+ events/day with 99.9% uptime, no server maintenance.
📅 Go Serverless with Confidence
We help teams launch reliable serverless pipelines using the best of AWS.
👉 Book a pipeline architecture review
Or email: hi@essidsolutions.com