Summary
Erben Mo is a Principal Engineer with 14 years building large-scale, highly durable distributed systems, currently leading the Kiro coding agent initiative at AWS from Seattle. He spent over a decade architecting reliability, security, and correctness for AWS DynamoDB and earlier shipped the first Amazon Photos iOS app as a founding mobile engineer. Deeply interested in algorithms, databases, and AI, he works hands-on across backend systems and developer-facing tooling—his Kiro CLI reflects a focus on delightful developer workflows. Trained in both computer and electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he blends systems rigor with practical product delivery. Notably, his public GitHub signals ongoing experimentation with DynamoDB and related tooling, showing a pattern of turning core infrastructure knowledge into usable developer experiences.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science at University of Michigan
ses
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University