Wow. That amazes me that anyone would answer that question without knowing anything about the problem space and implemented solutions.
Wait, I got it, I would rewrite everything as AWS Lambdas. That's the right answer! Screw your (almost certainly SQL) DB, let's move it all to DynamoDB too.
I was stating that the eng mgr was relieved to NOT hear an answer of "the way we did it at company X, and it was successful for them, so I assume that the same approach maps to your company"
Wait, I got it, I would rewrite everything as AWS Lambdas. That's the right answer! Screw your (almost certainly SQL) DB, let's move it all to DynamoDB too.