Robbie Kohler

Robbie Kohler is Vice President of Cloud Engineering at Byte by Yum!, a global SaaS platform powering digital experiences for brands like Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut. With a technology career spanning over two decades, Robbie has held roles from developer to architect to engineering executive across startups and Fortune 500 companies.

In 2018, Robbie led the development of one of the first enterprise-scale serverless architectures at Taco Bell, laying the foundation for modern cloud practices across the organization. His work has been featured in multiple episodes of AWS’s This Is My Architecture series, and he spoke at AWS re:Invent 2021 on building event-driven systems at scale. He also contributed a case study to the book Serverless Development on AWS: Building Enterprise-Scale Serverless Solutions by Sheen Brisals.

In his current role at Yum! Brands, Robbie focuses on building scalable cloud platforms that enable teams to move faster and operate more efficiently. He’s an AWS enthusiast and a pragmatic advocate for developer-friendly cloud solutions. Outside of work, Robbie enjoys playing guitar and spending time with his family.