AWS Lambdas are a dream come true for many developers in our quest to break down monolithic applications. But how can we manage a complex series of stateless functions? In this brief introduction to Step Functions, we will go over an exciting use case for managing a workflow using Lambdas. We will also take a look at the pros and cons of Step Functions vs other methods like trying to manually chain Lambdas or using SNS triggers. The audience is invited to learn and consider how to build event driven systems enabled by different AWS services.