Aspects of the technology provide improvements to a Serverless Computing (SLC) workflow by determining when and how to optimize SLC jobs for computing in a Distributed Computing Framework (DCF). DCF optimization can be performed by abstracting SLC tasks into different workflow configurations to determined optimal arrangements for execution in a DCF environment. A process of the technology can include steps for receiving an SLC job including one or more SLC tasks, executing one or more of the tasks to determine a latency metric and a throughput metric for the SLC tasks, and determining if the SLC tasks should be converted to a Distributed Computing Framework (DCF) format based on the latency metric and the throughput metric. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.