diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/ShardConsumer.java b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/ShardConsumer.java
index 01d9ca99c0..f9fa6b355f 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/ShardConsumer.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/ShardConsumer.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ public class ShardConsumer implements Runnable {
     // Idle Time between Reads
     private static final int GET_RECORD_INTERVAL_MILLS = 200;
 
-    private static final int MAX_GET_RECORD_BACKOFF = 3;
-
     private static final int DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_EXPORT_INTERVAL_MILLS = 60_000;
 
     private static final int DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_MILLS = 2 * 60_000;
@@ -125,8 +123,6 @@ public void run() {
         long lastCheckpointTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         String sequenceNumber = "";
 
-        int backoff = 0;
-
         while (!shouldStop) {
             if (shardIterator == null) {
                 // End of Shard
@@ -159,17 +155,7 @@ public void run() {
 
             shardIterator = response.nextShardIterator();
 
-            if (response.records().isEmpty()) {
-                if (backoff < MAX_GET_RECORD_BACKOFF) {
-                    backoff++;
-                }
-            } else {
-
-                if (response.records().size() == MAX_GET_RECORD_ITEM_COUNT) {
-                    // Reduce backoff when reaching to max records per GetRecords call.
-                    backoff--;
-                }
-
+            if (!response.records().isEmpty()) {
                 // Always use the last sequence number for checkpoint
                 sequenceNumber = response.records().get(response.records().size() - 1).dynamodb().sequenceNumber();
 
@@ -193,8 +179,7 @@ public void run() {
             }
             try {
                 // Idle between get records call.
-                // Add a backoff on sleep time: 200ms, 400ms, 800ms...
-                Thread.sleep((long) GET_RECORD_INTERVAL_MILLS << backoff);
+                Thread.sleep(GET_RECORD_INTERVAL_MILLS);
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/StreamScheduler.java b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/StreamScheduler.java
index f533098b6d..4fa76da968 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/StreamScheduler.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/stream/StreamScheduler.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 public class StreamScheduler implements Runnable {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StreamScheduler.class);
 
-    private static final int MAX_JOB_COUNT = 10;
+    private static final int MAX_JOB_COUNT = 50;
     private static final int DEFAULT_LEASE_INTERVAL_MILLIS = 30_000;
 
     private final AtomicInteger numOfWorkers = new AtomicInteger(0);
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/DynamoDBSourceTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/DynamoDBSourceTest.java
index 2e1d0cae85..5b78965846 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/DynamoDBSourceTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/DynamoDBSourceTest.java
@@ -19,14 +19,19 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.PluginFactory;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.SourceCoordinationStore;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.SourcePartitionStatus;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.dynamodb.configuration.AwsAuthenticationConfig;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
 
@@ -78,6 +83,9 @@ void setup() {
         lenient().when(pluginFactory.loadPlugin(eq(SourceCoordinationStore.class), any(PluginSetting.class)))
                 .thenReturn(coordinationStore);
         lenient().when(sourceConfig.getTableConfigs()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
+        lenient().doNothing().when(coordinationStore).initializeStore();
+        lenient().when(coordinationStore.tryCreatePartitionItem(anyString(), anyString(), any(SourcePartitionStatus.class), anyLong(), anyString())).thenReturn(true);
+        lenient().when(coordinationStore.tryAcquireAvailablePartition(anyString(), anyString(), any(Duration.class))).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
     }
 
     private DynamoDBSource createObjectUnderTest() {