06-01, 14:00–14:50 (Europe/Brussels), Kleine Spoel (0.31)
The adoption of APIs and microservices has become a significant trend in financial services, especially within brokerage infrastructure. This talk explores the pros and cons of these modern architectures. Pavel Perfilov delves into the benefits of APIs, such as enabling new product development and boosting trading volumes, while also discussing the challenges, including IT security risks and the complexity of networking with microservices. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of when to embrace or reconsider using APIs and microservices in brokerage systems.
Discover the pros and cons of using APIs and microservices in brokerage infrastructure. Explore the benefits for business innovation and the challenges in security, networking, and software architecture.
Pavel Perfilov is a software engineer with a strong interest in fintech, stemming from his studies in Computer Science and his additional degree in Corporate Securities and Corporate Systems. After beginning his career in tech support for software development in the trading sector, he joined Renaissance Capital (Rencap) in Moscow as a business analyst, ultimately rising to a director position. At Rencap, he was involved in a variety of projects, including market transformation in 2014 and developing complex margining systems across global financial centers like Chicago, New York, Johannesburg, London, and Singapore. His seven-year tenure on the IT expert committee at Moscow Exchange was pivotal to the exchange's product development. He now works at a hedge fund, continuing his significant contributions to the fintech industry.
