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Engineering Athena - Financial Platform at J.P. Morgan

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Explore the engineering challenges and solutions behind building Athena, J.P. Morgan's financial trading platform, in this 34-minute conference talk from Conf42 Platform Engineering 2025. Discover the fundamental concepts of financial trading platforms and understand the core financial entities that drive these complex systems. Learn about the significant challenges involved in scaling financial systems and examine the problems associated with monolithic architectures in financial technology. Delve into innovative solutions for scaling financial platforms while maintaining performance and reliability. Understand the critical compliance and regulatory requirements that shape financial system design and discover why Python has become a preferred language for financial systems development. Gain insights into key engineering principles for building robust financial platforms and explore future trends in financial technology architecture.

Syllabus

00:00 Introduction and Overview
01:15 Understanding Financial Trading Platforms
01:55 Core Financial Entities and Their Importance
03:10 Challenges in Scaling Financial Systems
06:46 The Monolithic Nightmare
15:23 Innovative Solutions for Scaling
24:40 Compliance and Regulatory Requirements
26:38 Why Python for Financial Systems?
27:32 Key Principles and Future Outlook
30:11 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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