David Shatsky
I work in financial services and build tools for research, automation, and personal knowledge. This site is a record of what I’ve built, what I’m learning, and the projects I keep coming back to.
Background
Data Analytics · Finance
Focus
Markets · AI Tools · Knowledge Systems
Stack
Python · SQL · TS
Based in
New York, NY
Selected Work
Davids Archive
An archive built so the digital deluge actually sticks.
Lokin
Student founders struggle to find collaborators with the right skills. We built a platform that grew to 500+ signups in three months. Lokin matches them, helps them manage projects, and uses a RAG-powered chatbot to surface what users actually need.
Read more →Startup Idea Validator
Paste a startup idea, get back a structured report with competitor analysis, market sizing, and feasibility assessment in under 30 seconds. Built the query refinement layer to handle vague product concepts.
Read more →About
New York
Building data products and internal tooling for a global FX options trading desk.
Led product from zero. Worked on user research, roadmap, and the full technical stack.
New York
Built analysis pipelines and reporting tools focused on institutional trade performance analysis.
I came up through finance operations and ended up building the tools I wished existed. I went from analyst to co-founder to a desk-embedded engineer.
I enjoy work where I sit close to a problem and care about the gap between what a system can tell you and what you actually need to know. Turns out that's a pretty good instinct for building software people use.
Scoping data products and internal trading tools at TP ICAP. On the side, I am building my own personal knowledge management system and an idea validation tool.