Shashank Shankar
Interested In Financial Engineering
Hi, I'm Shashank.
I'm a secondary school student at Dublin High School in the Bay Area, California, with a focus on financial engineering. I'm especially interested in financial technologies and quantitative investing, with a focus on payment systems, blockchain infrastructure, and algorithmic trading. Right now, I'm building a stablecoin wallet and an agentic AI platform for payment processing. I also work on predictive models for equities, options, and foreign exchange markets. Recently, I've been exploring credit default swaps and how they can be implemented into strategies.
Outside of academics, I'm an avid musician and jazz enthusiast. I play the drumset and trombone, and some of my favorite artists include Bill Evans, Eliane Elias, and Horace Silver. Lately, I've been exploring Tamil film music and have a recorded cover of Megham Karukatha by Anirudh.
I'm always eager to have a conversation⸺feel free to reach out!
Work And Projects
Macroeconomic Data API
I'm working on creating an API that streamlines macroeconomic data such as unemployment rates, inflation rates, and GDP growth rates into a simple tool for developers.
NLP Trading Application
I've developed a natural language trading platform that leverages an LLM and Alpaca's API to automate trading equities and options in a more human-like way.
Stablecoin Processor
In my free time, I am building a stablecoin processor and underlying infrastructure aimed at addressing challenges in RTGS and ACH payment systems.
Recent Thoughts
(Coming Soon)