FARHAN FAISALBERKELEY, CA / PORTFOLIO 2026

I build systems that
turn complexity
into clarity.

I’m a UC Berkeley student and technical co-founder working at the intersection of software, finance, and product. I turn complex information into tools people can use.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · TECHNICAL PRODUCT · AI SYSTEMSSCROLL TO EXPLORE ↓
01 / THE WORK

Selected work.

From financial workflows to market research. Ideas made tangible.

07 SELECTED PROJECTS
01PRODUCT + FULL-STACK ENGINEERING

DiliPilot

An acquisition-diligence workspace connecting seller documents, financial analysis, and reviewer decisions.

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Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLProduct
ACQUISITION DILIGENCE · WORKFLOW
01Source documentsExtracted values & provenance
02Financial analysisDeterministic calculations
03Reviewer approvalProposals become reviewed inputs
A traceable path from document to decision
02FULL-STACK ENGINEERING + FINANCIAL DATA

Meridian Terminal

A personal multi-asset research workstation combining public market data, interactive charts, cited financial research, and a paper portfolio.

PRIVATE · LOCAL APPLICATION
ReactTypeScriptFastAPISQLite
MULTI-ASSET RESEARCH · SYSTEM OVERVIEW
01Source + freshnessPublic data with provider context
02Cited researchEvidence linked to financial questions
03Paper accountingSimulated portfolio and trade records
Conceptual workflow · personal research
03PRODUCT + DATA

Forecast

A discovery interface for public Polymarket data, connecting unusual activity, market movement, and the context behind a price change.

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Next.jsPythonPostgreSQL
PREDICTION MARKETS · CONCEPTUAL FLOW
MarketActivityContextDiscovery
From a price move to a better question
04DATA INFRASTRUCTURE + ENGINEERING

Solana Sentinel

A wallet research platform built around traceable events, reliable ingestion, and validation that keeps historical evidence in order.

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TypeScriptZodPostgreSQL
SOLANA SENTINEL DATA PIPELINE
ingestion / validation
01Normalize transaction eventsVALIDATED
02Deduplicate & checkpointATOMIC
03Match wallet flowsTRACEABLE
04Split chronologicallyNO LEAKAGE
System overview · research and paper execution
05ENGINEERING + MARKETS

Jev Trader

A paper execution engine for studying order books, model decisions, and simulated fills on Monad’s Kuru exchange.

Paper research only
TypeScriptBunNext.jsSSE
MON / USDC · SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
01Live order bookMON / USDC
→
02Typed decisionbuy / sell / hold
→
03Paper fillsimulation only
PAPER EXECUTIONNo on-chain transactions in paper mode
Observe → decide → simulate
06QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH + ENGINEERING

CrossVenue

Kalshi–Polymarket arbitrage research that checks whether contracts settle the same way before treating a price gap as an opportunity.

PythonSQLiteOrder-book depthRisk controls
CrossVenue research dashboard showing four reviewed market pairs and zero eligible pairs, with settlement-rule differences.
Recorded research dashboard · September 26, 2026
07ECONOMETRICS + DATA SCIENCE

Tobacco-21

An empirical policy analysis of youth smoking using CDC survey data, an event study, and an interactive dashboard.

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PythonpandasStreamlitEconometrics
POLICY ANALYSIS · RESEARCH DESIGN
Youth smoking~Policy × age group+State & year effects
PRE-TRENDS
Check before interpreting an effect.
Research design shown; no synthetic estimates
02 / BACKGROUND

Experience & leadership.

JUL 2026 — PRESENT

Technical Co-Founder

DiliPilot ↗

Full-stack development, financial-analysis workflows, structured extraction, and review controls for acquisition diligence.

AUG — DEC 2024

Software Engineering Intern

PunchPie

Updated loyalty and rewards interfaces and a Python backend, using pandas for data processing. Developed recommendation logic and LLM prompts for customer reward goals.

2019 — 2023

Eagle Scout

Boy Scouts of America

Led service projects and troop operations, coordinating logistics, resources, and teams.

MAY 2021 — JAN 2023

Head Tutor

Andalusia Academics

Designed personalized learning plans in math and chemistry, helping students work through concepts and build confidence.

03 / THE PROCESS

Research. Build. Verify.

01 / UNDERSTAND

Start with the question.

Identify the decision, the available evidence, and what remains uncertain.

02 / IMPLEMENT

Make the idea tangible.

Turn the question into a working interface, data workflow, or model that can be inspected.

03 / EVALUATE

Check the behavior.

Test assumptions and failure cases. Keep simulation results separate from real-world outcomes.

04 / A LITTLE CONTEXT

Curious about how
things actually work.

I’m studying Economics, Data Science, and Cognitive Science at UC Berkeley, Class of 2028. As a technical co-founder and a builder, I work across software, financial analysis, and product design.

I’m especially interested in tools that help people inspect evidence and make better decisions.

EDUCATIONUniversity of California, BerkeleyData Science · Economics · Cognitive Science / 2028
OFF THE SCREENMountains, waves & good food.Mountaineering · Surfing · Gastronomy
05 / DIRECT LINE

Have something
in mind?

farhanfaisal01@gmail.com ↗

Open to software engineering, technical product, and AI opportunities.
Let’s talk about what you’re building.

Farhan Faisal / Selected work