# David Floyd

> Software Engineer at Messari

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidfloyd

Dev. Mostly interested in crypto.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Messari
Jan 2022 – Jan 2026

### Software Engineer @ The Defiant
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Building the user interface for The Defiant's Bloomberg-inspired DeFi data terminal

### Software Engineer @ WIRED
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area

### Student - Web Development @ Flatiron School
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
• Software engineering immersive – a 15-week, intensive, on-site programming bootcamp
• Completed coursework in JavaScript (including React and Redux), Ruby (including Rails), SQL, Git, HTML, CSS 
• Built five functioning applications in order to demonstrate and solidify newly acquired skills

### Reporter @ CoinDesk
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
• Reported and wrote stories for the leading blockchain and cryptocurrency industry publication that led to ​tangible changes in corporate behavior
• Helped lead efforts to increase coverage of ​cryptocurrency exchanges​, a notoriously under-scrutinized area of the industry 
• Broke ground in uncovering evidence ​social media manipulation​ by combining network analysis and interviews
• Wrote influential stories on the controversial dollar-linked coin ​Tether​ and its sister exchange, Bitfinex

### Staff Writer @ Investopedia
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
• Covered spot market, economic and political news as well as producing and maintaining explainers on larger trends 
• Promoted from freelancer to associate producer to staff writer
• Carried out large projects designed to maximize Investopedia's visibility on topics of major interest, including ​Brexit and ​tax reform
• Spotted Brexit as a potentially explosive issue months in advance, crafting coverage that put Investopedia at the top of Google results for several Brexit-related searches on the day of the 2016 referendum

### Associate Producer @ Investopedia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

### Freelance Writer @ Investopedia
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Freelance Writer @ Nasdaq
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Content Writer and Editor @ Kapitall
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area

### Writing Liaison, Religious Studies @ Kenyon College Center for Innovative Pedagogy, Writing Center
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Gambier, Ohio
Coordinated with Religious Studies faculty to improve students' writing within the department.

### Writing Consultant @ Kenyon College Center for Innovative Pedagogy, Writing Center
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Gambier, Ohio
Helped students improve their academic writing; edited for grammar, style and content.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Anthropology and Religious Studies
Kenyon College
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

### Cultural Anthropology
School for International Training
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-floyd-1a982886
- GitHub: https://github.com/davidfloyd91

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Last updated: 2026-03-22