Born in Moscow, Shaytar began racing in his native Russia in 2002, winning the Russian Formula 1600 Championship from the first attempt.

[7][8] Also he raced with Fabio Babini and Kirill Ladygin in the GTC class of the 2013 European Le Mans Series.

[10] For the next year Shaytar switched to the LM GTE category of the European Le Mans Series, joining Andrea Bertolini and Sergey Zlobin.

[13] In 2015 Shaytar moved to the LMGTE Am class of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, Andrea Bertolini and Aleksey Basov joined him in the team.

Shaytar returned to the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2017, teaming up with Miguel Molina and Davide Rigon in the Pro class.

[20] Their best result was during 1000 km Paul Ricard, when they finished on podium behind the race winners Bentley M-Sport, leading to the fourth in the season standings.