Chris Kirk Software Engineer

As a software leader with a decade of experience, I’ve worked across a wide variety of problem spaces and technologies, playing critical roles in high-profile projects. My passion is building innovative products and world-class engineering teams.

I’m currently an engineering manager at Datadog, building out its incident management product. I previously worked at Peloton, Lifion by ADP, New York Magazine, and Slate. For more, see my my resume.

Code as Commentary

Battling My Daemons

My quest to build my own email client

Gerrymander Jigsaw Puzzles

Can you put the bizarrely shaped congressional districts back together?

A Year of Gun Deaths

A sobering look at the gun-related deaths over a year

The Year of Outrage

An interactive calendar of outrage

Game of Thrones Graveyard

A sacred place to mourn your favorite characters

When Super PACs Attack

Watch the money fly as PACs spend millions to tear down or bolster the candidates

Shootings in America

Type in your address to see the shootings around you

Starbucks Locations Quiz

Can you guess the city from the pattern of its Starbucks locations?

Supreme Court Life Expectancy Calculator

Calculating the odds that another SCOTUS justice will die by 2021

Just For Fun

Name These 80s Hits By Their First Second

The ultimate music challenge

John Travolta Name Generator

Travoltify Your Name!

Programming Language or Drug?

Take the quiz

Other Work

The Cut Redesign

New York Magazine’s women and fashion brand, remade from the ground up