Hi there!
I’m Chris, currently working as a Staff Research Engineer at Datadog on our Applied AI Research team. We focus on time series AI with our observability data.
In a former life, I was a day trader and algorithmic trading developer. This led me to Tradeblock where I worked as a Software Engineer ingesting markets data and producing real time reference rates for cryptocurrency assets.
I then joined Zapier as a Data Engineer where I worked on our data ingestion and data infrastructure.
Today I work at Datadog. After three years of building a self-serve data and analytics platform, I now work on our large models research team.
Outside of work I enjoy writing, podcasting, making videos about what I learn, and spending time with my wife and two kids. I’ve recently (2025) start to draw, it’s awesome.
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I’m an advocate of seconds brains and learning in public.
I believe AI is a useful tool but not a replacement. Learn how to Augment, Stay Human.
My Joyspan philosophy is my attempt to balance work, time, and "joyskill" to maximize life satisfaction.
Talks
Finding opportunities and maximizing Impact: A staff engineer’s framework @ StaffPlus NY 2024
Words Over Code: Grow Your Impact and Career Through Writing @ The Collab Lab
Contact
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer’s view in any way.
