Chaim Kirby
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolChaim Kirby is a hands-on engineering leader and co-founder with over a decade of professional experience and two decades of software practice, currently serving as Head of Engineering & Compliance at Budgie Health. He blends deep technical expertise in Python and Django with product-minded architecture and operational rigor, having driven open sourcing, plugin architectures, and faster release cadences in prior roles. As a former Principal Engineer at PathAI and leader in academic medical informatics, he has a strong track record delivering clinical and research-grade systems that improve data access and workflows. His volunteer leadership as President of the Django Software Foundation underscores a commitment to community, governance, and sustainable open-source stewardship. Trained in computer science (MA/BA) with legal studies in a JD program, he brings an uncommon mix of technical, procedural, and compliance-focused thinking to regulated health-tech environments.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
JD, Law, JD, Law at Suffolk University Law School - Evening DivisionBA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Brandeis University
Github Skills (33)
delimited10
bulk-loader10
python9
django9
sql9
xadmin9
postgresql7
synthesizer7
audio7
music7
react6
synthesis6
live-coding5
computer-music5
sequencer5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ckirby/cellular-cave
Jan 2015 - Dec 2018
A cave map generator in python
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
map-generatorpythoncavemap
ckirby/django-modelqueryform
Apr 2014 - Nov 2018
App for generating forms allowing users to build model queries
Contributions:41 commits, 6 PRs, 15 pushes in 4 years 8 months
reactqueries
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