# Kyle Cesmat

> Kyle Cesmat builds agentic systems that make teams faster. He is building the Agent Platform at Coinbase, and before that led teams in DevX, app infrastructure, and trading systems. Denver, CO.

The home page is a short introduction, a work history in broad strokes, writing and talks, and education. This document is that page and the "currently" page as Markdown, served at `/llms.txt` and `/index.md`.

## About

I build agentic systems that make teams faster.

I’m currently focused on building the Agent Platform at **Coinbase**. Before this I led teams in DevX, app infrastructure, and trading systems. I call Denver, CO home and get to bike, ski, and fish year-round with my family. See what else I’m [currently](https://kylecesmat.com/current) into.

## Links

- Site: https://kylecesmat.com/
- Currently: https://kylecesmat.com/current
- Email: kylecesmat@gmail.com
- Twitter: https://x.com/kylecesmat
- GitHub: https://github.com/kylecesmat
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylecesmat
- Sitemap: https://kylecesmat.com/sitemap-index.xml

## Currently (updated Nov 2026)

- Building: The Agent Platform at Coinbase: agent workstations, cloud sandboxes, model routing, and autonomous software delivery.
- Located: Denver, CO.
- Outside: Biking, skiing, and fishing year-round with my family.
- Interests: Coffee, cooking, gardening, home projects, photography, pottery, and breweries.

## Work Experience

### Coinbase (Oct 2020 – Present)

https://www.coinbase.com/

**Senior Engineering Manager**, Agent Experience (Aug 2026 – Present)

Lead the org that builds how Coinbase engineers work with agents.

**Engineering Manager**, Agent Experience (Feb 2025 – Aug 2026)

Founded the AI developer tooling team. Its tools pushed Coinbase past 3x developer productivity in a year and moved coding agents into the cloud, where they now account for [more than 15% of merged PRs](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/its-safe-to-close-your-laptop-now-hosting-coding-agents-on-amazon-bedrock-agentcore/).

**Staff Software Engineer + Engineering Manager**, App Infra (Aug 2022 – Feb 2025)

Led reliability, performance, and developer productivity for the Coinbase app and its 100M+ users.

**Senior Software Engineer**, Prime Trading Experience (Oct 2020 – Jul 2022)

Led client performance and latency for advanced trading on Coinbase Prime.

### Formidable (May 2016 – Oct 2020)

https://nearform.com/

A JavaScript consultancy, now part of [Nearform](https://nearform.com/).

**Engineering Manager + PHX Location Lead** (Nov 2018 – Oct 2020)

Opened the Phoenix office and hired 8 engineers.

**Senior Software Engineer** (Jun 2018 – Oct 2020)

Led the team that built a realtime trading platform for Tagomi, later acquired by Coinbase.

**Software Engineer III** (May 2016 – Jun 2018)

Consulted on UI-heavy greenfield apps, shared libraries, and release pipelines.

### Synapse Studios (Jan 2015 – May 2016)

https://synapsestudios.com/

A [dev shop](https://synapsestudios.com/) that works with startups, corporations, and large agencies to build advanced web apps.

**UI Engineer**

Designed client web apps and built their frontends.

### Recruiting.com (Feb 2014 – Jan 2015)

**Web Developer**

Built the career sites companies use to attract job seekers.

## Writing & Talks

- Podcast: [How Coinbase cut AI inference costs by half while tokens went up](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-coinbase-cut-ai-inference-costs-by-half-while-tokens/id1884669036?i=1000777609554), AI Impact, Jul 2026
- Press: [Coinbase reduces time from idea to production by 90% with Cursor](https://cursor.com/blog/coinbase), Cursor customer story, Jun 2026
- Press: [It’s safe to close your laptop now: Hosting coding agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/its-safe-to-close-your-laptop-now-hosting-coding-agents-on-amazon-bedrock-agentcore/), AWS Machine Learning Blog, Jun 2026
- Podcast: [Is Coinbase Really Writing Half Their Code With AI?](https://syntax.fm/show/944/is-coinbase-really-writing-half-their-code-with-ai), Syntax #944, Oct 2025
- Article: [Tools for Developer Productivity at Coinbase](https://www.coinbase.com/blog/Tools-for-Developer-Productivity-at-Coinbase), Coinbase Blog, with Chitra Venkatramani, Aug 2025
- Article: [Our Newest Office is Now Open In Phoenix/Tempe](https://nearform.com/digital-community/tempe-phoenix/), Formidable Blog, Jan 2020
- Article: [Placing Radium Into Maintenance Mode](https://nearform.com/digital-community/radium-maintenance/), Formidable Blog, Jun 2019
- Talk: [Realtime Data With Hooks](https://github.com/kylecesmat/phxreact-realtime-hooks), PHX ReactJS Meetup, Feb 2019
- Talk: Introduction to Svelte, PhoenixJS Meetup, Jan 2019
- Talk: [Questionable Decisions w/ React.Context](https://github.com/kylecesmat/phxreact-context-may-2018), PHX ReactJS Meetup, May 2018
- Talk: [Progressive Webapps With ReactJS](https://github.com/kylecesmat/phxreactjs-progressive-webapps), PHX ReactJS Meetup, Dec 2017

## Education

- Arizona State University: BS, Communication & Digital Culture, 2009 – 2013