Kyle Simpson is a Lead, Developer Ecosystem based in Austin with 10 years of engineering experience building developer-first products and culture. He combines deep hands-on systems work—E2E encryption, passkey-based local-first identity, and Edge-First tooling—with developer relations, documentation, and workshop programs that scale adoption. As a former Distinguished Engineer and Principal engineer, he has a track record of designing interview/onboarding curricula, running conferences and meetups, and shipping both open-source and productized runtimes and databases. Kyle’s recent work centers on Edge-First tooling (DefraDB, LensVM, SourceHub) and practical privacy-first architectures, reflecting a consistent emphasis on developer ergonomics and secure client-side systems. He brings founder experience and a history of public speaking and DevRel that make him equally at home in code reviews, technical strategy, and community-building.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at Texas State University
Diploma High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Diploma High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at PC North HS
Coursework Computer Science, Coursework Computer Science at University of Oklahoma
Contributions:23 commits, 22 pushes, 3 branches in 11 months
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Kyle Simpson - Lead, Developer Ecosystem at Source