Michael Arnold
Engineering Manager II at Wrapbook
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Arnold is an experienced engineering manager and pragmatic software engineer with over 20 years in web and cloud application development, currently leading engineering at Wrapbook in Houston. He combines deep Ruby on Rails and JavaScript expertise with backend systems experience in Java/Spring, databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch) and modern APIs, having built billing engines, containerized microservices, and interactive admin UIs. Michael has moved between hands-on coding and leadership roles—authored core recurring-billing features at Chargify, led API work at IBM, and drove container and OSS efforts at CenturyLink Labs. He’s also contributed to open-source cloud tooling, notably improving OpenStack Nova networking and Panamax’s web GUI with Docker integration and testing enhancements. Known for mentoring engineers and setting pragmatic coding standards, he pairs technical breadth with a track record of shipping reliable, production-grade systems. An unexpected thread through his career is a science and humanities foundation—degrees in biology and English—that informs his measured, communicative approach to technical leadership.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
University of Texas at San AntonioEnglish, English at Berry College
Github Skills (22)
api-rest10
api-design10
restful-api10
rspec10
rails10
java10
javas10
rest-api10
ruby-on-rails10
testing9
junit-test9
dockers9
testng9
docker9
junit9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CenturyLinkLabs/panamax-ui
Mar 2014 - Jul 2015
The Web GUI for Panamax
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 96 commits, 20 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the web GUI for Panamax, adding features and making improvements. They implemented containerization using Docker and created start scripts. The user configured coverage reporting using SimpleCov and Coveralls. Furthermore, they integrated environment variables for Docker linking and added functionality to retrieve service categories within the application. They also added and improved testing for the application.
guiweb-gui
jclouds/legacy-jclouds
Mar 2012 - Mar 2012
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:53 commits in 17 days
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the openstack-nova project. They added and modified code related to floating IP and security group management, including creating and deleting security groups and rules. The contributions also focused on ensuring proper handling of public and private addresses and ensuring async client returns extension clients, indicating involvement in API and functionality enhancements. Furthermore, the user added live and expect tests to validate the functionality.
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