Michael Arthur
Full-stack Developer at GameGlass
Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Arthur is a seasoned full-stack developer with 13 years of hands-on experience building web, mobile and embedded solutions from C++ drivers to modern React and Angular applications. Based in Te Awamutu, New Zealand, he runs his own hosting and design company while contributing to products at GameGlass and previously improving Auckland Transport’s digital services at Propellerhead. He’s pragmatic and product-focused—having shipped mobile apps, enterprise front-ends, and even an iOS game—while raising team standards through design systems and remote leadership. An active open-source contributor, Michael implemented and hardened the Electric Kiwi integration in the widely used Home Assistant core, showing attention to testing, i18n and user-facing configuration flows. Comfortable across the full stack and infrastructure, he combines troubleshooting skills rooted in early hardware/software repair with a knack for turning complex domain requirements into reliable, maintainable systems.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Computer Science, Bsc, Computer Science at University of Otago
Afrikaans
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
pytest10
python10
asyncio10
home-assistant10
iot9
home-automation9
rest-api8
oauth8
configuration-file8
configurations8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
mqttnet7
mqtt7
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Aug 2022 - Feb 2025
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:113 reviews, 30 PRs, 219 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael implemented and refined the Electric Kiwi integration, a key feature within the Home Assistant core. Their contributions included the creation of new sensor entities, select entities, and the associated configuration flows. They also addressed identified translation key issues, performed code cleanup, and updated unit tests to ensure the reliability and functionality of the integration. The user further incorporated new features, such as the lawnmower integration.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
mikey0000/Ublox-GPS-receiver-android
Sep 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 9 months
serialmock-locationubloxusblocation
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