Ryan Mattson
Principal DevOps Engineer at DigiKey
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Mattson is a Principal DevOps Engineer based in Minneapolis with eight years of hands-on experience building automation, observability, and CI/CD systems at DigiKey, where he progressed from pricing analyst to principal engineer. He blends deep infrastructure and software expertise with a pragmatic focus on reliability and developer productivity, routinely shipping improvements that tie backend services to actionable data flows. An active open-source contributor, Ryan has enhanced Home Assistant’s core integrations—improving thermostat and sensor support and maintaining the aiolyric library—demonstrating care for privacy-friendly, local-first home automation. Outside work he channels the same automation curiosity into home lab projects and gaming, revealing a practical tinkerer mindset that informs both tool choices and system design.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at University of North Dakota
Github Skills (8)
iot10
python10
home-automation10
asyncio10
mqttnet9
api9
mqtt9
apim9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Jul 2023 - Sep 2024
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 10 PRs, 25 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily contributed to the Home Assistant core, focusing on the Lyric integration. Their work involved implementing support for room sensor accessories, updating the data coordinator, and integrating the Lyric API for enhanced thermostat functionality. They also addressed issues related to data synchronization and ensured correct tie-ins with the data coordinator. The user's contributions also include updating the aiolyric library and fixing missed snake case conversions to maintain code quality and compatibility.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
dalinicus/homeassistant-acinfinity
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
AC Infinity integration for Home Assistant for UIS based controllers
Contributions:17 releases, 1 review, 77 PRs in 1 year 8 months
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