The Challenge
North Carolina runs its elections across 100 counties — each operating independently, on disconnected systems, with no shared infrastructure and minimal staffing.
The ask?
Ensure those elections are executed flawlessly and securely — without downtime, without compromise, and without support from traditional off-the-shelf tools. No Zapier. No HubSpot. No cloud-based shortcuts. Just custom-built systems, secured from foreign threats and unknown actors, delivering trusted results under intense scrutiny.
All of this… managed by a 5-person team.
The Work
We led the architecture, development, and execution of a new digital infrastructure to:
- Improve system interoperability across all 100 counties
- Ensure results were securely transmitted to Raleigh within 6 hours of polls closing
- Make the system flexible enough to support fluctuating team sizes (from 3 to 30)
- Enable new developers to contribute without ramp-up on complex legacy code
- Create replicable, modular systems that could evolve — even in uncertain political or financial climates
This wasn’t just about writing code. It was about building trust, at scale, under pressure.
The Outcome
Over 2.5 years, our team served as Senior Architect and Lead Developer for the state’s entire election infrastructure — with zero critical failures and full integrity maintained across every cycle, in one of the country’s most contested swing states.
Today, the state has:
- A modular system developers can easily step into
- A faster, more resilient election process
- A secure, replicable framework to defend against internal errors and external threats
What It Meant
In an era of election misinformation and digital threat escalation, North Carolina ran smooth, secure elections across all 100 counties — with results delivered on time, without compromise.
Fewer people. More resilience. Total integrity.