Operative
Product Architecture / Dev. Ops / Engineering
Engineering a scalable SaaS platform for election compliance from scratch
We built Operative to simplify complex election finance requirements—turning a deeply manual, error-prone process into a streamlined, intuitive experience.
Operative was one of our largest engineering projects to date. Modular microservices, automated data scrubbing pipelines, and robust validation logic allows the platform to ingest, organize, and prepare hundreds of thousands of lines of campaign finance data in seconds. Whether it’s a local campaign or a presidential race, this changes the game for compliance professionals.
Building a new SaaS platform is inherently challenging. Ensuring FEC reporting data is accurate is even harder. And doing them both at the same time is, well, kind of bonkers. But that’s exactly what we did alongside the team at Operative.

Election compliance isn’t just complex—it’s painful and often made worse by bad data. Building a full platform up to the task of simplifying that work is the kind of challenge we’re drawn to.

With Operative’s domain knowledge as a guide post, we architected a complex data management and reporting platform capable of scale. We implemented a flexible data ingestion system with FEC-compliant schema mapping, built custom reporting and auditing engines with real-time validation, and deployed a containerized architecture with CI/CD pipelines for scalability.

Building a new SaaS platform is inherently challenging. Ensuring FEC reporting data is accurate is even harder. And doing them both at the same time is, well, kind of bonkers. But that’s exactly what we did alongside the team at Operative.

Election compliance isn’t just complex—it’s painful and often made worse by bad data. Building a full platform up to the task of simplifying that work is the kind of challenge we’re drawn to.

With Operative’s domain knowledge as a guide post, we architected a complex data management and reporting platform capable of scale. We implemented a flexible data ingestion system with FEC-compliant schema mapping, built custom reporting and auditing engines with real-time validation, and deployed a containerized architecture with CI/CD pipelines for scalability.

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Building a new SaaS platform is inherently challenging. Ensuring FEC reporting data is accurate is even harder. And doing them both at the same time is, well, kind of bonkers. But that’s exactly what we did alongside the team at Operative.

Election compliance isn’t just complex—it’s painful and often made worse by bad data. Building a full platform up to the task of simplifying that work is the kind of challenge we’re drawn to.

With Operative’s domain knowledge as a guide post, we architected a complex data management and reporting platform capable of scale. We implemented a flexible data ingestion system with FEC-compliant schema mapping, built custom reporting and auditing engines with real-time validation, and deployed a containerized architecture with CI/CD pipelines for scalability.

Building a new SaaS platform is inherently challenging. Ensuring FEC reporting data is accurate is even harder. And doing them both at the same time is, well, kind of bonkers. But that’s exactly what we did alongside the team at Operative.

Election compliance isn’t just complex—it’s painful and often made worse by bad data. Building a full platform up to the task of simplifying that work is the kind of challenge we’re drawn to.

With Operative’s domain knowledge as a guide post, we architected a complex data management and reporting platform capable of scale. We implemented a flexible data ingestion system with FEC-compliant schema mapping, built custom reporting and auditing engines with real-time validation, and deployed a containerized architecture with CI/CD pipelines for scalability.

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Building a new SaaS platform is inherently challenging. Ensuring FEC reporting data is accurate is even harder. And doing them both at the same time is, well, kind of bonkers. But that’s exactly what we did alongside the team at Operative.

Election compliance isn’t just complex—it’s painful and often made worse by bad data. Building a full platform up to the task of simplifying that work is the kind of challenge we’re drawn to.

With Operative’s domain knowledge as a guide post, we architected a complex data management and reporting platform capable of scale. We implemented a flexible data ingestion system with FEC-compliant schema mapping, built custom reporting and auditing engines with real-time validation, and deployed a containerized architecture with CI/CD pipelines for scalability.

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With Operative, we didn’t just move campaign and committee compliance into the modern era—we reimagined it all together. Built from the ground up to save time, reduce stress, and increase accuracy, Operative is proof that artful architecture and exceptional engineering can defeat even the hairiest of tech challenges.
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With Operative, we didn’t just move campaign and committee compliance into the modern era—we reimagined it all together. Built from the ground up to save time, reduce stress, and increase accuracy, Operative is proof that artful architecture and exceptional engineering can defeat even the hairiest of tech challenges.
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