Summary
Nathan Carter is a software engineer with nine years of experience building scalable, mission-driven digital services rooted in public health and government programs. He has led architecture and implementation work for high-impact systems—from role and access management for hundreds of thousands of clinicians to the authentication service for Medicare’s Quality Payment Program. At Skylight he designed and rebuilt CaseBridge and helped scale SimpleReport to securely process high-volume test data across thousands of facilities, prioritizing interoperability and under-resourced settings. Now at Element, he continues to combine hands-on engineering with product-focused systems thinking to modernize legacy workflows. Based in Raleigh, NC, he pairs a background in cognitive science and linguistics with entrepreneurial experience running a small company, bringing a pragmatic, user-centered approach to complex technical problems. Colleagues rely on him for turning regulatory and operational constraints into auditable, production-ready solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Psychology Linguistics Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Psychology Linguistics Cognitive Science at University of Kentucky