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Software engineering & digital services

We design and build websites, applications, and integrated systems for public agencies and businesses. Work directly with senior engineers from the first conversation through design, delivery, and ongoing support.

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Led by the founders. Built with long-term ownership in mind.

Our founders bring experience delivering software in demanding enterprise environments.

  • 01Healthcare
  • 02Financial services
  • 03Defense and aerospace
  • 04Utilities
  • 05Entertainment and recreation
  • 06Real estate
  • 07Recruiting
  • 08Insurance
  • 09Education
  • 10Enterprise applications
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Capabilities

Make your services easier to use and your systems easier to run.

Whether you are replacing an outdated website, connecting existing platforms, or developing a new application, we help define the right solution and carry it through delivery.

  1. 01

    Websites and digital services

    Clear, responsive websites and content tools that help people find what they need and give staff control over everyday updates.

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  2. 02

    Applications and modernization

    Web and mobile applications designed around real workflows, including improvements to the systems your organization already depends on.

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  3. 03

    Integrations, AI and automation

    Connect information across systems and reduce repetitive work with practical automation and carefully scoped AI. Access and data handling are agreed and secured before anything is connected.

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  4. 04

    Cloud delivery and ongoing support

    Hosting, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance planned alongside the application, with clear responsibilities after launch.

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See how we work with companies of every size, and how we approach public-sector projects.

Working with businesses Working with public agencies

Founder experience

We have done this before.

Before founding Grey Mesa, Julian and Joseph spent their careers building software for banks, insurers, defense and energy companies, and global entertainment brands. The examples below are their own work from those roles.

Before Grey Mesa, our founders delivered projects for

These organizations are not Grey Mesa clients. Logos belong to their owners.

01 / 09Healthcare

Pharmacy operations platform

Before Grey Mesa

Architected and built the workflow application that more than 100 pharmacies rely on, from secure sign-in and barcode scanning to fully automated releases.

  • Architecture
  • Full-stack delivery
  • Identity integration
  • Automated deployment
02 / 09Financial services

Trading and banking applications

Before Grey Mesa

The sole frontend developer behind a fixed-income trading application for a leading U.S. investment firm, built to handle bulk trading at 20,000 to 30,000 trades a minute. Also built applications for one of the world’s largest banks.

  • Sole frontend developer
  • Fixed-income trading
  • High-volume processing
  • Banking
03 / 09Defense and aerospace

Defense program applications

Before Grey Mesa

Built full-stack management applications for a major U.S. defense program, delivered under the security and quality controls of a prime defense contractor.

  • Full-stack development
  • Defense program
  • Program management
  • Secure environment
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How we work

No big reveal at the end.

You see working software throughout the project, so problems come up while they are still cheap to fix. By launch day, your team has already used the system and knows how it works.

  1. Understand

    Identify users, goals, existing systems, and constraints, including how many people and how much data the system must handle as you grow. Flag the requirements that need early investigation.

  2. Design

    Turn those findings into a practical scope, architecture, and interface direction that stakeholders can review.

  3. Build and validate

    Deliver working increments, test important user journeys, and resolve issues before launch.

  4. Launch and support

    Coordinate the release, train your team, document the system, and agree the support that continues after launch.

Founders

Founded by engineers who still write the code.

Grey Mesa is led by Julian Fraser and Joseph French. The founders you meet in the first conversation are the engineers who design and build your system, and the people you call after it launches.

Julian Fraser

Julian Fraser

Cofounder

Software engineer and architect across web and mobile applications, enterprise systems, and cloud infrastructure.

Joseph French

Joseph French

Cofounder

Full-stack engineer and technical lead for customer-facing applications, event-driven cloud systems, and enterprise integrations.

We build with AI agents every day, inside a process we designed: every change starts from a written specification and ends with an engineer’s review.

How we build

What needs towork better?

Tell us about the service, system, or workflow you want to improve. We can help you work through the requirements and determine a practical next step.

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