A bespoke software & data engineering studio for problems worth solving.
Position5 is an independent studio in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We build software we use ourselves, take on select client engineering work, and put our tools to work for the community whenever we can.
What we build
Products and tools built to solve real problems — licensing, content automation, real-time data engineering, and civic transparency.
Private Nova-Core
A complete backend platform for license generation, subscription billing, and digital product distribution. Currently powering Position5's product line.
Live Arcana
Real-time trading data ingestion pipeline. Streams and stores exchange data from the Coinbase API with production-grade fault tolerance.
Live Sigil
High-speed data processing engine for iterating through hundreds of trading strategies. Born from Arcana for independent stability and scale.
Live OpenTN
Non-partisan transparency platform for Tennessee campaign finance data. Follow the money, know your reps.
Every project starts with a real problem
Every Position5 product exists because someone needed it. The same engineering rigor that processes millions of trades goes into the software we build for clients and for the community — from real-time data systems to civic transparency.
Solve real problems
Every product comes from hands-on experience across different industries and domains.
Production-grade engineering
Battle-tested software with real analytics, real payments, and real users.
Open where it matters
Open-source projects that showcase real engineering, not toy demos.
Data that drives decisions
Turning raw data into actionable insights for our products and our clients.
From the blog
Engineering notes, product updates, data engineering deep dives, and lessons from building real systems.
Sunsetting QuinnFAQ: A Great Proof of Concept, and What Comes Next
We're sunsetting the QuinnFAQ project to focus our scope. It was a great proof of concept, and the case study has been genuinely insightful. Here's what we learned and where we're headed.
Partnering with Tech Goes Home Chattanooga on AI Curriculum
Position5 is working with Tech Goes Home Chattanooga to develop new curriculum on AI for business and the community covering hallucinations, bias, operational safety, data security, and a special module on Chattanooga's place in quantum.
Our First Local Client: A Zero-Downtime Data Migration
Position5 has taken on its first local client engagement a large data migration focused on website performance, preserved functionality, and 100% uptime. Here's how we're approaching it.