Enterprise software engineering
BastionForge builds production-grade software with AI as an accelerator and senior engineers as the authority. Every line reviewed. Every vulnerability caught. Every deployment owned by a human who understands it.
The approach
Used well, AI compresses the time it takes to ship. Used unsupervised, it ships defects, insecure defaults, and code nobody on the team can maintain. Our practice keeps the speed and removes the risk.
AI-assisted review plus senior engineers surface the real issues and risks.
AI accelerates the work; humans hold the line on quality and design.
Automated testing and human verification before anything ships.
Monitored in production, with people who understand the system standing behind it.
Case studies
Engagements in high-stakes domains where the cost of a wrong answer (a denied claim, a lost key, a blown schedule) made correctness the whole job.
Healthcare · Revenue cycle
A wound-care revenue-cycle platform needed to accelerate medical documentation and billing without risking the errors that trigger denied claims and CMS compliance exposure.
In wound-care billing, every claim has to cite the correct LCD/NCD references and meet specific documentation requirements before submission. AI could draft and check that work far faster than people could by hand, but a single wrong code or missing citation means a denied claim, costly rework, and regulatory risk. Raw AI output was a non-starter.
We built an AI-assisted documentation and billing workflow with human verification designed into every step. AI drafts and validates against LCD/NCD references and Standards of Care; a person signs off before anything is submitted. The system is HIPAA-safe by design, with no PHI in logs and an audit trail on every access.
Fintech · Bitcoin custody
Sovereign Key is a non-custodial Bitcoin wealth-management platform for high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and wealth advisors, where a single key-management or security mistake is unrecoverable.
sovereign-key.com ↗Custody software for Bitcoin has no margin for error: keys cannot leak, transactions cannot be tampered with, and the platform has to satisfy money-services regulation that varies state by state. It also has to stay non-custodial, so clients keep control of their own keys, without making the experience unworkable for advisors.
We designed and built the platform end to end: multisig custody with hardware-wallet support, a Java backend on AWS with Cognito authentication and Lambda, React web apps for clients and administrators, and a security-first architecture mapped against real MSB regulatory requirements across multiple states. Deployed with Docker behind hardened nginx over SSL.
Construction · Capital projects
A construction schedule analytics platform needed to turn massive Primavera P6 exports into automated, defensible analysis that teams could trust for payments, delay claims, and go/no-go decisions.
Owners and contractors run capital projects on massive Primavera P6 schedules. Judging whether a schedule is sound, and understanding what changed between monthly updates, was slow, manual, and inconsistent, yet those answers drive payments, delay claims, and major go/no-go decisions.
We built a multi-tenant analytics platform that ingests P6 (XER) exports and turns them into automated analysis: DCMA 14-point scorecards, schedule-health findings across logic, float, durations, and constraints, update-over-update comparison, and delay-driver analysis. GraphQL API, PostgreSQL, organization-scoped authentication, and AWS, with correctness enforced by unit, containerized integration, and end-to-end tests.
Public safety · Law enforcement
Senturel is a law-enforcement and public-safety platform (records management, computer-aided dispatch, evidence, and inter-agency data exchange) built to CJIS and NIBRS compliance.
senturel.com ↗Public-safety software runs on strict rules: criminal-justice data has to meet CJIS security requirements, incident reporting has to conform to NIBRS, and evidence needs an unbroken chain of custody. Dispatch cannot go down. The bar is correctness, auditability, and security all at once.
We designed and built the platform: a Java 21 and Spring Boot backend structured as independent service modules (security, records, dispatch, evidence, GPS, inter-agency exchange) that deploy as one system, on PostgreSQL and PostGIS with type-safe SQL, Keycloak identity, Kafka messaging, and OpenSearch. Web apps and a React Native mobile app on top, with append-only audit logging and full observability.
Geospatial · Drone mapping
A drone-mapping suite that turns aerial imagery into orthomosaics, 3D models, and terrain maps: per-drone flight planning, preflight checks, photogrammetry processing, and a fast web tile viewer for large surveys.
Consumer · Weather platform
A production weather app for web and mobile spanning five countries and five languages, with live radar, alerts, personal weather-station integration, Redis caching, and an SSL Docker deployment. Security hardened and CISSP-reviewed.
skymayfall.comLegal · Matter management
A workspace for legal matters: court cases synced from public-records portals via a browser extension, plus transaction and litigation matters with their parties, documents, timelines, and deadline alerts. Postgres and S3 backend with an MCP integration.
specta.legalLegal · Deal negotiation
Deal-negotiation software that lives inside Microsoft Word and Outlook, turning scattered email threads into organized, real-time deal intelligence. Every version of each transaction document is tracked in one place (version control for deals), on a .NET and Azure backend.
dexteritylegal.comSecurity · Zero-knowledge
A zero-knowledge secret-sharing app: secrets are encrypted in the browser with AES-256-GCM before they ever reach the server, the key stays in the URL fragment, and secrets self-destruct after viewing or expiry. Next.js and Redis, with a documented security model.
blindrop.comProptech · Single-family rentals
Underwriting and management software for single-family rentals: deal analysis, actuals, and reminders on a Postgres backend, deployed on AWS (App Runner and ECS, RDS, S3) with Terraform-managed infrastructure and secrets in SSM.
freehold.bastionforge.comWorking together
We right-size the engagement to the problem, whether you are a small team shipping your first real product or an enterprise modernizing a system you cannot afford to break.
A short, paid discovery to understand the problem, the code, and the constraints. You leave with a clear assessment and plan, whether or not we continue.
We start with a well-defined first piece, so you can see how we work before any larger commitment.
We deliver in small, reviewable increments and stand behind what reaches production.
What we do
End-to-end engineering across the modern stack, from architecture to production support.
Move from legacy systems to modern, scalable platforms. We help enterprises reshape core processes around cloud-native architecture.
Automate workflows and sharpen decisions with ML, implemented responsibly, with the review and guardrails production requires.
Resilient infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Microservices, containers, and serverless, designed for cost and reliability.
CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and automated testing. Developer platforms that raise velocity without sacrificing reliability.
Turn raw data into decisions with modern data platforms, real-time analytics, and predictive modeling.
Zero-trust architecture, continuous monitoring, and compliance frameworks for HIPAA, SOC 2, and GDPR.
Comprehensive human review, security validation, and architectural oversight that turns raw AI output into systems you can trust.
Untangle complex codebases and re-platform aging applications into maintainable, scalable systems.
Technology
Hands-on capability across the tools that run modern enterprise software.
Modern web applications
Enterprise solutions
Scalable microservices
Data science & automation
Container orchestration
Infrastructure automation
Cross-platform mobile
Automated delivery
About
Founded in 2013, BastionForge is a senior engineering practice for companies that need software done right the first time. We combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution across financial services, healthcare, automotive, and technology.
We believe in engineering discipline over hype. Our job is to deliver systems that solve today's problem and still hold up when the requirements change, built by people who put their name on the work.
Founder & Principal Engineer
A technology leader with 20+ years building software professionally, Chris has architected scalable systems and led high-performing teams across Fortune 500 companies and fast-moving startups, from distributed cloud infrastructure to real-time data pipelines and AI-powered products. CISSP-certified, with deep expertise in machine learning, intelligent automation, and human-centered design. He founded BastionForge to bring rigorous engineering practice to companies ready to transform their digital capabilities.
Principal Software Engineer
Diego is a software engineer with over 20 years designing, building, and optimizing complex systems across industries. His work spans backend and frontend development, cloud infrastructure, and data-driven solutions, with a particular strength in untangling technical challenges and delivering reliable, scalable code. He works extensively with modern architectures (decoupled services, microservice-inspired platforms, and high-performance data integrations) using AWS, containerized deployments, SQL/NoSQL databases, and languages including Java, Ruby, C#, and Python. Pragmatic and independent, he gets to the root of problems quickly and communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
Get in touch
Whether you're planning a build, modernizing what you have, or cleaning up code that shipped without review, start a conversation with a senior engineer.