Custom software engineering
Full-stack web applications, internal tools, and mission-support systems. Next.js, Go, Python, PostgreSQL.
Capability statement.Senior engineering for federal and aerospace primes.
Green Phoenix Engineering is a small, senior-only engineering firm in Austin, Texas. We design, build, and deploy custom software, data systems, and AI automation for high-accountability programs — a subcontract and technical services partner for prime contractors, including those supporting NASA Johnson Space Center.
Core competencies
Process & workflow automation
Document intake, approvals, compliance tracking, and status reporting across disconnected systems.
Agentic systems
Agentic AI, retrieval-augmented knowledge assistants, intelligent document processing, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool integration.
Data engineering & integration
Event-driven pipelines, change-data-capture, system-of-record integration, and dashboards for engineering and program data.
On-premise & air-gapped AI
Self-hosted LLM deployments where commercial cloud AI is prohibited: Ollama, on-prem inference, private VPC.
DevSecOps & modernization
CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, secure SDLC, and modernization of legacy line-of-business systems.
Why primes work with us
Data stays where it belongs
We deploy fully self-hosted AI, so AI capability can operate inside CUI, ITAR-sensitive, and network-restricted environments where commercial SaaS AI is not permitted.
Direct senior engineering access
No layered account management and no offshore handoffs. You work directly with the engineers doing the work, which means fast mobilization on short-fuse task orders.
AI-native delivery
Scoping, code generation, testing, and documentation are AI-accelerated under senior engineering review, which compresses schedule without cutting corners.
How the Software Factory worksAerospace-adjacent pedigree
Our founder spent 14 years in advanced manufacturing, including Tesla, and is fluent in high-reliability, documentation-heavy engineering culture.
Read the founder storyPoint of contact
Michael Estrada, Founder & CEO
mike@greenphoenixengineering.com