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Alta Vega Technologies LLC

We sit with your team, find where the work stalls, and ship the fix.

Alta Vega is a forward deployed engineering practice. Bring a problem that keeps costing you time. We'll map it, write the tickets, and build the fix into the systems you already run.

Email Max How it works

Based in Puerto Rico. Remote-first, on-site when needed.

Example: a request approval workflow

Example request approval workflow, before and after Requests move from intake to review, approval, handoff, and done, through an inbox, a spreadsheet, a manager sign-off, and a ticket queue. Before the fix, requests pile up waiting for the manual sign-off. After the fix, an automated check sends routine requests straight to handoff and only exceptions go to a person, so the time from intake to done drops to the time spent actually working. work waits here automated check automated inbox spreadsheet ticket queue intake review approval handoff done manager sign-off exceptions only
Result: routine requests skip the wait, and reviewers only see the cases that need judgment.

How it works

From the first conversation to production.

  1. Sit with the team

    Learn the work from the people doing it.

  2. Map the workflow

    Systems, handoffs, and where work waits.

  3. Choose what to fix

    Ranked by time lost, risk, and effort.

  4. Build it in

    Tested, integrated with what you run, and shipped.

  5. Hand it off

    Docs and training so your team owns it.

What we do

What teams bring us in for.

Workflow Automation

Manual handoffs, spreadsheet glue, and approval queues turned into reliable automated flows, built into the systems you already run.

AI & Machine Learning

RAG systems, on-prem and cloud LLM deployments, agents, model fine-tuning, classical ML pipelines, and production AI infrastructure.

AI Adoption

Hands-on training that makes engineering teams productive with AI tools and agents without losing test discipline.

Cloud & Distributed Systems

Cloud-native microservices, Kubernetes, messaging architectures, and secure CI/CD, including classified and air-gapped environments.

Full-Stack Development

Production web applications, internal tools, real-time operator interfaces, 3D visualization, and embedded systems integration.

Robotics & Autonomy

ROS2, sensor fusion, path planning, controls, and full-stack autonomy for ground vehicles and industrial automation.

Technical Leadership

Architecture review, engineering standards, team mentorship, and hands-on technical direction for software organizations.

Software & Media Products

Original software products, technical content, and digital media, developed and exported from Puerto Rico.

Recent work

AI workflow training and CI/CD improvements

A multi-day program for a scientific instrumentation software team, built on published research instead of vendor claims, with a separate session for managers. We then led the same team through CI/CD pipeline tooling improvements.

  • TDD with AI
  • Agentic tools
  • Guardrails and governance
  • CI/CD pipelines

Start a conversation

Tell us where the work keeps getting stuck.

You'll work directly with Max Barfuss, principal engineer, from the first call to the release.

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