Founder-led · Hannover · Remote-first

Turn AI hype into software that ships.

Forge Labs UG builds full-stack apps, MVPs, AWS infrastructure, workflow automation, and AI features for small teams in Germany. Validated, documented, and built so your team can own it after handover.

Full-stack & MVPsGenAI · RAG · AutomationAWS ArchitectureAI Enablement
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What Forge Labs does

Senior engineering for teams that need outcomes.

Not another chatbot on top of a model. Forge Labs builds structured, auditable systems and the engineering practices that keep them reliable.

We combine full-stack product engineering, AWS architecture, and applied GenAI into software that can actually be used.

Consulting is intentionally focused: Germany, small teams, remote/async, and usually 8-20 hours per week. That fits clear projects, fractional support, and senior delivery without full-time hiring.

Who it's for

01

Startups & CTOs

Turn an idea, roadmap pressure, or feature gap into a usable MVP, SaaS feature, or clear technical plan.

02

SMEs & Mittelstand

Turn manual, error-prone work into validated workflows with logs, review points, and clear failure paths.

03

Agencies & consulting teams

Add senior GenAI, RAG, AWS, or full-stack capacity for scoped delivery without building a new internal team.

Services

Five service lines, one goal: shipped software.

Full-Stack Product Engineering

Ship

React/Next.js, TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, APIs, tests, and CI/CD.

You get a usable app, MVP, or feature slice your team can extend.

GenAI Pipelines & Automation

Automate

Multi-step LLM workflows with structured outputs, validation, retries, and audit trails.

You get automation for work that is slow, manual, or error-prone today.

RAG & Chatbot Systems

Trust

Grounding, vector search, citations, evaluation, and safe UX for internal or user-facing assistants.

You get AI answers that are traceable, testable, and reviewable.

AWS Architecture & Optimization

Scale

CDK, DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS, SQS/SNS, monitoring, right-sizing, and cost review.

You get less cloud waste, lower risk, and a prioritized implementation plan.

AI-Augmented Engineering Enablement

Adopt

Cursor, Claude, Copilot, custom agent workflows, team rules, review processes, and handover docs.

You get AI as a real engineering lever, not prompt chaos.

Engagements

Three clear ways to work together.

No endless consulting decks. Pick the format that fits — pricing is scoped after a short discovery call.

01 · Project

Fixed scope

A defined deliverable — an MVP, a GenAI pipeline, a RAG system, or an AWS cost audit. Scoped, built, tested, and handed over so your team owns it.

02 · Fractional

8–20h / week

Ongoing senior architecture, implementation, and AI enablement — the senior capacity of a hire, without the full-time commitment.

03 · Contract

Embedded

Embedded with your team for a defined period to ship one specific, well-scoped outcome end to end.

Crew Orbit & engineering

Product thinking plus senior software engineering.

Forge Labs is not an anonymous agency. The work comes from Kevin Voß's experience as a full-stack, AWS, and GenAI software engineer and from building Crew Orbit.

Flagship

Crew Orbit

The AI engineering team-in-a-box. Stop prompting. Start shipping. Crew Orbit replaces prompt chaos with structured workflows for planning, implementation, validation, and review.

Custom AI roles: Planner, Developer, QA, Security
Self-correcting loops, tests, and validation gates
Parallel cloud execution with full visibility
Bring your own provider keys; code stays in your repo
Explore Crew Orbit

Kevin Voß · Founder & Engineer

Senior full-stack and GenAI software engineer from Hannover focused on React/TypeScript, Java/Spring Boot, AWS, RAG, LLM workflows, and AI-assisted engineering processes.

4.5+ years of production engineering
AWS Certified Developer Associate & Cloud Practitioner
Cloud-native systems, automation, and technical leadership
Builder-to-builder consulting instead of buzzword slides

Skills & stack

Senior across the whole stack.

One engineer who takes a product from architecture to AI to cloud — no handoffs, no translation loss between separate teams.

AI & GenAI

Build & trust
OpenAIClaudeSpring AIRAG & groundingCitations & evaluationAI agents & tool callingPrompt engineeringQdrantCursor / Copilot

Frontend

Ship
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptAngularTailwindshadcn/uiTanStackMicrofrontendsPlaywright

Backend

Engineer
JavaKotlinSpring BootNode.jsPythonREST APIsMicroservicesDynamoDBPostgreSQL

Cloud & DevOps

Scale
AWS CDKLambdaECS / FargateSQS / SNSCognitoCloudWatchTerraformDockerCI/CDStripe

Proof from production

Results that shape how Forge Labs works.

Founder experience from SaaS, cloud, and GenAI delivery. Numbers are context-dependent, but they show what the work optimizes for: time, cost, reliability, and ownership.

~90%

AWS cost reduction through indexing, right-sizing, monitoring, and auto-scaling in a SaaS platform.

~50%

Faster delivery through architecture, reviews, testing, CI/CD, and structured engineering practices.

95%

Manual-time reduction in a GenAI pipeline: 30-60 minutes to under 1 minute.

RAG validation, citations, and file-structure optimization for enterprise knowledge workflows.

Selected project experience includes GenAI pipelines, RAG validation, real-time infrastructure, and SaaS platforms for companies such as GS1, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, and Micromerce.

How we work

Senior, async, and intentionally focused.

Forge Labs is not a large dev shop with a bench. It is founder-led delivery for a small number of well-scoped engagements.

01

Discover

Clarify the goal, users, constraints, current stack, and first useful outcome.

02

Design

Define architecture, risks, data flow, scope, and realistic calendar timing.

03

Build

Ship increments, test, review, and document decisions as the work moves.

04

Transfer

Deliver handover docs, runbooks, and next steps so your team owns the result.

FAQ

Questions founders, CTOs, and teams ask.

What does Forge Labs UG do?+
Forge Labs UG builds full-stack apps, MVPs, AWS infrastructure, automation, and AI features. It also builds Crew Orbit as its own AI engineering product.
Who is it for?+
Best for startups, small companies, CTOs, product leads, and agencies in Germany that need senior remote/async delivery. Typical formats are scoped projects or 8-20h/week fractional support.
Are you available full-time?+
No. Forge Labs is founder-led and intentionally focused on a few engagements. It is a fit for clear scopes, architecture decisions, reviews, and implementation, not classic full-time staff augmentation.
How do you make AI output reliable?+
With structured outputs, validation gates, retry logic, citations, evaluation, audit trails, and human review. AI should be a real lever, not a black-box risk.
Is there lock-in?+
The goal is customer ownership: code should stay in your repo where possible, decisions are documented, and Crew Orbit supports bring-your-own provider keys.

Let's build

What should ship first?

Send a short note with what you want to build or improve: goal, current stack, first useful outcome, and timing. You will get a clear recommendation on what should happen first.