Fractional CTO Services

Not every company needs a full-time CTO, but every company making technical decisions needs senior engineering judgment. We provide fractional technical leadership — from defining engineering strategy and evaluating build-vs-buy decisions to mentoring engineering leads and establishing the processes that let teams scale. The goal is building internal capability, not creating a consulting dependency.

Capabilities

What We Deliver

Engineering strategy and technical roadmap development
Build vs. buy evaluation and vendor assessment
Engineering team structure and hiring strategy
Technical due diligence for investors or acquisitions
Engineering process design (code review, incident response, release management)
Mentoring and coaching for engineering managers and tech leads

Use Cases

When This Helps

Early-stage startups needing technical leadership before a full-time CTO hire
Growing companies scaling their engineering team and needing process maturity
Organizations evaluating major technical decisions (replatforming, architecture changes)
Investors needing independent technical due diligence on portfolio companies

Architecture Design & Scaling

System design, scalable backends, and data-intensive application architecture.

AI Integration & Development

LLM integration, prompt engineering, and AI-assisted development workflows that actually work in production.

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A 30-minute strategy call to discuss your current challenges and whether an engagement makes sense for your team.

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