CTO as a Service

Fractional CTO & CTO-as-a-Service for Startups

Every technical decision made without senior judgment is a bet. A fractional CTO engagement puts qualified judgment on the calls that matter — working alongside your technical leadership, or covering that seat while it's empty.

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Senior Direction, at the Scope You Need Today

You get senior technical judgment where the stakes are highest — architecture calls, stack decisions, technical risk assessment — scoped to the decision in front of you right now. If you already have a CTO or a technical lead, this adds a second senior read to the calls that are expensive to reverse.

What's Covered

Each engagement is scoped around a specific decision point, not an open-ended retainer.

  • Architectural system design and technology decisions with business context
  • Technical roadmap aligned to your funding and hiring timeline
  • Guidance on defining engineering roles before you hire
  • Technical screening support for your first engineering hires

How the Engagement Works

Fully asynchronous, covered by a mutual NDA, with a fixed scope and a fixed price agreed before we start — no open-ended monthly retainer required.

Get Senior Technical Direction, Scoped to What You Need

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