Fractional CTO for Startups & SaaS

An advisor gives you opinions on monthly calls. A fractional CTO is actually embedded — joining standups, reviewing code, making architecture decisions, leading hiring. There's real operational accountability here, not just input. Think of it as a working CTO on a part-time schedule.

Especially then. Agencies build what you tell them to build. Without senior technical oversight on your side, you can't evaluate their architecture choices, their code quality, or whether they're padding hours with unnecessary complexity. A fractional CTO acts as your technical advocate and makes sure you're actually getting what you're paying for.

Typically 10 to 25 hours per week, depending on where you are and what you need. Early-stage startups usually start at 10–15 hours for strategy and hiring work. Companies approaching a fundraise or actively scaling their engineering team tend to need 20–25 hours for the heavier operational stuff.

The plan covers your current architecture assessment, recommended stack changes, hiring roadmap with timelines, security and compliance posture, vendor consolidation opportunities, and milestone-based deliverables. It's formatted for board consumption so investors can read your technical strategy right alongside your business plan.

Our focus is technical leadership, not writing code. We review what your engineers produce, set architecture standards, and keep things unblocked. If you need hands-on development, we can scope that separately — or help you hire the right developers through our network.

We write the job description, tap our network for candidates, lead the technical interviews, and run a structured handoff. Every architecture decision gets documented as an ADR along the way. Your new CTO walks into a clean codebase, clear documentation, and an engineering culture that actually functions — not a mess they have to untangle on day one.