Senior engineering judgement, on tap.
Fractional CTOs, technical due diligence, architecture reviews, and team coaching for founders and scale-ups who need engineering leadership without the full-time hire.
The cost of bad technical decisions is non-linear.
Most companies don’t need a full-time CTO. They need someone senior who has shipped this kind of system before, can make calls under uncertainty, and can write the calls down so the team can act on them.
We embed alongside founders and engineering leaders for 4–20 hours per week. We pick architectures, hire engineers, run technical strategy, and translate engineering reality into board-level reporting.
Sub-services in this category.
Each one is a dedicated practice with senior leads, dedicated tooling, and a written playbook.
How we run an engagement.
Listen
We start with conversations — founder, leadership, IC engineers. We read what we’re given and ask for what we’re not.
Diagnose
We document the current state in writing. Architecture, team, hiring, process. Where the leverage is. Where the risk is.
Decide
We make the calls or help you make them. Build vs buy, hire vs outsource, rewrite vs refactor — written down with the reasoning.
Operate
We stay involved at the cadence that matches your needs — weekly, bi-weekly, monthly — and adjust as the company changes.
Frequently asked.
4 questions answered. Still have one? Reach out.
Engagements range from $6k/month (2 days) to $20k/month (1 day per week). We don’t take equity — too messy, and it bends our incentives.