Solution
Technology partner for startups with a product
You already have a product and customers, but every important technical decision falls on one or two people and there is nobody to check it against. That is the gap we fill.
The problem
The product grows faster than the technical judgement
The startup moved fast and well, but now there are decisions — scaling, security, a redesign, hiring — that need experience the team does not yet have, and a permanent CTO is not warranted.
Signs this is you
- One person knows critical parts of the system
- Technical debt is mentioned in every meeting with no numbers
- Nobody with experience reviews the architecture decisions
- You need to hire technical people and cannot define the role or interview
What we do
What we do
Fractional technical leadership
A few days a month, continuously, with responsibility for the decisions: architecture, technical roadmap, vendor control.
Technical debt with numbers
We quantify what it costs to maintain what you have so it can be prioritised like any other investment.
Technical hiring
Role definition, participation in interviews and design of the team's engineering practice.
Development reinforcement
Senior hands for the specific piece that blocks the team, when needed.
- Days a month
- not a permanent CTO
- With numbers
- technical debt gets prioritised, not just mentioned
- Presentable
- a technical plan in board format
How we do it
How we do it
Diagnosis
We review architecture, risks and team organisation. We come out with the three decisions that matter most now.
DeliverableTechnical diagnosis
Continuous engagement
A fixed rhythm of days a month with quarterly goals, presentable to a board.
DeliverableQuarterly technical plan
Review and adjust
Every quarter we review what has changed and re-adjust the priority.
DeliverableProgress report
Technologies
- Vue.js
- Nuxt
- Node.js
- Laravel
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- Docker
- Terraform
FAQ
What people ask us
How is this different from a one-off consultancy?
In the continuity and the responsibility. We do not hand over a report and leave: we take part in the decisions month by month and answer for them.
What if what we need is hands, not decisions?
Then what you need is development capacity and it is cheaper. We say so in the diagnosis if that is the case.
When does it make sense to move to a permanent CTO?
When technology is so central and the team so large that it needs full-time attention. We help with that transition, including the hiring.
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Next step
Half an hour well spent
Walk us through the problem on a short call. You leave with a first read on how we'd approach it and what it would involve — no commitment, no sales deck.