Fractional CTO & MVP Engineering for Startups
Stop guessing if your technology can handle your vision. Get a fractional technical partner who has built systems for billions of users and bootstrapped startups to millions in revenue.
The 'Founder’s Dilemma'
You have the market insight and distribution strategy, but the technical execution keeps you up at night. Non-technical founders typically face four expensive traps:
Vendor Dependency
Being tied to proprietary codebases or third-party teams that prioritize billing hours over your long-term independence.
Over-Engineering
Building a 'cathedral' when you only needed a 'tent' to survive 6 months, often leading to delayed implementations and wasted runway.
Scalability Walls
Waking up to find MVP code so brittle that adding a single feature breaks the entire platform.
AI Dead-ends
Relying entirely on AI code generators works until your prototype breaks and the AI can't fix it—leaving you with unseen maintenance burdens you don't understand.
You don't need just a coder. You need a hands-on experienced software builder who respects your runway.
Proven Solutions: I've Navigated These Traps Before
Before advising others, I built and scaled my own e-commerce business to $3M revenue using these exact principles.
Automation:
Built a custom warehouse OS that doubled processing capacity with zero additional staff hire.
Revenue Growth:
Engineered a bespoke e-commerce platform optimized for trust that processed $1.5M+ annually.
AI Implementation:
Designed and deployed computer vision agents with >70% precision for hardware condition assessment.
How We Can Collaborate
Fractional CTO / Advisor
Best for: Seed to Series A needing direction without a full-time executive salary.
- Tech Stack Selection (Buy vs Build): I evaluate trade-offs between speed and scalability, helping you choose the right tools—from serverless architectures to managed databases—to minimize long-term maintenance costs.
- Hiring & Vetting: I design technical interview processes and vet engineers or agencies to ensure you build a high-performing team that aligns with your culture and goals.
- Roadmap & Strategy: I translate business objectives into a technical roadmap, prioritizing features that drive growth while managing risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.
MVP Architecture & '0 to 1'
Best for: Early-stage founders validating a new idea.
- Rapid Prototyping: I architect and build functional MVPs using modern frameworks like Next.js and React, enabling you to test hypotheses and gather user feedback in weeks.
- AI Prototype Safety Net: I implement guardrails and validation layers for AI-driven features, ensuring your prototype is robust, secure, and ready for investor demos.
- Trust & Security: I design security-first architectures from day one, implementing best practices for data protection and user privacy to build trust with your early adopters.
Operational Automation
Best for: Scale-ups hitting efficiency bottlenecks.
- Warehouse & Logistics Digitization: I design custom software solutions to automate inventory management, order fulfillment, and shipping workflows, reducing manual errors and operational costs.
- System Audits & Modernization: I assess your legacy systems to identify performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities, proposing a modernization strategy that minimizes downtime.
- Regulatory Compliance Design: I help you navigate complex regulatory landscapes by designing systems that comply with industry standards like GDPR, SOC2, and HIPAA.