€5K/mo
Starting at
ENGINEERING
A senior CTO, without the hire. Technical judgment when you need it.
Senior technical leadership on a monthly retainer: architecture, hiring, roadmap, and vendor decisions, without the cost or commitment of a full-time CTO. For founders and leaders who need the judgment, not the headcount.
From 1 month
Engagement
1210
Playbook
200+
Products shipped
You need CTO-level help when…
The expensive gaps are usually here
Big decisions, no second opinion
You are signing off on architecture, vendors, and hires on instinct, with no senior technical person to catch the expensive mistakes.
Developers, but no direction
The team can build, but no one is setting standards or architecture, so quality and pace drift.
Talking to vendors in the dark
Agencies and SaaS vendors quote you confidently and you have no independent read on whether it is fair or right.
Hiring you cannot evaluate
You need to hire engineers but cannot judge who is actually good, so it is a gamble every time.
Technical leadership without another management layer.
01
Architecture and technical direction
We set the technical direction and architecture so your build scales and does not paint you into a corner.
02
Vendor and stack decisions
An independent read on agencies, tools, and stacks, so you stop overpaying and over-committing.
03
Hiring and team
We help you define roles, screen engineers, and build a team you can actually evaluate.
04
Roadmap and trade-offs
We translate business goals into a technical roadmap, with the trade-offs made explicit.
05
Hands-on when it counts
Not just advice from a distance. We review code, sit in on key decisions, and unblock the team when needed.
06
Vendor-neutral, on your side
We are not selling you a build. The advice serves your business, not our pipeline.
We can usually be useful from the first week.
01.
Assess
Week 1
We learn your business, your team, and your technical situation, and find the decisions and risks that matter most.
02.
Prioritize
Week 1-2
We agree where the leadership is needed first: architecture, hiring, vendors, or roadmap, and how we work together.
03.
Embed
Ongoing
We work alongside you and your team: decisions, reviews, direction, and unblocking, at the cadence you need.
04.
Adjust
Ongoing
The engagement flexes with you, more hands-on during big decisions, lighter when things are steady.
Transparent pricing. No surprises.
Advisory
Start here
€200/h
Regular sessions and decision support: architecture, vendors, hiring, roadmap. The judgment in the room when you need it.
Fractional CTO
Most popular
€8K to €10K/mo
Deeper, hands-on involvement: embedded with your team, leading technical direction and unblocking day to day.
Common questions.
You get a senior CTO’s experience and judgment on a monthly retainer, without the salary, equity, and commitment of a full-time hire. Many companies use this until a full-time CTO is the right call.
Bring the decision you do not want to get wrong.
Architecture, vendor, hiring, roadmap, or an inherited codebase: we can review the trade-offs and work alongside the team where hands-on help is useful.
Use the retainer when there is real work; no need to manufacture activity to fill a month.