Engineering leaders,on-demand.
Fractional CTOs, VP Engineering, and technical advisors — embedded in your team to set strategy, build org structure, and ship the right things.
Leadership that operates.
Real engineering leaders embedded in your team — not advisors with slide decks. We own outcomes.
Real Operators
Our fractional CTOs and VPs have built and scaled engineering orgs at startups and Fortune 500 companies. Not consultants — operators.
Embedded, Not Advisory
We sit in your standups, your hiring panels, your board meetings. We're accountable to outcomes, not slide decks.
Outcome-Driven
Velocity, retention, NPS, ship rate — we measure leadership the same way we measure engineering.
Calibrated to Stage
We bring different playbooks for seed, Series A/B, growth, and enterprise. No one-size-fits-all.
The full leadership stack.
From day-to-day team management to high-stakes M&A integration — we've done it all and we'll do it for you.
Fractional CTO & VP Engineering
When you need a senior engineering leader but can't afford (or don't need) a full-time hire. We embed for 10–30 hours a week.
- Technical strategy & roadmap ownership
- Hiring & team scaling
- Architecture decisions & RFCs
- Board & investor reporting
- Vendor & tooling decisions
- Hands-on code & PR review when needed
Engineering Org Design
Team topologies, reporting structures, leveling, comp bands, career ladders. We design organizations that scale beyond 10 people.
- Team topology & cross-functional pods
- Engineering ladder & leveling guides
- Compensation benchmarking & bands
- Manager-to-IC ratio planning
- Hiring loop design & calibration
- Performance review frameworks
Agile Transformation & Coaching
Real agility, not cargo-cult Scrum. We coach teams toward continuous delivery, healthy WIP, and flow-based prioritization.
- Scrum, Kanban, Shape Up, Linear Method
- Continuous delivery & trunk-based dev
- RFC & decision-log process
- Incident retros & post-mortem culture
- Velocity & cycle-time tracking
- Healthy WIP & flow management
Technical Due Diligence
Buying or investing in a tech company? We audit code, infra, security, and team — and write the report your investment committee needs.
- Codebase quality & maintainability assessment
- Infrastructure & cost analysis
- Security & compliance review
- Team & culture evaluation
- Tech debt quantification
- Risk-rated executive summary
OKR & KPI Frameworks
Goal-setting that actually moves the needle. We help engineering leaders translate company strategy into team-level outcomes.
- Quarterly OKR planning & calibration
- Engineering KPI dashboards
- DORA metrics & SPACE framework
- Customer outcome tracking
- Goal cascading & alignment
- Quarterly business reviews
M&A Integration
Acquired a company? We've merged engineering teams, codebases, and cultures — without breaking morale or production.
- Day-1 integration planning
- Codebase consolidation strategy
- Tooling & infrastructure unification
- Team rebadging & retention plans
- Cultural integration playbooks
- Synergy realization tracking