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HireFractional
CTO
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Fractional
CTOs.

Engineering leadership without the $300K+ price tag. Hire a battle-tested CTO to architect your stack, lead your team, and ship faster — on your terms.

70%cost savingsvs full-time CTO
2wkavg onboardto first sprint
10×faster hiringthan traditional search
15+years avgengineering experience
The Role

What does a
Fractional CTO do?

A fractional CTO is your technical co-founder without the equity. They own the engineering vision — from choosing the right stack to shipping production-grade software — while you focus on the business.

Whether you're pre-product or scaling to millions of users, a fractional CTO brings the architectural wisdom and leadership discipline to get you there without the wrong turns.

// key responsibilities
engineering_team.lead()
architecture.design()
tech_stack.evaluate()
product.roadmap()
hiring.engineers()
security.audit()
$10-30K
Monthly Cost
vs $300K+ full-time
2 weeks
Time to Start
vs 6 months hiring
10×
Faster Decisions
senior engineering judgment
15+ yrs
Experience
across 100+ tech stacks
The Case

Why hire fractional?

01

Cost-Effective

Pay $10-30K/month instead of $300K+ salary. No equity dilution, no benefits overhead.

02

Ship Faster

Senior engineering judgment from day one. No ramp-up, no wrong architectural decisions.

03

Scale on Demand

More hours during crunch, fewer during stable periods. Perfectly matched to your burn rate.

04

Battle-Tested

Access CTOs who have built and scaled systems to millions of users at successful startups.

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