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nawal:~$ fractional-cto
Senior technical leadership, without a full-time hire.
Architecture, roadmap, hiring, and vendor decisions from someone who's shipped real systems — plus a team that can actually build what gets decided. On-demand, no equity ask.
- Decisions you can trust
- A team behind the advice
- No equity required
When you need a CTO but can't hire one yet.
- Big technical decisions with no senior person to make them.
- A dev team or agency with nobody holding them to a standard.
- You can't evaluate the engineers or vendors you're paying.
- A full-time CTO is a $300k+ commitment you're not ready for.
nawal:~$ solutions
What a fractional CTO gives you.
Architecture & roadmap
The technical direction, build-vs-buy calls, and sequencing that keep you from expensive mistakes — grounded in what you're actually trying to achieve.
Oversight of your team
Code and process review, hiring support, and accountability for whoever is building — in-house or outsourced.
A team that can build
Unlike a solo advisor, our recommendations come with an engineering team that can execute them when you need hands, not just opinions.
nawal:~$ process
How we work.
Four phases. The first one is free — not as a discount, but because we won't quote a system we don't understand yet.
Discovery
We sit with the people who do the work, not just the person who called us. We map how the operation actually runs — including the workarounds nobody documented. You keep the map either way.
1 week · free
Proposal
Scope, sequence, timeline, closed price — written so you could hand it to someone else and they'd understand it. You sign it or you don't.
1 week · fixed
Build
Two-week sprints. A working demo every Friday, run by the engineer who built it. Slack and repo access from day one — you can watch commits land.
8-24 weeks
Handover
We train your team on the system they now own. Monthly support if you want it, never as a condition. The code works without us.
ongoing · optional
nawal:~$ technologies
What we build with.
We pick the tool for the problem, not for the hype. A proven stack for reliability and scale.
- Backend
- Elixir · Phoenix · Python
- Frontend
- React · React Native · Flutter
- Data
- PostgreSQL · data pipelines
- AI
- Agents with Claude & GPT · n8n
- Cloud & DevOps
- AWS · GCP · Docker · Terraform
nawal:~$ pricing
How pricing works.
No hourly billing. No change-order games. Every phase has a scope, a timeline, and a closed price you see before you sign.
Discovery is free
One week. You get the operational map and a plan, whether or not you hire us.
Fixed price per phase
You know what it costs and when it ends before it starts. If scope changes, we re-quote in the open — we don't discover it on the invoice.
You own the code
Full repository, license 100% yours, at the close of each phase. No perpetual licenses, no lock-in. If you want to move it to another team, you can — and we'll help.
Have a number in mind? Say it on the call. We'll tell you straight whether it fits.
nawal:~$ questions
Fractional CTO, answered.
How much time do we get?
It's scoped to your needs — from a few hours a week of leadership and review to hands-on involvement during a critical build. We define it up front.
How is this different from a solo advisor?
A solo fractional CTO gives advice; when you need something built, you're on your own. We pair leadership with a team that can execute, so decisions turn into shipped software.
Do you take equity?
No. This is a straightforward engagement — no equity ask, no long lock-in.
Can you help us hire our own team?
Yes — we help define roles, screen candidates, and set up the practices your future in-house team will run on.
Got something that deserves to exist?
Tell us what you're trying to solve. Within 24 hours you'll have a call booked and a first read on it — no cost, no commitment, no fine print.