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SVC-07: Fractional CTO

You're making technical decisions without a technical leader.

Choosing a stack, hiring developers, judging an agency, answering investor questions. These calls are expensive to get wrong. We give you CTO-level judgment on a part-time basis until you're ready for a full-time hire.

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Fit check

This is for you if…

  1. 01

    You're a non-technical founder

    You're building a software company and need someone in your corner who speaks engineering.

  2. 02

    You manage developers or an agency

    You can't tell whether estimates are fair, the code is good or the team is on track.

  3. 03

    Investors ask technical questions

    Due diligence, architecture questions and roadmap credibility keep landing on your desk.

  4. 04

    A full-time CTO is premature

    The role matters, but a full-time executive hire is too early or out of budget.

Deliverables

What you get.

  1. D-01

    Technical strategy

    Stack, architecture and build-or-buy decisions made with you and written down.

  2. D-02

    Roadmaps you can trust

    Product goals turned into a realistic plan, with estimates from your team or vendors sanity-checked.

  3. D-03

    Team and vendor oversight

    Code reviews, sprint check-ins and an honest read on how your developers or agency are doing.

  4. D-04

    Hiring support

    Job specs, interview loops and technical assessments for your first engineers or full-time CTO.

  5. D-05

    Investor and board support

    Technical sections of decks, due-diligence answers and a credible voice on calls.

Tech stack

Tools we fly with.

We pick what fits your product and your future team, not what's fashionable.
Strategy
  • Architecture reviews
  • Build or buy
  • Vendor selection
Delivery
  • Roadmaps
  • Estimates
  • Sprint process
  • Code review
Team
  • Hiring
  • Interviewing
  • Onboarding
Platforms
  • Web
  • Mobile
  • Cloud
  • AI tooling
Flight plan

How this mission runs.

  1. 01
    Week 1

    Discovery

    We learn the business, the product, the team and the current state of the tech.

  2. 02
    Week 2

    Assessment

    A written view of what's working, what's at risk and what to decide first.

  3. 03
    Monthly

    Ongoing leadership

    Regular time with you and your team on decisions, reviews, hiring and planning.

  4. 04
    When you're ready

    Transition

    We help hire your full-time technical leader and hand over cleanly.

// Typical timings. We confirm yours in the written mission plan.

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FAQ

Questions we hear.

Something else on your mind? Ask it on the call. That's what it's for.

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How much time do you spend with us?

It's agreed up front based on what you need, and can flex up during critical stretches. You'll always know what you're getting.

Will you write code too?

When it helps, yes. Most fractional CTO work is judgment and oversight, but we can also lead a build directly.

Can you help us hire a full-time CTO?

Yes. Helping you hire the right person to replace us is one of the most useful things we do.

Do you work with our existing agency?

Yes. We act as your technical representative, so the agency has a clear counterpart and you have someone checking the work.

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Get a technical leader in your corner.

Tell us where the business is and what's keeping you up at night. We'll tell you how we'd help.

Book a callor hello@lvl10tech.io