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Fractional Head of Engineering

Scale Your Engineering Organization Without Hiring a Full-Time Executive

Fractional Head of Engineering helping B2B SaaS and AI companies modernize platforms, improve engineering execution, and build teams that consistently deliver.

Trusted by engineering teams building products in

  • FinTech
  • AI
  • SaaS
  • Logistics
  • Enterprise Software

20+ Years Engineering Experience

  • Cloud Native
  • Distributed Systems
  • Engineering Leadership

The Problem

Growth Shouldn't Break Your Engineering Team

  • As your company grows, the engineering challenges change.
  • What worked with five engineers no longer works with twenty.
  • Delivery slows down.
  • Technical debt compounds.
  • Architecture becomes fragile.
  • Hiring accelerates, but execution doesn't.
  • Engineering becomes reactive instead of strategic.

At some point, adding more developers stops solving the problem.

That's usually when companies realize they don't need more engineers.

They need stronger engineering leadership.

The Solution

Engineering Leadership That Creates Leverage

I work alongside founders and executive teams to remove the technical and organizational constraints preventing engineering from scaling.

Together we build an engineering organization capable of delivering consistently—not just shipping faster, but making better technical decisions that support long-term growth.

Typical engagements include:

  • Engineering organization assessments
  • Technical strategy
  • Platform modernization
  • Delivery optimization
  • Architecture reviews
  • Team structure
  • Hiring strategy
  • AI adoption
  • Platform scalability
  • Fractional engineering leadership

Who I Help

Built For Growing Software Companies

This is a strong fit if you're:

  1. Seed

    Preparing to scale your engineering organization.

  2. Series A

    Growing quickly but engineering can't keep up.

  3. Series B

    Managing multiple products while technical complexity increases.

  4. Enterprise

    Modernizing legacy platforms without disrupting the business.

Industries

  • B2B SaaS
  • AI
  • FinTech
  • Enterprise Software
  • Marketplaces

Outcomes

Engineering That Becomes a Competitive Advantage

Previous engagements have helped companies:

30%
Increase in engineering delivery velocity
40%
Reduction in critical platform downtime
5,000+
Daily financial transactions supported
  • Modernize legacy applications into cloud-native architectures
  • Improve engineering processes and delivery predictability
  • Build high-performing engineering teams aligned with business goals

Case Studies

Real Engineering Transformations

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How We Work

A Practical Partnership

  1. 01

    Engineering Assessment

    Understand your products, architecture, team, delivery process, and business priorities.

  2. 02

    Identify Constraints

    Find the highest-leverage technical and organizational bottlenecks.

  3. 03

    Build the Roadmap

    Create a practical execution plan with clear priorities.

  4. 04

    Execute Together

    Lead architecture, engineering improvements, mentoring, and strategic initiatives.

  5. 05

    Create Long-Term Capability

    Leave your engineering organization stronger than when we started.

FAQ

Common Questions

Usually when growth has outpaced what your current team can execute — delivery is slowing, technical debt is compounding, architecture is getting fragile, and hiring more engineers hasn't fixed it. That's the point where the constraint is leadership, not headcount.

You get senior engineering leadership on a fractional basis — without the six-figure salary, equity, and months-long search a full-time executive hire requires. It's the same strategic ownership of architecture, delivery, and team, scoped to what your stage actually needs right now.

Mostly seed-to-Series-B B2B SaaS and FinTech companies with engineering teams of roughly 5–50 people that are already shipping in production. I also work with enterprise teams modernizing legacy platforms.

Yes — I embed alongside your team rather than replacing it. That means architecture reviews, mentoring, and hands-on execution together, so the organization is stronger after the engagement than before it.
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