Technical leadership and expertise exactly when you need them
You're building your product, but lack technical depth in the right place? Whether strategic leadership as a Fractional CTO or targeted expertise as a Specialist – we integrate into your team, build with you and make sure that, in the end, you can move forward on your own. No more. No less.
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What we bring – and take with us again
We don't believe in dependencies. Our engagement is designed so that, at the end of our work together, there is more expertise in your company than before – not with us. That applies to the Fractional CTO as much as to every one of our Specialists.
Fractional CTO
Strategy
Keeping the technical overview, making architecture decisions and steering technology strategically – that takes a CTO. Startup or SME: the need to keep technology up to date exists regardless of company size.
With you
We take on this role to exactly the extent that suits you. We lead your engineering team, own the technology roadmap, make architecture decisions and talk to investors and stakeholders as equals – and we do it with the clear goal that one day you carry this responsibility yourselves.
Technology strategy and roadmap
We develop a clear technical direction – together with you, not for you. The result is a roadmap your team understands, owns and can develop further on its own.
Architecture and technology decisions
We make technical decisions transparently and with clear reasons. What the alternatives are, why we choose a direction and what the consequences are – your team learns along with every decision.
Building and leading engineering teams
We help you build a team that works without us. Structures, processes and a healthy engineering culture that lasts – long after we've gone.
Communication with stakeholders and investors
Making technical complexity understandable without watering it down. We translate between tech and business – and enable your team to do it themselves one day.
Make-or-buy decisions and vendor management
We take an honest look at what you should build yourselves and where external solutions make more sense. Our goal is always to minimise your dependencies – including on us.
Managing technical budgets and resources
Investing where it creates real value – with an eye on what your team can manage on its own in the long run. No flying blind, but full transparency.
Fractional Specialists
Not every challenge needs a CTO. Sometimes what's missing is concrete expertise in a specific area – and that's exactly what our Specialists are for. No overhead, no long ramp-up, just expertise you can put to work straight away.
DevOps & Platform Engineering
CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, cloud migration and stable platforms. We make sure your team can deploy faster and more safely.
Software Architecture
From monolith migration to greenfield architecture. We think in systems and build architectures that work today and scale tomorrow.
Kubernetes & Container Orchestration
Cluster design, GitOps workflows, multi-tenancy and production hardening. We bring your Kubernetes environment up to the level you need.
Compliance & regulation
BSI IT-Grundschutz and NIS-2 – we guide you from gap assessment to certification. Practical, without needless bureaucratic theatre.
Data protection (GDPR)
Technical and organisational measures, data protection impact assessments and support during audits. Understandable, actionable, no legalese.
Information security
Threat modelling, security architecture reviews, incident response planning and building a lasting security culture in your team.
What you should know before we start
Fractional models don't work for everyone – and we'd rather say so openly. We're the best fit for you if you recognise yourselves in one of these situations:
Startups from their first growth phase that need technical leadership but can't – or don't want to – justify a full-time CTO yet.
SMEs in transformation projects that are tackling digitalisation, modernisation or scaling and need targeted outside expertise for it, without building up headcount for the long term.
Companies after a CTO has left that need a bridge – staying operationally capable while they look for the right permanent hire.
Teams with a specific gap that can't or don't want to advertise a position, but need reinforcement for a particular topic, project or phase.
How does a fractional engagement work?
Our approach is clearly structured – and always geared towards an end. We come in order to leave.
Discovery & analysis
We get to understand your situation: technical status, team set-up, open issues and strategic goals. No questionnaire ping-pong, but real conversations.
Engagement design
Together, we define what's needed: scope, duration, role and measurable success criteria. That way, everyone knows where they stand.
Hands-on delivery
We work as part of your team – not as external consultants keeping their distance. Decisions are made together, knowledge is actively shared.
Knowledge transfer & documentation
Everything we build, we document so that your team can carry it on themselves. Decisions are explained, alternatives are laid out.
Handover & exit
We leave – knowing that more expertise stays with you than before. When you no longer need us, we've done our job right.