Vincent Schmalbach — Fractional CTO
About this service
Fractional/part-time CTO services from a senior freelance developer for small software companies, covering technical decision-making, code and PR review, hiring support, roadmap planning and AI-first team setup. Available as fixed price, flat monthly rate, or hourly, always done personally rather than through an agency.
What's included
Recommendations on stack, vendor, build vs buy, fix vs rebuild, hire vs outsource, documented in writing.
Review of developers' code and PRs to catch scaling, security and assumption problems early.
Job descriptions, technical interviews and onboarding briefs for new developers.
Prioritization advice on what to build next, what to wait on and what not to build.
Tooling, review habits and guardrails so the team ships faster with AI without sacrificing quality.
Monitoring of hosting costs, backups and access control issues.
What you need to provide
- Access to your codebase (repo)
How It Works
Step 1: Initial conversation
Share an idea, repo access, screen recording or list of problems.
Step 2: Assessment and plan
Review what exists and outline what would be done and what it costs.
Step 3: Ongoing work
Ongoing part-time CTO support: decisions, reviews, hiring help and roadmap guidance.
Step 1: Initial conversation
Share an idea, repo access, screen recording or list of problems.
Step 2: Assessment and plan
Review what exists and outline what would be done and what it costs.
Step 3: Ongoing work
Ongoing part-time CTO support: decisions, reviews, hiring help and roadmap guidance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's included?
- Technical decisions with reasoning
Recommendations on stack, vendor, build vs buy, fix vs rebuild, hire vs outsource, documented in writing.
- Code and pull request review
Review of developers' code and PRs to catch scaling, security and assumption problems early.
- Hiring and developer management support
Job descriptions, technical interviews and onboarding briefs for new developers.
- Roadmap guidance
Prioritization advice on what to build next, what to wait on and what not to build.
- AI-first team setup
Tooling, review habits and guardrails so the team ships faster with AI without sacrificing quality.
- Cost, hosting and security oversight
Monitoring of hosting costs, backups and access control issues.
What do I need to provide?
- Access to your codebase (repo)
How long does it take?
This service is typically delivered on a custom timeline agreed upon before starting. Actual timelines may vary depending on the scope of work and current workload.
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