Fractional Engagements
What "fractional" actually means
You get senior architectural judgment — a few focused days a month — without a full-time salary, benefits, or a six-month hunt to fill the seat. When the intensive work is done, we scale down instead of you carrying idle headcount. It's the senior call made correctly, on the cadence your problem actually needs.
Who this is for
Small and mid-sized teams who need the right architecture but not a full-time architect. Founders past the prototype who now need it to scale. Teams mid-modernization who need someone who's done it before. Orgs adopting AI-assisted development who want it to pay off instead of quietly backfire.
How engagements usually shape up
Three common shapes. Most start with a conversation that sorts out which one fits.
Architecture assessment
A fixed-scope review of a system or a decision, with a written recommendation you can act on with or without me.
Ongoing fractional architect
A recurring few days a month: design, reviews, hands-on building, and the senior calls as they come up.
Project-based build
A defined deliverable — a modernization slice, a greenfield platform, an AI-delivery practice stood up in your team — scoped and shipped.
What you can expect
If a few days a month of the right senior judgment isn't enough to move your problem, I'll say so, and we won't start. I'd rather turn down a bad fit than take an engagement that can't succeed. That's not principle for its own sake — it's how the referrals keep coming.
Start with a conversation.
Tell me what's in front of you. If a few focused days a month can move it, I'll tell you how I'd approach it.
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