Fractional CTO · SaaS Startups
The technical leadership your SaaS startup needs — without the full-time hire.
Experienced CTO-level guidance on architecture, team building, and product strategy for early and growth-stage SaaS companies ready to move faster and build smarter.
Common challenges we solve
Your team is making costly architecture decisions without senior guidance
Technical debt compounds fast in early-stage products. Without experienced oversight, today's shortcuts become tomorrow's rewrites.
You're spending too much time on engineering instead of the business
Founders and product leads shouldn't be the de facto CTO. You need someone who owns the technical direction so you can focus on growth.
Hiring a full-time CTO isn't the right move yet
A $250K+ full-time hire doesn't make sense at your stage — but having no technical leadership is costing you more than you realize.
Your engineering team lacks direction and accountability
Without clear technical leadership, sprint velocity drops, priorities drift, and your best engineers start looking elsewhere.
How StackShift helps
Fractional CTO
Ongoing strategic leadership — architecture decisions, roadmap guidance, team development, and board communication on a part-time basis.
AI Advisory
Practical guidance on where and how to integrate AI into your SaaS product — from feature strategy to responsible implementation.
Technical Coaching
Level up your engineering leads so they can operate with more autonomy and grow into senior roles as your company scales.
You're working with a practitioner, not a consultant
Ben Hooper is a cloud architect and engineering leader with over a decade of experience building systems, leading teams, and navigating AI adoption in real organizations. StackShift was built on the belief that the best advice comes from people who've actually shipped the work.
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Book a free 30-minute call to talk through your situation. No obligation — just an honest conversation about whether we're the right fit.