Fractional CTO Services
Startup, established business, or accelerator — the core offer is the same: a leaner engineering team that ships faster with AI. Start with the audit, or book a free call.
A fractional CTO gives you senior technical leadership part-time (architecture, hiring, AI adoption, and cost control) without a full-time executive's salary. Oleg offers three tracks: for startups, for established businesses, and for accelerators.
Efficiency, by design
One senior engineer, my proven frameworks, and a ready-made platform replace a whole department, along with the overhead that comes with it.
lower dev payroll
engineer instead of a whole team
CI runs in seconds, not minutes
Jira tickets slowing you down
Numbers vary by project, but the pattern holds: fewer people, faster shipping, lower burn.
Your platform, included
I don't just advise. I bring a production-grade engineering platform with me, ready on day one.
GitLab instance
A private GitLab with source control, CI/CD, registry, and issue tracking, yours from the first day.
In-memory runners
Ultra-fast CI/CD runners that build and test in memory, so pipelines finish before you switch tabs.
Sentry observability
Error and performance monitoring wired in from the start. Issues surface before your users notice them.
Plus Grafana, Loki, and the rest of the stack, fully managed, no extra invoices.
Less process, more shipping
When one strong engineer owns the work end to end, most of the coordination overhead simply disappears.
Traditional pipeline
My model
Most clients drop Jira and YouTrack entirely. The tracking system was the bottleneck, not the work.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a fractional CTO?
A fractional CTO is a senior technical leader who works with your company part-time, providing the architecture, hiring, and engineering strategy of a full CTO without the full-time cost. Oleg brings 25+ years in IT, 7 patents, and 1000+ shipped projects to startups and scale-ups.
How does a fractional CTO engagement work?
Engagements are flexible, from a few hours of advisory a week to hands-on technical leadership. It usually starts with an architecture and team review, then ongoing guidance on technology decisions, hiring, and cost. You get senior leadership exactly when you need it, and scale it up or down as your needs change.
When should I hire a fractional CTO instead of a full-time one?
A fractional CTO fits when you need senior technical judgment but can't yet justify a full-time executive salary: early-stage startups, companies between CTOs, or teams that want an experienced second opinion on architecture, AI adoption, or cloud costs.
What areas does Oleg focus on?
Three areas with the highest leverage: engineering team optimization with AI (restructuring around 1–2 AI-augmented engineers and replacing repetitive work with AI workflows), technical architecture and technology selection, and infrastructure cost optimization, cutting cloud bills by up to 80%.
From the blog
Playbooks and breakdowns on AI-augmented engineering teams.
Not Sure Which Track Fits?
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll figure out together which approach makes the most sense for your situation.