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Fractional Architect & Senior Developer for Growing Companies

Get VP Engineering-level technical leadership without the full-time commitment. Strategic architecture, hands-on development, and AWS expertise for Seed through Series B companies.

Trusted by growing companies to deliver:

✓ 99.9% uptime within 90 days

✓ 20-40% reduction in AWS costs

✓ 50% faster deployment cycles

✓ Architecture that scales with your business

Senior Technical Leadership, On Demand

After 10+ years leading engineering teams at companies like Intellectual Technology and ID.me, I founded Tech Spelunking to help early-stage companies access senior technical expertise without the full-time commitment.

I work with Seed through Series B companies (10-100 employees) as a fractional architect and senior developer—providing strategic guidance and hands-on implementation.

Fractional CTO / Principal Architect

  • • Strategic technical planning and roadmap development
  • • Architecture decisions that support 3-5 year growth
  • • Technology stack evaluation and recommendations
  • • Board-level technical communication

Software Architecture & Development

  • • System design and architecture review
  • • Hands-on development for critical projects
  • • Code review and technical mentorship
  • • Technical debt assessment and remediation

AWS Infrastructure & DevOps

  • • Infrastructure optimization and cost reduction
  • • CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
  • • Performance tuning and scalability planning
  • • Monitoring, alerting, and incident response

Team Leadership & Mentorship

  • • Engineering team structure and hiring strategy
  • • Technical skills development and training
  • • Development process optimization
  • • Engineering culture and best practices

Results That Matter

99.9%
Uptime
Within 90 days

From constant outages to reliable infrastructure

20-40%
Cost Reduction
AWS optimization

Without sacrificing performance or reliability

50%
Faster Deployments
DevOps automation

From hours to minutes for production releases

2x
Feature Velocity
Clean architecture

Teams shipping features instead of fighting fires

Is This You?

Tech Spelunking is built for Seed through Series B companies (10-100 employees) experiencing growing pains:

  • ✓ You need senior technical guidance but aren't ready for a $250K+ full-time hire
  • ✓ Your team is making architecture decisions that will impact you for years
  • ✓ AWS costs are growing faster than your revenue
  • ✓ Technical debt is blocking feature development
  • ✓ Your engineers spend more time fighting fires than building
  • ✓ You're worried about making the wrong technical decisions

If this sounds familiar, let's talk about how fractional services can help.

Experience That Counts

With 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, I've led teams through:

  • Technical transformations at high-growth companies
  • Infrastructure scaling from startup to enterprise
  • Team building from 5 to 50+ engineers
  • AWS cost optimization saving $350K+ annually
  • Critical system migrations with zero downtime

Most recently as Sr. Director of Software Engineering at Intellectual Technology, with previous leadership roles at ID.me and other growing companies.

I bring the strategic thinking of an engineering executive with the hands-on skills to implement solutions alongside your team.

How We Work Together

Step 1

Discovery Call

(30 min, free)

  • • Understand your challenges and goals
  • • Assess fit and discuss approach
  • • Answer your questions
Step 2

Technical Assessment

(1-2 weeks)

  • • Review architecture and infrastructure
  • • Identify quick wins and strategic priorities
  • • Develop roadmap and recommendations
Step 3

Ongoing Engagement

(flexible)

  • • Strategic guidance and hands-on development
  • • Regular check-ins and progress reviews
  • • Knowledge transfer to your team
  • • Scale up or down based on needs

Ready to Scale Without the Growing Pains?

Let's discuss how fractional architect and senior developer services can help your company make better technical decisions and scale efficiently.

Schedule a Free Consultation