Consulting & Architecture

Hourly consulting and part-time fractional CTO work for businesses that need a senior technical partner.

The Right Architecture from the Start

We work as a technical partner, taking an active interest in your business succeeding as well as the software working.

Our preferred model is ongoing hourly work with a consistent team. Focused consulting and part-time fractional CTO engagements are also available.

Architecture Patterns We Work With

Microservices Modular Monoliths Event-Driven Architecture CQRS Event Sourcing Domain-Driven Design REST API Design GraphQL gRPC Serverless Edge Computing Multi-tenant SaaS

Cross-Cutting Expertise

Security Architecture Performance Engineering Scalability Planning Data Architecture API Strategy Cloud Migration Technical Debt Assessment Build vs Buy Analysis

Ongoing engineering

A consistent team working with you on an hourly basis as the product and business evolve. Team size follows the technical challenge and your budget.

Hourly consulting

Direct work with Art on an AI integration, a technical problem, or the next decisions for your product.

Fractional CTO

Part-time technical leadership for a business that needs senior judgment without a full-time CTO engagement.

Security Consulting

Security architecture reviews, threat modeling, authentication design, and compliance readiness (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).

Team Mentoring

Level up your engineering team through code reviews, pair programming, architecture workshops, and knowledge transfer from senior engineers.

Due Diligence

Technical due diligence for acquisitions and investments. Honest assessment of codebases, architecture, team capability, and technical risk.

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