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Engage top-level CTO for your startup to grow and achieve goals faster. Hire an experienced specialist who will support your team in the aspects of business development, and strategic planning, and help make crucial decisions on architecture, tech stack, etc.
About CTO as a Service for Startups
CTO as a service helps you access the expertise of a qualified Chief Technology Officer or an entire team without full-time hiring. This is especially advantageous for startups who often don’t have enough financial resources to engage such qualified specialists on a full-time basis. You can also choose a suitable cooperation model.
You can get a part-time CTO who can handle all the CTO responsibilities but for a limited time, like 10-30 hours a month. For small projects, this amount of time will be sufficient. This way, you don’t pay for a full-time hiring, but get a high-quality solution as a result. A fractional CTO focuses on a particular range of tasks defined by the client and cooperates with in-house experts.
A CTO is not necessarily one person, it can be a team of specialists where each member has profound expertise in their narrow field. Such a team may consist of an architect, and a team lead for the back-end and front-end. Each specialist has his own rate per hour. However, when it comes to involvement, the architect is needed mainly at the beginning, and the back-end and front-end leads may be involved on a daily basis.
CTO as a service for startups is needed when the in-house team may lack the technical expertise required to make crucial decisions about the product’s technology stack, architecture, or product roadmap. Bringing in a CTO as a service fills this expertise gap and ensures that team decisions are relevant to your product’s business goals.
The Benefits of CTO as a Service
Hiring an experienced CTO on a flexible basis can bring numerous advantages to your project, ranging from cost savings to tapping into the pool of specialists with the skills and experience you require.
Reduced cost
Access the needed expertise without having to pay a full-time salary
Flexible pricing
Pay only for the specific services you need
Required skillset
Access specific skill sets needed for your project
Several specialists as an CTO
Engage a group of diverse specialists
Team configuration
Allow a CTO to build and configure your in-house team
Fast start
Get your project up and running with a new CTO in a day
Industry-specific knowledge
Find CTOs with experience in your industry
Adaptability
Scale the level of CTO involvement as your business grows
Flexibility
Adjust the hours or services to meet the changing needs
Quick onboarding
Involve experts in your projects immediately
Architecture
Establish a robust architecture from the initial MVP phase
Time saving
Save tons of time on fixing mistakes and redoing work
Work Process
CTO as a service for startups is a service that helps hire a CTO on a flexible basis. Their responsibilities may include various tasks. Here are the most common responsibilities a CTO may have.
1
Analysis
A CTO accesses the current state of your product, conducts research, and gives recommendations for the best solutions.
2
Architecture
A specialist can help create your product architecture from scratch or optimize the existing one.
3
Team consulting
A specialist consults other team members and helps make more informed decisions on a product.
4
Developing the difficult parts
A CTO can be responsible for the most challenging tasks in product development, such as architecture development, prototyping, cloud migration, etc.
5
Code quality control
A CTO helps the team reduce the number of bugs and errors, which leads to more robust and secure software.
6
Support and maintenance
A CTO can help provide more efficient support to your product and solve issues.
Our Clients
We develop large projects for clients across 27 countries, a significant number of which are featured on the Fortune 500 list.
Why You Need It
CTO as a service for startups can help you access the needed expertise if you lack the resources to hire a full-time specialist and want to come up with a solution with minimum rework in the future. Hire an experienced leader to help your team make better decisions and improve your product.
Increased solution quality
You want to make your solution more scalable while saving resources
Limited budget
You can’t afford to engage a CTO on a full-time basis in your project
Expert vision
You want an expert opinion on aspects like architecture, performance, security, etc.
Mentorship
You want an experienced specialist to be a mentor for your team
Long-term planning
You want to make critical decisions with the assistance of an expert
Architecture
Your current architecture is outdated or incapable of supporting a product
Flexible cooperation
You don’t need a long-term full-time employee to be engaged in your project
MVP development
You want to develop a high-quality MVP with minimum investment
Technical issues
You face numerous technical issues in your project
Risk mitigation
You want to minimize the non-obvious risks
Complex solution
You have a technically complex solution
Team education
You want an experienced specialist to educate your full-time team
Implementation issues
You don’t know how to implement a part of your project
Hire a CTO on a flexible basis
Working with our experienced CTOs, you can access their vast experience and comprehensive skill sets and reduce costs on full-time hiring.
Our Software Development Standards
In our work, we follow international approaches and standards such as:
| Management: | PMP |
| Design: | ISO 9241-210 |
| Programming: | Coding conventions, MDN Web Docs, Naming convention |
| Python: | PEP 8 |
| JS/TS: | ECMA, JavaScript Standard Style, Google TypeScript Style Guide, ESLint |
| PHP: | PSR |
| С#: | ReSharper |
| HTML/CSS: | W3C |
| Security: | GDPR |
| Testing: | ISTQB |
Related Case Studies
Projects we are proud of
Why Choose SECL Group for CTO as a Service?
Having substantial expertise with startups, we offer specialists with the skill sets needed for different tasks and projects. We can also adjust easily to flexible involvement in your project.
Experience with startups
Startups are 50% of projects in our portfolio
Focus on client success
The success of the client’s project is our key goal
Experienced developers
We offer software engineers with over 15 years of experience
CTO buyout
We offer the option to hire our CTOs directly
Complex projects
We specialize in large-scale, technically complex projects
On-site involvement
Our specialists can work on-site at your client’s location
Business trips
Our specialists can travel to your client’s location for collaborative sessions
Specific requirements
We can recruit the ideal specialist tailored to your project needs
Technical team
We can provide not only individual technical experts but also entire teams
T&M model
We can fulfill any technical need of your project on a time and materials basis
High-load projects
We have experience working on projects with 10+ million monthly visitors
Security needs
Our CTOs have worked with financial systems requiring high security standards
Enterprise projects
We are experienced in developing large-scale enterprise systems
Programming languages
Our technical experts often have proficiency in multiple programming languages
Hundreds of projects
We have completed hundreds of projects
Flexible CTO involvement
We have experience providing CTO-as-a-service for startups
Python, JS, and PHP
We have specialists who work with Python, JS, and PHP
Different work scope
We offer CTOs who can be involved in a project even for a few hours a month
Certified specialists
We have certified specialists in different technologies and platforms
Fortune 500 clients
We have experience of working with Fortune 500 companies
Many locations
We have 5 offices across different global locations
A team of 70+ specialists
We have a full-time team of 70+ software developers
82% senior engineers
We have an 82% seniority level in our team
Our Awards
Authoritative Design Award
Behance Interaction Award
Technologies
We choose the technology stack for every software development project individually. Here are those we specialise in.
Programming languages:
Web / Frameworks:
Databases / Data storage:
DevOps containers:
DevOps automation:
DevOps CI/CD:
DevOps monitoring:
Testing:
Clouds:
Industries
Core domains we specialize in
Additional domains we have experience in
FINANCE
REAL ESTATE
TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
AGRICULTURE
MEDIA & PUBLISHING
And experience in over 20 other industries!
Results
A more high-quality product
Reduced cost
Flexible cooperation
Team consulting and mentoring
Cost-effective MVP
A well-thought architecture
Advise on critical decisions
Reduced risk
Eliminated technical issues
Team education
Complex yet effective solution
FAQ
Lastly, we’d like to address some of the most common inquiries about CTO-as-a-service. If your questions remain unanswered, please contact us to discuss them.
What are the benefits of using CTO-as-a-service?
Caas gives you access to high-level tech expertise without the full-time commitment. It is also advantageous for its cost-effectiveness, flexibility to scale services as needed, and the ability to tap into a diverse pool of experienced CTOs. This especially appeals to startups and small companies that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO.
When do you need an external CTO?
This service is advantageous when you need to fill a temporary gap in your tech team, deal with technical challenges, or want to scale your tech team without committing to a full-time hire. Additionally, CaaS can provide the necessary expertise without breaking the bank.
Are there any disadvantages of Caas?
The potential drawbacks of hiring an external CTO may include communication challenges due to remote involvement. There may also be a mismatch between the needed expertise and skills and the specialists’ ones. That’s why you need to set clear expectations from the very beginning.
SECL Group
USA
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SECL Group
Netherlands
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SECL Group
Sweden
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