Senior tech leadership.
Without the full-time hire.
Architecture decisions, team accountability, investor readiness — everything a CTO does, embedded into your company from day one. Without the $200K salary and 12-month search.
You have a product to build. You don't have a CTO yet.
You're moving fast — fundraising, hiring, building — and technical decisions are stacking up with no one accountable for the architecture. A wrong call now costs months later.
- Funded founder or GCC operator without a technical co-founder
- PE-backed mid-market company that needs architecture accountability, not just delivery
- Startup preparing for a raise — investor tech due diligence is 3 months away
- Team shipping fast but accumulating technical debt without a senior review layer
- International company entering India or GCC markets needing a trusted technical anchor
"JWS joined an existing team, scaled the architecture, revamped the UI/UX, and closed multiple government fund clients — all under the Fractional CTO engagement."
Everything a CTO does. Nothing you don't need.
Amit Nigam leads every Fractional CTO engagement personally — this is not a consultant who delegates. JWS brings the full engineering bench behind him.
Architecture & Stack
Tech stack decisions, system design, scalability planning, and architecture reviews — with full accountability for the choices made.
Team Leadership
Hiring criteria, technical interviews, engineering process, sprint reviews, and quality bar — owning the team outcome, not just advising on it.
Investor Readiness
Tech due diligence preparation, architecture documentation, roadmap clarity — the materials and narrative investors and acquirers expect.
Delivery Ownership
Sprint planning, milestone tracking, risk flags, and blockers removed. Delivery accountability sits with JWS — not scattered across your team.
Vendor & Partner Mgmt
Technical evaluation of vendors, third-party integrations, API partners, and cloud providers — with commercial negotiation support.
100+ Engineer Bench
The CTO comes with a team. JWS's Indore-based engineer bench is available on demand — staff augmentation or full project delivery as you scale.
Three models. Pick what fits where you are.
No equity, no lock-in beyond the initial term. INR or USD — we work with both. Every model is led personally by Amit Nigam.
Embedded Retainer
Ongoing monthly engagement. Weekly syncs, async availability, full architecture and delivery ownership. Minimum 3-month term. Best for companies actively building or scaling a product.
Project Sprint
Fixed-scope, time-boxed engagement — typically 4–8 weeks. Architecture review, tech stack decision, team assessment, or investor due diligence prep. Defined deliverables, fixed fee.
Advisory
Lighter-touch model for companies that need a senior technical voice at the table — board meetings, fundraise prep, vendor evaluation — without full engagement overhead.
The architecture decisions
you make now compound.
A 30-minute call costs nothing. Getting the stack wrong costs months. Let's talk about what you're building.