// AMWARE · ENGAGEMENTS
Work with the engineer behind the tools.
Fractional CTO leadership and focused build engagements — scoped, senior, and pointed at the outcome instead of the hours.
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Advisor
Best for pre-seed
from$3,000per monthabout 10 hrs a month
Two strategy calls a month, async Slack and email between them, and someone senior reading the architecture before it calcifies.
For a founding team that is building and wants the decisions checked: the database you are about to pick, the auth you are about to write, the hire you are about to make.
Architecture reviews and technology roadmap input. No standing meetings beyond the two calls.
Book an intro callRetainers begin after an intro call, with a $1,500 deposit credited in full against your first month.
- 02
Fractional CTO
Best for seed to Series A
from$7,500per monthabout 20 to 25 hrs a month
Weekly strategy calls, team mentoring and code review, hiring support including interviews, vendor negotiations and AI integration planning.
For a team that has engineers and needs the person who sets the bar for them: what gets built, how it gets reviewed, and who gets hired next.
This is the tier most companies want when they say they need a CTO and are not ready to pay for a full-time one.
Book an intro callRetainers begin after an intro call, with a $1,500 deposit credited in full against your first month.
- 03
Embedded CTO
Best for Series A+ or M&A prep
from$12,000per monthabout 35 to 40 hrs a month
Near full-time commitment: direct engineering leadership, board and investor reporting, technical due diligence and fundraising support.
For a company where the technical story is about to be examined by people who do this for a living: an acquirer, a lead investor, a board.
Due diligence is easier to pass than to survive. This tier exists to make it the former.
Book an intro callRetainers begin after an intro call, with a $1,500 deposit credited in full against your first month.