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Book a free 20-minute call with our team to review your goals, challenges, team dynamics, and what kind of CTO leadership you need. We ask the right questions so the match is right.
Hire a Fractional CTO
Get senior technology leadership without a full-time hire. Our fractional CTOs step in immediately — setting architecture, building engineering teams, defining tech strategy, and unblocking product delivery. 15+ years avg. experience. Available within days.
- 15+ years average CTO experience
- Available in 3–5 days
- Part-time, advisory or interim — your choice
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startups and scale-ups served
Get senior technology leadership exactly when you need it, without the cost and timeline of a full-time executive search.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional CTO
Cost efficiency
Access CTO-level strategy, architecture decisions, and team leadership without the full-time salary, equity package, and benefits burden of a permanent hire.
Speed to hire
No job boards, no 3-month search loops. We match you with pre-screened fractional CTO candidates in as little as 3 days — ready to lead from week one.
Pre-screened expertise
Every fractional CTO in our network is vetted on track record, technical depth, references, and hands-on leadership history before you ever meet them.
Flexible commitment
Choose 8, 20, or 40 hours per week. Scale up during a fundraise or product launch, scale back once the team is running independently. No long-term lock-in.
Backed by a full engineering team
Your fractional CTO isn't a solo operator. They're backed by Binerals' engineering talent pool — ready to staff any gap they identify immediately.
Full accountability, no hand-holding
They own the technical vision and execution. You set the business goals; they figure out how to build it — architecture, hiring, tooling, process, security.
What a Fractional CTO covers for you
Technical Strategy
Team & Hiring
Product & Delivery
Investor & Board Support
Hire a Fractional CTO
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a fractional CTO is straightforward with Binerals.
How to hire a Fractional CTO
Meet experts
Within days we introduce you to a short-list of pre-screened fractional CTO candidates — each vetted on technical depth, leadership track record, and domain fit. Our match success rate is 98%.
Start work
Finalise engagement details and get working within less than a week of your discovery call. Your fractional CTO runs a day-one audit and is accountable from the first sprint.
Your technical leadership starts this week
Don't let a CTO gap slow your roadmap. Tell us where you are and we'll match you with the right fractional CTO — available in days, not months. Or learn more about our Fractional CTO service.
When to hire a Fractional CTO
Your founding team is business-side heavy and you need a credible technical leader to own architecture decisions, evaluate build-vs-buy tradeoffs, and speak to engineering talent and investors.
What sets Binerals fractional CTOs apart
Rigorously vetted
Every fractional CTO in our network has been screened for technical depth, leadership track record, and client-facing communication. We check references, past exits, and real delivery history.
Backed by a full engineering bench
When your fractional CTO identifies a gap — a missing DevOps engineer, a senior backend developer — they can pull from Binerals' pre-vetted talent pool immediately. One engagement, all capabilities.
Business-aligned, not just technical
Our CTOs understand that technology exists to serve business outcomes. They speak to investors, align with founders, and make decisions based on commercial impact — not just engineering elegance.
Fractional CTO engagement models
Part-time (10–20h/week)
Ongoing technical leadership at a sustainable pace. Best for startups and scale-ups that need a CTO present at key decisions — architecture reviews, hiring calls, sprint planning — without full-time overhead.
Advisory (4–8h/week)
Strategic guidance for founders or CTOs who need a senior sounding board. Monthly strategy sessions, technology reviews, and on-call advice when critical decisions arise.
Interim CTO (full-time, 3–12 months)
Full-time tech leadership for a defined period — covering a CTO departure, fundraising sprint, or product launch. Complete ownership of the engineering organisation until you hire permanently.
How we vet our fractional CTOs
We don't list every available CTO. We only work with those who've passed our leadership and delivery bar.
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Track record review
We verify the companies they've led, the products they've shipped, and the teams they've scaled. We look for exits, fundraising wins, and engineering transformations — not just years on a CV.
Leadership interview
A senior Binerals partner interviews every candidate on communication style, decision-making under pressure, stakeholder management, and how they handle failure.
Technical depth assessment
We assess architecture thinking, security awareness, scaling decisions, and build-vs-buy reasoning. Strong fractional CTOs can go deep on any layer of the stack.
Reference checks with past founders
We speak directly with CEOs and founders they've worked with. We ask about reliability, transparency, delivery quality, and what they'd do differently.
Domain match verification
Not every CTO fits every company. We verify that the candidate's domain experience — SaaS, marketplace, fintech, healthtech, consumer — aligns with your product and market.
Ongoing performance monitoring
We stay close to every engagement. Monthly check-ins with the founder ensure quality, flag misalignment early, and allow us to adjust scope or replace quickly if needed.
We don't list every available CTO. We only work with those who've passed our leadership and delivery bar.
1Track record review
We verify the companies they've led, the products they've shipped, and the teams they've scaled. We look for exits, fundraising wins, and engineering transformations — not just years on a CV.
2Leadership interview
A senior Binerals partner interviews every candidate on communication style, decision-making under pressure, stakeholder management, and how they handle failure.
3Technical depth assessment
We assess architecture thinking, security awareness, scaling decisions, and build-vs-buy reasoning. Strong fractional CTOs can go deep on any layer of the stack.
4Reference checks with past founders
We speak directly with CEOs and founders they've worked with. We ask about reliability, transparency, delivery quality, and what they'd do differently.
5Domain match verification
Not every CTO fits every company. We verify that the candidate's domain experience — SaaS, marketplace, fintech, healthtech, consumer — aligns with your product and market.
6Ongoing performance monitoring
We stay close to every engagement. Monthly check-ins with the founder ensure quality, flag misalignment early, and allow us to adjust scope or replace quickly if needed.