Fractional CTO for Hiring Engineers
Expert guidance building your engineering team. Recruiting, hiring, team structure, tech stack decisions. £900-£1,400/day, flexible commitment.
£900-£1,200Growth-Stage Rates
Recruitment+ Culture
FlexibleCommitment
Why You Need a Fractional CTO When Hiring
Hiring your first engineering team is one of the most critical decisions a startup makes. A fractional CTO for hiring provides technical expertise, recruitment strategy, and team structure guidance to ensure you build the right team.
What a Fractional CTO Does for Hiring
- Recruitment strategy: Defining roles, tech stack, and candidate profiles
- Technical interviewing: Vetting engineers, assessing technical skills
- Team structure: Defining teams, reporting lines, and team dynamics
- Tech stack decisions: Choosing technologies that scale and attract talent
- Culture building: Engineering practices, code review, onboarding
- Negotiation support: Offers, equity structures, compensation benchmarking
ROI of a Fractional CTO
Bad hiring costs 5-10x an engineer's salary in lost productivity, rework, and team morale. A fractional CTO ensures you hire the right people, reducing turnover and accelerating product development. Cost: £180k-£240k annually. Value: preventing one bad hire saves £250k+.