Your startup’s first architecture team
Your MVP got you to traction. The same code is now what’s slowing you down — slow deploys, fragile features, an engineering team scared to ship on Friday.
We’re the senior architecture team you bring in before you raise. We audit what’s brittle in two weeks, fix what’s blocking scale in six, and hand the system back to your lead engineer with documentation they can actually use.
£20–35/hr. Mohit reviews every architectural decision. No retainer to start.
The three ways technical debt kills startups
You’re not behind. You’re paying the price of speed.
Scattered Expertise
Every engineer owns a piece. Nobody owns the whole picture. When one person leaves or gets pulled to crises, the whole system fragments.
Premature Scaling
You built for 10,000 users. Now you have 100,000. Your infrastructure is creaking. Every deployment is a prayer. Every feature is slow.
Technical Debt Spiral
Shortcuts worked last year. Now they're haunting you. Each feature takes longer. Your team is burning out. Investors see the slowdown.
From MVP to Series A: Our architecture roadmap
Four phases. Clear milestones. Your runway stays protected.
Validate
Audit your system. Map dependencies. Identify the three biggest bottlenecks.
Launch
Fix critical debt. Stabilize for 2× user growth. Your team stays focused on product.
Scale
Build for Series A scale. Automate what drains your team. Set up monitoring and alerting.
Evolve
Transition architecture to your lead engineer. Ongoing advisory retainer (optional).
Your CTO advisor for the next 12 months
Ongoing guidance. Weekly standups. We’re invested in your Series A.
Once the core architecture is solid, you don’t need a full-time CTO. You need an advisor. Someone who knows your codebase, your team, your timeline, and your runway.
That’s what we offer: weekly standups, quarterly architecture reviews, and direct input on critical scaling decisions. Your team stays in control. Your decisions stay yours. We’re just making sure you’re not walking into a cliff.
How founders like you moved faster
Named clients. Real architecture decisions. Outcomes you can verify.
Fintech Startup (Series A)
Monolithic codebase blocking payment scaling. Team was half-debugging, half-building.
Microservices audit + payment system rebuild. 6 weeks. Minimal team disruption.
10× payment throughput. Team shipping new features again. Series A closed 3 months later.
SaaS (Seed to Series A)
Database queries taking 30+ seconds. Customer churn picking up. No CTO.
Query optimization + caching layer. Architecture review with team. Transfer ownership to lead engineer.
Response times under 1 second. Customer happiness jumped. Investors noticed the tech maturity.
AI Startup (Series A)
ML pipeline was inconsistent. Model training took 3 days. New experiments were blocked.
Infrastructure standardization + CI/CD for ML. Parallel training architecture. Knowledge transfer to team.
Experiments running in hours. Team velocity 4×. Series A pitch included technical narrative of maturity.
Pricing built for founders
No enterprise minimums. No surprise invoices. Just runway protection.
Why not hire a full-time CTO?
You get the expertise without the burn. Your team stays focused on product. Your runway stays protected.
Runway Calculator
See how architecture investment protects your runway.
Free 30-minute architecture clarity call
Let’s see where your startup stands. You’ll walk away with clarity.
Hi. I’m Mohit. I’ve built systems at scale, led architecture for startups from MVP to Series B, and I understand the founder constraint: move fast, but don’t break scaling.
In our free 30-minute call, we’ll talk through your codebase, your team, your timeline, and your runway. You’ll walk away with:
- A clear assessment of where your architecture stands
- The single biggest risk to your Series A timeline (and how to fix it)
- A recommendation on whether we're the right fit
Direct conversation. No deck, no demo. We diagnose, you decide.
Available for calls: Monday–Friday across UK / US-East / IST timezones. Usually book within 2 days.