I will be your fractional cto for saas architecture and code review

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Jacob Ralph
be your fractional cto for saas architecture and code review
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be your fractional cto for saas architecture and code review

About this gig

You need senior technical leadership, but not a full-time CTO hire. I step in as a fractional CTO for SaaS teams that are stuck or about to scale.


Companies usually bring me in when:

- The product has outgrown its original architecture and every release gets slower

- There is no senior technical owner and the founders need one

- An AI initiative works in the demo but not in production

- LLM or cloud costs are climbing faster than revenue


I have been a founder since 17, led teams of 20+, and spent 15+ years shipping production SaaS. As FancyAI's co-founder and CTO, I led the technology behind FancyGEO (50+ paying customers, under 3% monthly churn, 80% demo close rate).


What you get:

- A clear written picture of where your system stands and what to fix first

- Honest trade-offs, not a sales pitch

- Practical recommendations for your stack: Next.js, NestJS, Node.js, Python, MongoDB or Postgres, Redis, AWS


I take a limited number of engagements at a time. Tell me what you're building and where it's stuck.

  • Programming language

    • JavaScript
    • Python
    • TypeScript

  • Expertise

    • Performance
    • Design
    • Databases
    • Testing procedures

  • Frontend framework

    • Next.js
    • React.js
    • Tailwind CSS

  • Backend framework

    • Fastify
    • NestJS
    • Next.js
    • Node.js

Get to know Jacob Ralph

Jacob Ralph

Fractional CTO, AI Systems, Full Stack, Audits and Rescues

  • FromUnited States
  • Member sinceOct 2026

  • Languages

    English
You get a fractional CTO who also builds, so the person who makes your technical calls ships them. 15+ years in production software; as co-founder and CTO I built an AI platform from zero to 50+ companies with under 3% churn. Start with an MVP, AI for work your team repeats, an audit or a rescue. I scope it and deliver in milestones you accept in writing, and can stay on as your technical lead after. Discovery comes first. Anything that fails the agreed test within 30 days of acceptance, I fix at no extra charge.

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