Fractional CTO and technical leadership
Whether an agency built it, your CTO just left, or investors are about to look under the hood, in two weeks we’ll tell you plainly where it stands and what to do next. Then we stay on your side to get it done.
We’ve kept a live insurance platform moving through federal audits, acquisitions, and a switch to B2B sales, and helped a fintech grow through $49 million in funding without a rebuild.
“Our CTO just left.”
“The agency says it’s fine. Is it?”
“I don’t know if our developers are any good.”
“We got a quote to rebuild it. Do we really need to?”
“Investors are about to look under the hood.”
Whatever the situation, you need one senior person on your side who will give you a straight answer and take responsibility for fixing it. We work for you, not the vendor.
How we start
Two weeks. Fixed fee. A clear answer on where your software stands and what to do next.
The code and architecture, security basics, hosting and accounts (who has access to what), the team or vendor building it, and what depends on one person.
A plain-English report, a prioritized fix list any engineer could pick up, a 90-day plan, and a 60-minute readout with you.
The report stands on its own whether or not you keep working with us. We don’t sell rebuilds.
Fixed fee, agreed before we start.
If it makes sense, a senior Stackpad engineer stays on as your technical lead for a few hours a week. Some people call this a fractional CTO.
If there’s real work to do after the report, our senior team can take it on, or we’ll help you hire the people who can. We’ll always tell you if someone else is a better fit.
Two companies that grew on the software they already had. It’s the same job we’d do for you.
Health insurance for the self-employed
When Catch was acquired in 2023, our in-house roles became Stackpad’s first client. Since then we’ve owned Catch’s technology through its biggest business moves: federal audits that keep it approved to enroll customers, acquisitions, and this year, CMS approval for an agent and broker pathway that moved Catch from selling direct to consumers to selling through agents and brokers.
Read the Catch case study
The business behind the business for the self-employed
Part of Lettuce’s engineering team since day one, as it grew from tax automation into banking, payroll, an AI assistant, and health benefits, and raised $49 million. Every new product went onto the same platform without a rebuild, and it held up through every tax-season peak.
Read the Lettuce case studyStackpad was founded by senior engineers who’ve carried companies through audits, acquisitions, and new ways to sell. No junior consultants with senior titles.
Matt Little, Co-founder
Lexi Smith, Co-founder
In 30 minutes we’ll ask the questions a good technical lead would ask and tell you plainly what we’d look at first. No pitch deck.
