Fractional CTO

About Forward

Forward is a consulting firm that works exclusively with independent consultants to help startups build their engineering organizations.

About the Work

Keywords: Team Building, SRE, Mobile

Budget: $200-$300/h

Hours per week: 10-20

Term: 3-6 months

Geographic Constraints: None

Timezone Constraints: 5 hours overlap with ET

Start Date: Immediate

Company Stage: Series

Context:

We’re working with a company that is building technology for sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, and UFC. They’ve just closed a Series A and have some major, contractually obligated deadlines they need to hit with some of these leagues in the next 12 months.

They currently have an engineering team of 2 and they are looking to get to 12-15 in the next 12 months. They’re looking for someone who can help them see through the next 3-6 months of this transition and ultimately replace themselves with a full time CTO.

About You

Roughly in order of importance:

  • You have experience creating quality/reliability focused engineering cultures
  • You have experience building similarly sized teams
  • You have mobile experience
  • You have 10+ years experience

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