AVAILABLE — 2 of 3 engagement slots open

Senior technical leadership, without the full-time hire.

15+ years architecting systems and leading engineering teams for agencies, retailers, and startups. Available as a fractional CTO for senior technical judgment on demand — or to build your site outright on a custom CMS.

The Gap

You need senior technical judgment. You don't need a full-time seat filled yet.

Most small businesses and early-stage teams hit a point where architecture decisions, a stuck project, or an unvetted dev team start costing real money — long before the business can justify a full-time CTO hire. That's the gap a fractional engagement fills: senior-level thinking, applied exactly where it's needed, on a schedule that fits the business.

What I Do

Five ways to put an experienced technical lead on your team this week.

STRATEGY

Technical Strategy & Architecture Review

Evaluate your current stack and roadmap, flag risk, and set a direction the team can actually execute against.

AUDIT

Code & System Review

Audit code quality, security posture, and scalability before small problems become expensive ones.

HIRING

Engineering Hiring & Vendor Evaluation

Vet candidates and agencies with someone who's actually shipped and managed the work, not just read the resume.

TEAM

Team Leadership & Mentoring

Light-touch management and mentoring for an existing dev team that doesn't yet need a full-time manager.

CLOUD

Cloud & DevOps Guidance

AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, cost optimization, and reliability — set up right the first time.

WEB DEV

Custom Web Development

Need a site built, not just advised on? A custom Payload CMS + Next.js build, engineered and hosted on the DossX platform. See details →

Built on DossX

Need a site built, not just advised on? I'll build it.

Custom web development and CMS builds — engineered, not templated. Every build runs on and is hosted by the DossX platform: a Payload CMS backend paired with a React / Next.js frontend.

Payload CMSNext.jsReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWS / Vercel

What you get

  • A fully custom content model — no bending your business to fit a plugin's assumptions.
  • An editor-friendly admin your team can actually use, without touching code.
  • A fast, SEO-ready Next.js frontend, built for Core Web Vitals from day one.
  • Multi-tenant / multi-site support when one codebase needs to serve several brands or clients.
  • Hosted and maintained on the DossX platform — infrastructure, updates, and monitoring handled for you, not another vendor to manage.
  • Post-launch feature requests and add-ons billed hourly, so the site keeps evolving without a full re-engagement.

Why custom over templated

Off-the-shelf CMS platforms optimize for the average use case. Once your content model, permissions, or integrations get specific, you're either fighting the plugin ecosystem or paying for workarounds. A Payload + Next.js build starts from your actual requirements — the same judgment call I'd make as your fractional CTO, just applied directly to the build.

Ongoing support and iteration after launch rolls naturally into a retainer engagement, so the site doesn't go stale the day it ships.

Where I've Led

A changelog, not a resume.

Every release taught me something the next one shipped with.

v2025.10 — present

Imaginuity

Manager, Pylot Development
  • Owned technical strategy and architecture for a large-scale, multi-tenant marketing platform.
  • Led a team across React, TypeScript, and PHP shipping client-ready releases.
v2021.08 – v2025.04

Varispark

Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer
  • Sole internal developer and IT lead — full ownership of infrastructure, apps, and vendor relationships.
  • Cut recurring costs and automated workflows across AWS and Microsoft 365.
v2017.06 – v2020.04

TPI (Tire Profiles, LLC)

Software Engineer
  • Led a team building RESTful APIs for data-driven vehicle analytics; cut hosting costs 27%.
v2014.11 – v2017.05

Pier 1 Imports

Senior Software Engineer
  • Built and optimized B2C eCommerce experiences on Salesforce Commerce Cloud at retail scale.
v2008.11 – v2014.11

Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants · US EPA

Web Application Developer · Web Development Lead
  • Modernized legacy systems and shipped responsive platforms across public and private sector.
How We Work Together

Three ways to engage, depending on what the business needs right now.

Ongoing

Retainer

HRS / WEEK5–10
RATE$2,000–$4,000/mo
BEST FORContinuous oversight

Standing technical advisory — architecture calls, code review, and a direct line for decisions as they come up.

As Needed

Hourly

COMMITMENTNone
RATEOn request
BEST FOROne-off consults

A single technical question, a second opinion, or a one-time code review — no ongoing commitment.

Let's Talk Architecture

Free 30-minute call. No obligation.

Emailbaron@dossx.com
Phone469-552-5398
LocationDallas, TX (Remote)
HoursMon–Fri, 9am–8pm ET