Fractional CTO in Miami
Expert technical leadership for Miami startups. CTO services in EST timezone. Build, scale, and transform your product without full-time costs.

Why Miami Startups Choose Fractional CTO
Miami is one of the fastest-growing tech hubs in the US. The city has become a gateway to Latin American markets, a crypto and Web3 center, with favorable tax regime and growing talent pool. Industries like FinTech, Crypto/Web3, Real Estate Tech, E-commerce, and LatAm expansion thrive in this ecosystem.
However, the rapidly growing ecosystem creates unique challenges: competition for technical talent is increasing, crypto and cross-border operations expertise is required, and understanding Latin American markets is critical for success. Many startups find that traditional full-time CTO hiring—costing $220K-$350K+ plus equity—is impractical in the early stages.
Common Challenges
- Growing competition for technical talent in developing hub
- Need for crypto/Web3 technology expertise
- Compliance requirements for cross-border operations with LatAm countries
- Rapid scaling when expanding to LatAm markets
- Regulatory requirements for crypto and international payments
- Growing competition for technical talent in developing hub
- Need for crypto/Web3 technology expertise
- Compliance requirements for cross-border operations with LatAm countries
- Rapid scaling when expanding to LatAm markets
- Regulatory requirements for crypto and international payments
How Fractional CTO Solves Them
- Access to experienced CTO without Miami market premiums ($100K-$250K+ savings annually)
- Start immediately—no 3-6 month hiring process
- Expertise in crypto/Web3 architectures and LatAm expansion
- Remote-first approach ideal for distributed teams
- Global best practices for international scaling
What I do
- Tech stack selection for crypto/Web3 or LatAm expansion
- Launch in 3-4 months with scalable foundation
- Architecture for multi-regional and cross-border operations
- Handle 10x growth without downtime
- Technical debt management and refactoring
- Prepare for Miami VC due diligence
- LLM integrations for e-commerce and customer service
- ML systems for fraud detection and personalization
- Strategy, implementation, and MLOps
- Code quality and architecture review
- Prepare for Miami VC due diligence
- Risk map and recommendations
- Comprehensive technical risk assessment
- Team and product scalability analysis
- Reports for investment committees
- Navigate Miami talent market and remote LatAm talent
- Build distributed teams (US + LatAm)
- Establish engineering culture for remote work
Pricing
Packages for Miami Startups
Contract Length:
Advisor CTO
$3,600per month
6 hours per week, 24 hours per month
For early-stage startups with an MVP or an idea that need oversight and support without full-time involvement.
- 2 strategic sessions per month (90 minutes each)
- Technical stack and architecture audit
- Slack support (48-hour response time)
- Hiring support: candidate reviews and recommendations
What's included:
- 6-month technical roadmap
- Architecture guidelines document
Outcome:A clear plan and recommendations for technology and team development without the overhead of a full-time CTO.
Contract term:1 month
Growth CTO
Most popular$6,000per month
10 hours per week, 40 hours per month
Post-Seed to Series A startups actively building product and team (3 to 10 engineers).
- Weekly call with founders (1 hour)
- Bi-weekly sprint reviews with the team
- Active hiring involvement: sourcing, interviews, offers, onboarding
- Product architecture and technical roadmap ownership
- Emergency availability for critical situations
- Slack support (24-hour response time)
What's included:
- Quarterly OKRs for the technical team
- Hiring playbook for first 5-10 engineers
- Architecture Decision Records (ADR)
Outcome:A solid technical foundation and team ready for rapid growth and product scaling without chaos.
Contract term:from 3 months
Scale CTO
$12,000per month
≈3 days per week, 80 hours per month
Series A+ startups with 15-20+ engineers preparing for the next funding round.
- Everything from Growth CTO package
- Participation in executive meetings and investor discussions
- Building engineering management team (leads, engineering managers)
- Due diligence support for fundraising
- Organizational design: team structure, processes, rituals
- Technical debt strategy and refactoring roadmap
- Vendor and partner negotiations (AWS, third-party services, contractors)
What's included:
- Engineering handbook and team culture code
- Leveling and compensation framework
- Engineering metrics dashboards (DORA, velocity, code quality, etc.)
- Incident management and on-call rotation
Outcome:A mature engineering organization with clear processes, metrics, and a culture of product ownership.
Contract term:from 6 months
How Remote Work with Miami Startups Works
- Time overlap: 5 hours overlap with EST (9am-2pm EST) for calls and meetings
- Communication rhythm: Weekly strategic calls, bi-weekly team syncs, daily asynchronous support via Slack and email for uninterrupted workflow
- In-person visits: Quarterly visits to Miami for Scale CTO+ packages, participation in board meetings and investor presentations
How it works
Week 1: Onboarding and Audit
5 daysTeam introduction, codebase review, identify critical issues, create initial roadmap.
Month 1: Quick Wins and Foundation
4 weeksAddress critical issues, set up development processes, code reviews, begin architectural improvements.
Month 2-3: Scaling and Growth
8 weeksImplement architectural improvements, optimize performance, hiring and team mentorship.
Understanding the Miami Startup Ecosystem
- FinTech and Payments
- Crypto and Web3
- Real Estate Tech (PropTech)
- E-commerce and Marketplaces
- LatAm Expansion Hub
- Travel and Hospitality Tech
- Familiar with Founders Fund (Miami office) expectations
- Understanding SoftBank Latin America, Starwood Capital requirements
- Experience with crypto investors
- Cryptocurrency and digital asset regulation
- Cross-border payment compliance
- LatAm data privacy laws (LGPD, etc.)
- SOC2 Type II for enterprise clients
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