Faizal Zakaria
I work with startups as a fractional CTO, hands-on engineer, and mentor shipping code, wrangling infrastructure, hiring engineers, and leveling up teams.
Remote · Available for monthly retainer and bespoke projects.
Services
Bespoke Projects
Short-term engagements for specific technical challenges: architecture reviews, infrastructure setup, hiring support, or hands-on engineering.
- One-off cost analysis and optimization
- Specific performance issue investigation
- System architecture review
- Database optimization
- Code profiling and bottleneck identification
Billed hourly · Project-based
Book a CallMonthly Retainer
2 spots leftOngoing fractional CTO support: shipping code alongside your team, mentoring engineers, and driving technical decisions.
- Performance monitoring and roadmap management
- Automated alerts and dashboards setup
- Monthly reporting
- Process improvements and best practices
- Unlimited pull request review & async support via Slack/chat
Starting from $3,000/month · 1 month minimum
Book a CallAreas of Expertise
Fractional CTO
Strategic technical leadership for growing startups.
Hands-on Engineering
Shipping production code across the full stack.
DevOps & Infrastructure
CI/CD, cloud architecture, and reliable deployments.
Hiring & Mentoring
Building and leveling up engineering teams.