Virtual CTO. Senior technical leadership, fully remote.
Your best technical leader does not have to live in your city. This is CTO as a service: weekly video working sessions, async decision reviews, and a written record of every call, for companies anywhere in the US. A $15,000 fixed-scope foundation, then from $5,000 a month.
How remote technical leadership runs, day to day.
No office and no hallway decisions. The rhythm is three mechanisms, all scheduled and all written down.
Weekly video working sessions
60 to 90 minutes with the engagement lead, on camera, working the top technical decision of the week: architecture review, vendor evaluation, roadmap sequencing, or a code walkthrough.
Async decision reviews
Contractor proposals, vendor contracts, and architecture questions go to Slack or email and come back with a senior read the same weekday. Most decisions do not need a meeting.
Written decision logs
Every significant call gets documented with its rationale and the alternatives we rejected. Nothing lives in hallway conversations, because there are no hallways.
Remote leadership holds up to audit.
The objections to a remote CTO are reasonable. Most answers come back to one fact: an on-site executive can run on presence, while a remote one has to produce artifacts. That makes the remote model the more accountable one.
Trust without face time
Fair. The engagement is built for it: a fixed-scope $15,000 foundation, written assessments inside the first two weeks, and a 30-day cancellation notice after the 90 days. Bounded commitment, visible output, easy exit.
Knowing the work is happening
You can read it. Decisions land in the log, code lands in repositories you control, vendor reviews land in your inbox. An office badge proves attendance. The decision log proves output.
Timezone overlap
We are US-based and schedule working sessions inside your business hours. Async responses arrive same-day on weekdays. At a typical 20 to 40 hours a month, overlap has never been the constraint.
Virtual is the delivery model. The commitment comes in other shapes too.
Every engagement is led remotely by the same single senior engagement lead. The models differ in duration and situation; the public pricing floor holds across all of them.
Fractional CTO Services
The full scope of the engagement: strategy, architecture and vendor decisions, hands-on builds, and hiring, delivered part-time on an ongoing basis.
fractional-cto-services.html → steady statePart-Time CTO
Ongoing senior leadership on a fixed weekly rhythm for SMBs and bootstrapped companies that will not need a full-time hire for years.
part-time-cto.html → gap coverageInterim CTO
Bridge leadership when your CTO leaves or before your first one starts: stabilize the team, keep shipping, and run the search.
interim-cto.html →If the right shape is unclear, bring it to the free 30-minute fit call and we will tell you straight, including when the honest answer is a full-time hire. The fractional CTO cost breakdown covers rates across every model.
CTO as a service means subscription rules apply.
A subscription-shaped engagement: defined cadence, a public price, and an exit you control. The stack underneath is boring on purpose: TypeScript, Python, Postgres, Next.js, NestJS, Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS.
Starts with a $15,000 fixed-scope 90-day foundation. Then month to month at a typical 20 to 40 hours, cancel with 30 days notice. Full market comparison on the cost page.
- Defined cadence: weekly working sessions, same-day async on weekdays
- One senior engagement lead, never a rotating bench
- You own all code, decision documents, and infrastructure access
- Public pricing floor, no quote theater
What buyers searching for a virtual CTO ask.
What is a virtual CTO?
A virtual CTO is a senior technical executive who delivers the full CTO function remotely: technical strategy, architecture and vendor decisions, hands-on work on load-bearing systems, and engineering hiring. The engagement runs on weekly video working sessions, same-day async responses on weekdays, and a written decision log, so companies anywhere in the US get senior leadership without a local hire.
What is the difference between a virtual CTO and a fractional CTO?
Fractional describes the time commitment: a senior leader who works part of a week instead of full time. Virtual describes the delivery model: fully remote. Our engagements are both. One senior lead works a typical 20 to 40 hours a month, entirely remotely, at the same public pricing. If time commitment is your open question, start with the fractional CTO services page.
How do you stay accountable working remotely?
Everything produces an artifact you can inspect. Working sessions end with written decisions and owners, code lands in repositories you control, vendor reviews arrive in your inbox, and the decision log records every significant call with its rationale. Audit the trail at any point. The 30-day cancellation notice after the foundation means the engagement has to earn its renewal.
What is CTO as a service?
CTO as a service is technical leadership packaged like a subscription instead of an executive hire: a defined weekly cadence, a public pricing floor, and cancellation with 30 days notice. Ours starts with a $15,000 fixed-scope 90-day foundation engagement, then an ongoing retainer from $5,000 per month at a typical 20 to 40 hours.
What does a virtual CTO cost?
The same as every MyCTO Pro engagement, because remote delivery is our default: a $15,000 fixed-scope 90-day foundation, then from $5,000 per month with a 30-day cancellation notice. Market rates for senior virtual CTOs generally run $150 to $350 per hour. The fractional CTO cost page has the full breakdown.
Apply for a fit call.
Two business day response. 30 minutes. We will tell you honestly if a virtual CTO is the right shape, and refer you out if it is not.
apply --fit-callOr email admin@digitalminerz.com directly.