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Fractional .NET architect

Add senior architecture ownership without waiting for a full-time hire.

I provide a reserved layer of architecture and principal-level engineering capacity: clarifying decisions, reducing delivery risk, reviewing critical changes and implementing the difficult parts.

Monthly engagement Capacity by agreement Capacity confirmed after discovery Europe · International remote

* Monthly capacity and priorities are agreed after discovery around the mandate, system context and expected outcomes.

Describe the problem

When this is useful

For teams with capable engineers but insufficient senior ownership

01

Decision vacuum

Architecture decisions accumulate without a consistent owner or decision record.

02

Leadership bottleneck

The CTO or engineering lead is becoming the bottleneck for every difficult change.

03

Cross-layer risk

Senior review is needed across .NET, data, AWS and distributed-system boundaries.

04

Short-term pressure

Delivery pressure repeatedly overrides reliability and modernization work.

05

Hiring gap

A full-time principal hire is premature, slow or difficult to justify.

Scope

What I examine and deliver

The engagement reserves senior attention for the decisions and changes with the greatest impact. It is not generic staff augmentation or meeting-only advisory work.

  • Architecture ownership and documented technical decisions
  • Design and code review for consequential changes
  • Modernization and reliability roadmap stewardship
  • Mentoring and decision support for senior engineers
  • Hands-on implementation of difficult or high-risk work
  • Clear monthly priorities, outcomes and capacity boundaries

Process

A focused path from evidence to action

  1. 01

    Set the mandate

    Define decision authority, priorities, stakeholders and reserved capacity.

  2. 02

    Build context

    Map the system, delivery constraints and decisions already in motion.

  3. 03

    Own the hard edges

    Review, decide and implement where technical risk is concentrated.

  4. 04

    Transfer capability

    Document decisions and strengthen the team rather than creating dependency.

Expected outcomes

Senior leverage that makes the existing team more effective

Faster decisions

Clear ownership and written trade-offs for architecture-critical work.

Lower delivery risk

Earlier review of cross-service, data and operational consequences.

Stronger team

Patterns, mentoring and implementation examples that remain after the engagement.

15+ years

Hands-on delivery and architecture ownership across enterprise FinTech, EdTech, healthcare and manufacturing systems.

Frequently asked questions

Practical questions before we start

Direct answers about fit, access, scope, delivery and working arrangements.

How much capacity do you provide?

Capacity is agreed around the mandate, urgency and expected outcome. I accept one selected independent engagement at a time rather than advertising a rigid weekly allocation.

Is this a replacement for our CTO or engineering manager?

No. I provide technical architecture and principal-level engineering ownership while working with the existing product and engineering leadership.

Do you remain hands-on?

Yes. The model combines decisions and review with targeted implementation where direct senior contribution reduces risk or unblocks the team.

How are priorities managed?

We maintain a small set of explicit monthly outcomes and reserve capacity for the highest-value technical decisions and work.

Can we start with a shorter engagement?

Yes. An architecture assessment or focused investigation is often the best way to establish context and test the working relationship.

Start with the real constraint

Give the difficult technical decisions a consistent owner.

Share the team context, current constraints and the ownership gap you need to close. I will suggest the smallest useful engagement.

Describe your engineering problem I usually reply within one business day.