We are resident CTOs who join your company to align product, process, and people. We stay just long enough to make a lasting difference.
Our resident CTOs engage across every layer of your organisation: from technology strategy to mentoring your team and defining the product vision.
Whether you need an interim CTO to fill a gap, a fractional CTO for strategic guidance, or a hands-on engineering manager? We scale with you.
We step in when pressure is highest, stabilise your software and team, and prepare the ground for permanent leadership.
Why work with us
We bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Working side by side with engineers, founders, and investors to align everyone.
We've led teams, built products, and solved messy problems ourselves.
We've been in the trenches and lead with empathy and authority.
Our engineers and CTOs collaborate directly, turning strategy into results.
Our CTOs don't just explain, they lead in practice. They join your meetings, talk to your engineers, and roll up their sleeves when needed. They can be a strong voice by your side in challenging meetings and bridge the gap between the technical and non-technical.
We believe a good CTO should still know what it feels like to dive into code. Every one of our leaders comes from an engineering background.
Our first priority is to build a healthy culture. We start by creating a safe environment where people can speak up. From there, we introduce just enough process to make work flow naturally, not bureaucratically.
By immersing ourselves within your team, we discover what's really holding them back. Then we fix it, together.
We offer flexible technical leadership tailored to your needs, from interim leadership during transitions to long-term strategic guidance.
When your company is between CTOs or entering a period of change, we take the helm. We keep teams focused, stabilise processes, and make sure your product remains on course. We often help recruit and onboard your next permanent leader.
Part-time, long-term leadership. Ideal for startups and scale-ups that need strategy, alignment, and mentoring without a full-time CTO. We stay involved as long as we add value.
We don't just advise, we can also lead your technical team hands on. Our CTOs often act as interim engineering managers, helping teams adopt better practices, clearer processes, and a culture that supports fast, sustainable delivery.
We also coach founders, tech leads, and new CTOs through our CTO Coaching service. It's a personal, behind-the-scenes engagement where we act as a sounding board for leadership decisions.
You don't call us when everything's fine. You call when clarity, leadership, or alignment are missing. Here are some of the most common reasons startups and scaleups bring us in, and how we help.
We need more experienced leadership in our tech team.
Need senior tech leadership? Our fractional CTOs work a few days per week: setting priorities, guiding architecture, and coaching your leads.
"Madewithlove has been a fantastic partner for over two years. They helped us scale our team and build a future-proof platform that grows with our business. Their expertise in scalable architecture, pragmatic approach and overall professionalism has been key to our success. Highly recommended!"
We don't know if we're building the right things.
Not sure you're building the right things? We align engineering with user needs and market reality so technical effort drives business value.
We're scaling faster than our processes.
Scaling faster than your processes? We bring the structure so your team can grow without breaking.
"In a short time, madewithloves interim CTO has noticeably improved how our development team works. The extensive experience and expertise have made our team more efficient and effective. In this way, our team managed to establish a solid foundation for future growth. The straightforward and expert advice on technical decisions, especially with complex issues, has been very valuable for our team. During a period of growth, this guidance has greatly helped us, allowing us to look to the future with more confidence."
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Investors are worried about technical risk.
Investors worried about technical risk? We audit, stabilise, and report. This gives investors confidence your product is fit to scale.
Technical leadership and React expertise for a hosting giant
We provided technical leadership and React expertise to Combell's engineering team, helping them upgrade their back office management platform. Our React expert delivered presentations, guided a proof-of-concept development, and provided ongoing feedback throughout the project.
We want to prepare for our next funding round.
Preparing for your next round? We get your product, team, and tech strategy investor-ready so you walk into the boardroom with confidence.
Our founders and engineers aren't aligned.
Founders and engineers not aligned? We bridge the gap by translating technical constraints into strategic opportunities and building trust between teams.
Our product is growing, but our team isn't.
Product growing faster than your team? We help you scale with intent, from org design to hiring to onboarding.
We need more experienced leadership in our tech team.
Need senior tech leadership? Our fractional CTOs work a few days per week: setting priorities, guiding architecture, and coaching your leads.
We've lost sight of priorities.
When everything's urgent, nothing moves. We align product vision and teams to end firefighting.
Our company is scaling fast, but the software isn't.
Scaling exposes the cracks. We strengthen your systems and evolve your people so scaling is not chaos.
We have too many priorities on our roadmap.
Too many priorities? We bring focus by defining a roadmap aligned with business goals that your team can actually deliver.
We're dealing with legacy systems nobody fully understands.
Legacy systems nobody fully understands? We map risks, stabilise architecture, and plan safe, incremental improvements.
Our best engineers are drowning.
Too much on too few shoulders? We embed, pair, and knowledge-share until your team has no bottlenecks.
Our CTO just left.
Lost your CTO? We'll keep things moving. We step in as interim leadership: keeping your team, product, and roadmap on track while you hire.
Instant predictive value from time-series data
We helped Tangent Works establish structured development processes and engineering management practices to improve code quality and reduce release bugs. We implemented team consolidation, code reviews, test automation, and release management that freed the CTO to focus on strategy.
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We provided technical leadership and software engineering to resolve performance issues and legacy system problems. We implemented infrastructure improvements on DigitalOcean, decoupled the front-end into a Next.js application with a new Laravel API, and helped recruit staff engineers.
From assessment to exit, we cover every technical aspect.
Architecture & Tech Debt
Review your stack, identify risks and scaling gaps
Roadmap & Process
Ensure product and business goals work together
Team & Hiring
Build strong, self-sufficient engineering teams
Handover
Leave you with an independent technical culture
We've acted as interim and fractional CTO for dozens of SaaS companies at critical stages: from rebuilding after founder departures to scaling from Seed to Series B.
Email marketing tools for better audience engagement
We helped Flexmail resolve challenges from merging teams by conducting a product audit, reinforcing the team with UI/UX talent, and implementing improved development processes including user research, prototypes, a PHP7 upgrade, better version control, testing frameworks, and release management.
One app to run your real estate agency
We helped develop their comprehensive platform through API-first development in PHP/Laravel, enabling real estate agents to manage listings, engage leads, and automate matching. We established the technical team from the ground up with pair programming, code reviews, and comprehensive documentation.
Automated security awareness training
We helped Phished transition from a struggling startup with technical debt into a mature, scalable organisation over a three-year engagement. We built a strong cornerstone team, modernised the technical foundation, and enabled the CTO to create a reliable product and leadership structure.
Read our latest thoughts on technical leadership, building teams, and scaling products.
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Peter Eysermans
CTO in residence
An interim CTO leads full-time during transitions. A fractional CTO works part-time but provides long-term strategic leadership and stability.
Usually between 3 and 18 months, depending on your needs. We stay only as long as we add value.
Absolutely. We define the role, support recruitment, and onboard your next hire to ensure a smooth transition.
By clarity, stability, and progress. If your roadmap is clear, your team aligned, and your delivery predictable, we've done our job.
We begin with an honest conversation about your challenges, whether technical, organisational, or both. From there, we define a scope and embed our CTO to make improvements right away.
We've been helping SaaS founders and teams for over 15 years. Whether you're between CTOs, scaling fast, or just need an experienced technical perspective, we're ready to help. Tell us about your product, your challenges, and what kind of leadership you need.
