I help early-to-mid stage startups move faster and build better with pragmatic engineering leadership. With 13+ years as a technical founder in Silicon Valley (including a successful exit), I operate as a full-stack CTO—from code and architecture to strategy, culture, and exec management.

Where I’m a good fit

• You’re a non-technical founder needing interim technical leadership
• You’re a first-time CTO seeking mentorship
• You’re figuring out how to scale a team past a few developers

Where I’m a poor fit

• You need a full-time workhorse founding engineer to produce as much product as possible

How I can help

• Technical & product strategy – build the right thing at the right time
• Architecture & design review – avoid expensive mistakes that slow you down and waste precious cycles
• Hands-on build support – accelerate shipping by working directly with your team
• Hiring – set up the hiring flywheel that repeatedly brings incredible talent on board
• Coaching – teach your team how to rapidly build and iterate on startup-grade software
• Leveling - devise a career framework appropriate to your stage
• Process & structure – get the right teams with the right rituals to maximize throughput
• Vibe coding for grownups – ship faster with fewer developers using best practices from the San Francisco AI frontier
• Customer discovery & validation – make sure you’re building what people want
• Interim leadership – steady the ship while finding the right long-term eng leader

📩 Contact: alex@kuril.in