I’m Sanjoy — and I help leaders make technology decisions they won’t regret.
22+ years of building and leading software — from engineer to senior architect, across hospitality, ecommerce, banking, logistics, edTech, and SaaS. I've shipped products from zero to scale, hired and grown the teams behind them, owned cloud architecture and the budgets that fund it, and made the build-vs-buy calls that either saved the roadmap or would have sunk it. That's the CTO mandate in practice. I bring it to your business, fractionally.
Now I do that work fractionally — for founders and leadership teams who need that judgment but aren’t ready for, or don’t need, a full-time CTO.
Why fractional
The best technology leaders are expensive, hard to hire, and often more than an early-stage company needs full-time. But the cost of not having that judgment — the wrong architecture, the wrong first hires, the wrong vendor lock-in — is usually far higher than the salary you were trying to avoid.
Fractional closes that gap. You get senior, accountable technical leadership at the moments it matters most, sized to your stage, with no obligation to keep paying for it once you don’t need it.
How I’m different
I optimize for your independence, not my retainer. The engagements I’m proudest of end with a team that no longer needs me. That’s the point.
I speak business, not just systems. I’ve sat in the rooms where technical decisions meet runway, fundraising, and revenue. I’ll always connect the two.
I’ll tell you the uncomfortable thing. You’re paying for honest judgment. If a plan is wrong, a hire is a mistake, or your favorite feature isn’t worth building, you’ll hear it from me — kindly, but clearly.
The work I take on
I’m a strong fit when you’re a founder making early technical bets, a company scaling through a wall, a team between technical leaders, or an investor who needs an independent read before a deal. I’m probably not the right fit for [pure staff augmentation or hands-on-keyboard contract development — that’s a different job, and I’ll happily point you to people who do it well.
Let’s talk
If any of this sounds like your situation
Book a discovery call. Tell me where you’re stuck and I’ll tell you, honestly, whether and how I can help.
Connect: LinkedIn · hellosanjoykumarmalik@gmail.com