Fractional CTO · Commerce · Logistics · Lending

I've already built the systems you're about to need.

Ex-Blinkit, Porter and Urban Harvest. Fractional CTO for commerce, logistics and lending startups. A written 90-day plan in 14 days.

Response promise: Reply the same business day (IST)

160 → 85 days

New-store launch time at Blinkit (team result)

15 → 50+

Engineers, Urban Harvest

500 stores

Blinkit national rollout

What I fix.

Direct architectural remediation where technical design directly protects gross margin.

Commerce & Quick-Commerce

Checkout holds up on your biggest sale day.

High-concurrency cart pipelines, dark-store inventory locks, dynamic coupons, and sub-50ms checkout resilience.

Logistics & Last-Mile

Every order finds a rider in seconds.

Intra-city driver fleet dispatching, battery-efficient GPS telemetry, routing optimization, and automated SLA tracking.

FinTech & Lending

Your ledger matches the bank, every day.

Immutable double-entry balance ledgers, algorithmic credit underwriting rules, automated reconciliation, and risk verification.

How it starts.

Audit (2 weeks) → 90-day plan → I lead the build.

Stage 01 · 2 Weeks

Architecture Audit

I inspect your codebase, cloud spend, and pipeline bottlenecks. You receive a written risk scorecard and prioritized fixes.

Stage 02 · 14 Days

90-Day Tech Plan

We define an operational roadmap with concrete milestones. The full audit fee is credited toward follow-on retainers.

Stage 03 · Execution

I Lead the Build

I lead your technical architecture, review pull requests, and keep engineering aligned with business revenue.

Engagement models.

Transparent pricing with zero junior handoffs. Full IP ownership transferred upon invoice payment.

Fixed-Scope Evaluation

Architecture Audit · $12,000 fixed

2-week comprehensive codebase, pipeline, and infrastructure review. 100% credited toward a retainer started within 30 days.

Book audit
Technical Leadership

Fractional CTO

Starting at $15,000 / month

3-month minimum commitment, followed by 30 days notice.

Weekly architectural governance, hiring senior talent, critical PR reviews, roadmap feasibility, and board updates.

Retain Fractional CTO
Turnkey Execution

Embedded CTO + Senior Team

Starting at $45,000 / month

3-month minimum commitment, followed by 30 days notice.

Hands-on fractional CTO leadership paired with 2–4 senior engineers for end-to-end platform builds and modernization.

Deploy Senior Pod

A note from the founder

“I spent 12 years building the systems that break first when commerce, logistics and lending companies grow: order flows, dispatch, ledgers. Now I help a few funded founders at a time get those right early. You work with me directly, you own every line of code, and you'll know exactly what we're fixing and why.”

— Umesh

Tell me what's slowing you down.

Noida, India · Reply the same business day (IST)