Prototype-to-production engineering
Without the $180k hire. I take your working prototype and turn it into a product real users can rely on — using AI-augmented development, in weeks not quarters.
Currently taking on 1 fractional engagement for Q3 2026
Sound familiar?
This is who I work with best.
You have something that works on demo day. Turning it into a scalable, maintainable system that real users can rely on is a different problem — and one I solve.
Your product works, but the UX is holding sales back. You need someone who codes and cares about the interface — not two separate people who hand off between each other.
You need an IC who can drive features independently — not someone to supervise. But a full-time hire isn't the right move yet. Fractional is the answer.
Your eng and design loop is slow. Specs go back and forth. Weeks evaporate. You need one person who collapses that gap and just ships.
What I bring
In practice, that means taking a prototype that works in controlled conditions and making it robust enough for real users — handling edge cases, performance under load, and the UX gaps that only surface when people who aren’t you start using the product. I own the full stack of concerns: system design, implementation, and interface, as a peer to product and stakeholders, not an order-taker.
Selected work
A few things I’ve shipped.
Designed and shipped a production-ready interactive site in under one week using AI-assisted development. Full ownership across design, development, and deployment at ~$30 total build cost.
If you need to move fast without sacrificing quality, this is what that looks like at its most extreme.
Rebuilt a fragmented peer-to-peer tool into a scalable multi-user conferencing system with adaptive layouts, screen sharing, and host/guest admission control. Owned product, UX, and full implementation.
What prototype-to-production looks like for a real-time, multi-user B2B product.
Redesigned a fragmented call initiation flow into a 1–2 click experience with conditional after-hours UI. Used as a primary feature in revenue-adjacent sales demos across multiple customer deployments.
A single UX fix that directly affected revenue — the kind of ROI fractional engagement is built for.
Rebuilt a deprecated portal into a flexible configuration system — queue builder, hours-of-operation management, attribute-based routing. Customers configure real-time workflows without developer involvement.
Turning an engineering bottleneck into a self-serve product — this is what production-grade means in practice.
Free resource
Get the free checklist I use to audit every new engagement — and find out exactly where most prototypes break.
How it works
I know “fractional engineer” can feel abstract. Here’s exactly what to expect.
A free 30-minute conversation — no pitch, no agenda. We figure out where you’re at, what the prototype needs to become production-grade, and whether I’m the right person to help. That conversation is also the initial audit: you leave with a clearer picture of the gaps even if we don’t work together.
Based on that conversation, I put together a focused proposal — what to tackle first, at what pace, and what the deliverables look like. No open-ended retainer ambiguity.
Async-friendly, 10–20 hrs/week. Weekly check-ins. You have a senior engineer embedded in your product team — without the full-time overhead.
Answer three quick questions and I’ll either open up my calendar or point you toward the right resource — whichever actually helps you most right now.
Do you have a working prototype or MVP today?
Not ready to book? That’s fine.
Grab the free Prototype-to-Production Checklist instead — it’s a good first step regardless.