Founders Making Early Architecture Calls
Pick the right stack, data layer, and deployment model β informed by where you actually want to be in 18 months, not just next quarter.
Who we build for
Who We Provide Technical Consulting For
Code is not always the answer β sometimes the answer is a clearer map. We help founders and CTOs make the right architecture, stack, and team decisions before they invest months in building.
CTOs Inheriting Complex Codebases
Codebase audits, technical debt assessment, and prioritised remediation roadmaps β so you can lead from informed ground, not folklore.
Teams Stuck in Scaling Bottlenecks
Diagnose architecture issues β performance, integration sprawl, monolith vs. microservices β and recommend the cheapest path forward.
Early-Stage Startups (CTO-as-a-Service)
Fractional senior engineering leadership β interviewing, code review, hiring plans, and architecture decisions β until you are ready for a full-time CTO.
Why Chayaniq for consulting
Technical Consulting & Architecture Review Benefits
Sometimes you don't need more code β you need a clearer map. Here is what senior-level consultation brings to founders and CTOs before they invest months building the wrong thing.
System Architecture Design & Review
End-to-end architecture review β services, data flow, deployment β with specific, ranked recommendations and trade-offs explained without jargon.
Technology Stack Selection & Roadmap
Help you pick the right stack for the next 18 months β informed by your team's strengths, hiring market, and product trajectory.
Code Quality Audit & Tech-Debt Assessment
Codebase audits with a prioritised remediation plan β including what is safe to ignore and what is silently slowing you down.
Scalability & Performance Review
Identify the architectural choke points before they become incidents β with concrete fixes and effort estimates for each.
Microservices Migration Strategy
Strangler-pattern migration plans β moving from monolith to services only where the boundaries actually exist, not because it is fashionable.
CTO-as-a-Service for Early-Stage Startups
Fractional senior engineering leadership β interviewing, code review, hiring plans, and architecture decisions β until you are ready for a full-time CTO.
Industries we serve
Technical Consulting Across Industries
Architecture decisions are shaped by industry context β compliance, growth patterns, scale. We bring that context-aware lens across SaaS, healthcare, finance, e-commerce, and more.
Remote patient monitoring
- Real-time collection of wearables data
- Enhanced doctor-patient communication
- Comprehensive view of patient health data
- Data-driven report generation
- Seamless integration with existing systems
- Improved patient outcomes
Electronic medical records (EMR)
- Interoperability of medical data across departments
- HIPAA / GDPR compliant solutions
- Improved patient care
- Quick access to patient records, vitals, and lab results
- Enhanced security and privacy of patient health data
Document management
- Compliant documentation workflow
- Streamlined management of health information
- Integrations with existing systems for a 360Β° data view
- Secure file sharing and access management
Insurance verification
- Automated medical insurance eligibility
- Proactive identification of coverage issues
- API-ready and HIPAA-compliant
How we work
Our Consulting Engagement Process
Consulting works when it ends with a decision β not just a deck. Our process is short, focused, and built around producing artefacts your team can act on the day we hand over.
Scoping Call
A 30-minute conversation to understand goals, current pain, and what a good outcome looks like for you and your team.
Discovery
Stakeholder interviews, codebase walkthroughs, and architecture reviews β building a clear, honest picture of the current state.
Analysis
We synthesise what we learned into trade-offs, risks, and ranked recommendations β with effort and impact estimates for each.
Validation
We pressure-test recommendations with your team β so blind spots surface before they become regrets.
Decision Memo
A short, sharp document covering current state, recommended path, alternatives, and the rationale β shareable with stakeholders.
Optional Follow-Through
We can stay on as your senior engineering partner β or hand off cleanly to your team β depending on what you need next.
How we deliver technical consulting
Sometimes you don't need more code β you need a clearer map. We engage in focused consulting blocks designed to leave you with a decision, a plan, and the rationale behind both.
End-to-end architecture review β services, data flow, deployment β with specific, ranked recommendations and trade-offs explained without jargon.
- Stakeholder interviews and codebase walkthroughs
- Architecture diagrams documenting the current state honestly
- Prioritised recommendations with effort and impact estimates
Our toolkit
Our Consulting Toolkit
Consulting deliverables only matter if you can act on them. Here is the toolkit we use to make recommendations concrete, defensible, and easy for your team to execute.
Codebase Audits
- Static analysis
- Architecture diagramming
- Tech-debt heatmaps
- Dependency review
Architecture Reviews
- C4 diagrams
- ADR records
- Trade-off matrices
- Migration roadmaps
Process & Delivery
- Sprint cadence review
- Code review practices
- Release engineering
- On-call setup
AI & Data Strategy
- AI feasibility studies
- Data architecture review
- RAG strategy
Cloud & Cost Reviews
- AWS Well-Architected reviews
- Cost analysis
- Multi-account strategy
Hiring & Team
- Interview rubrics
- Hiring plans
- Org design
- 1:1s with senior engineers
Perspectives
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