Fractional CTO and technical strategy for companies that need senior engineering leadership — without the full-time overhead. 30+ years building and scaling software teams across adtech, martech, and beyond.
What We Do
Senior engineering leadership without the full-time overhead. We set direction, align your roadmap with business goals, make the hard architecture calls, and keep your team moving.
System design, stack evaluation, and scalability planning done with production reality in mind — not just whiteboard theory. Built for where your product needs to go, not just where it is.
Hiring strategy, interview design, onboarding, and org structure to build teams that actually ship. We find engineers with high self-esteem and low ego — and build the culture to keep them.
Pre-investment and pre-acquisition code and team assessments that tell you what you're actually buying. Architecture review, debt evaluation, team capability, and a straight read on execution risk.
Background
I'm Jeremy Stanton — a software architect and engineering leader who has spent the last 30+ years building teams, scaling products, and helping companies navigate the hard parts of growing through technology.
My team and I have been early hires at fast-moving startups, led engineering at PE-backed platforms, and taken companies through acquisitions. We know what good engineering culture looks like, and we know how to build it from scratch.
Astura is how we work with companies that need senior engineering perspective without a full-time commitment. Whether you need a clear technical roadmap, help hiring your first team, or an honest assessment before a deal closes — that's the work.
Scaling the engineering org at a privacy-first performance marketing platform.
Senior Technical Leader at one of the fastest-growing marketing technology groups globally.
Generative ad creative platform. Smart asset performance analytics and optimization
Enterprise commerce platform. Engineering leadership across a complex, multi-product org.
Led the engineering team through a $35M acquisition.
Contact
Whether you're figuring out your technical roadmap, scaling a team, or need a clear-eyed view before a deal — let's talk.