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Tobias is a phenomenal mentor. He listens and understands where you are, then looks for ways to get you unstuck or to a process of achievement. Highly recommend Tobias for any techie or startup person.
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Mihai Avram, Founder
Fractional CTO Services for Startups That Need Senior Technical Leadership
A fractional CTO is a part-time senior technical leader who helps founders make better architecture, hiring, and roadmap decisions without the cost of a full-time executive. Hubql combines that leadership with hands-on product delivery when you need it.
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What a Fractional CTO Actually Does
A fractional CTO gives your startup senior technical leadership on a part-time basis. That usually means architecture reviews, roadmap prioritization, vendor evaluation, hiring support, and technical sparring for founders who are not ready to hire a full-time CTO yet.
Hubql is strongest when you need both leadership and a path to execution. You can start with advisory support, then move into a build sprint, audit, or retainer when the product needs more hands-on help.
Meet Tobias, Your Fractional CTO
With over 12 years of experience in the software and web industry—including roles as CTO, Product Manager, and Software Engineering Manager—Tobias is passionate about using technology to build solutions.
His background includes successfully co-founding Brikl (an e-commerce platform for microstores), where he previously served as CTO and helped scale the company from scratch to a successful team of 70, fostering an excellent engineering culture and managing cross-functional teams.
Tobias possesses the technical expertise, management background, and positive attitude required to build successful software and thriving teams. He also shares this experience with the community by organizing events, delivering talks, and offering consulting to companies, investors, and startup founders.
Tobias is originally from Germany. He's currently based in Bangkok, Thailand.
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CTO-Level Leadership, When It Actually Makes Sense
Not every company needs a full-time CTO—but every product needs strong technical leadership. This approach gives you experienced, hands-on guidance tailored to your stage and your challenges.
Flexible Cost
Access top-tier technology leadership from $1,000/month for advisory to $3,000/month for an embedded studio team. See our packages at hubql.com/packages for details.
A Real Developer, Not Just an Advisor
Hands-on leaders who write code, review architecture, and guide your team through real-world technical decisions.
Build or Scale Your Engineering Team
From team structure to hiring and process, get support for teams from 5–50 engineers navigating scaling challenges and migrations.
Strategic Leadership
Turning business goals into clear, executable technical direction—from roadmaps to major initiatives like cloud migrations.
Team & Culture
Building engineering teams that communicate well, ship reliably, and scale without chaos.
Technical Depth
Hands-on experience with software architecture, APIs, GraphQL, data modeling, and e-commerce platforms.
Target Fit
Experience with product-led B2B SaaS companies at seed to Series B stages.
Trusted by Founders and Engineering Leaders
First-hand experiences from founders and engineers who benefited from hands-on mentorship, technical clarity, and practical leadership.
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Tobias was very helpful to assist a couple of our engineers with improvements to their technical interview process. I would love to work with Tobias again for further assistance to help me further mentor our engineers and support their growth.
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Tom Figiel, Founder @ Wasimil
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Thank you Tobias for his valuable guidance on the tech stack and helping me navigate technical complexities. I appreciate Tobias’ intelligence and experience, and am grateful for his time and generosity.
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Tan Jia Hui, Founder
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