Technical Leadership

Fractional CTO for SaaS

Artem Stepochkin · CTO · Team Lead · Senior PHP Developer
Architecture · Engineering Processes · Code Review · Team Leadership

Hands-on technical leadership for SaaS products — architecture, engineering processes, code review, team leadership and technical decision-making. 19 years of commercial software development experience.

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Artem Stepochkin - Fractional CTO for SaaS
  • 19 + Years of Experience
  • 10 + Team Leadership
Laravel SaaS

Hands-on Fractional CTO

Technical Leadership for SaaS

I help SaaS products with technical leadership while remaining close to the actual engineering work.

My experience includes Senior PHP Developer, Team Lead, CTO and Co-founder roles, with responsibility for architecture decisions, code review, development processes, mentoring and engineering team leadership.

I can work with an existing development team, help structure technical decisions and processes, and contribute directly to PHP, Laravel and Yii2 backend systems when needed.

Fractional CTO Services

What I Can Help With
Architecture
Technical Architecture
Architecture decisions for SaaS products, backend systems, databases, APIs and integrations.
Leadership
Engineering Leadership
Technical decision-making, development processes, mentoring and engineering team leadership.
Quality
Code Review & Standards
Code review and practical improvements focused on maintainability, reliability and development quality.
Scaling
Performance & Scalability
Technical work around high-load systems, databases, queues, Redis and backend performance.
Modernization
Existing System Modernization
Planning and implementing gradual improvements to existing PHP, Laravel and Yii2 systems without unnecessary full rewrites.
Hands-on
Hands-on Backend Development
Direct contribution to PHP, Laravel and Yii2 development, REST APIs and complex integrations when required.
SaaS Services

Technical Background

Architecture · Backend · Infrastructure
PHP Backend

PHP 7/8 · Laravel · Yii2 · REST API · OOP · SOLID

Async & Highload

Queues · Jobs · Batches · Horizon · Redis

Databases & Data

MySQL · MariaDB · PostgreSQL · Redis · MongoDB

Integrations

Payment Gateways · CRM / ERP · Telegram API · Firebase · AWS · LLM / AI

Infrastructure

Linux · Nginx · Apache · Docker · Git · CI/CD · Supervisor · AWS

Additional

JavaScript · Vue.js · Kotlin · Python · HTML · CSS

Technology

Developer · Team Lead · CTO

Senior Developer · Team Lead · CTO

My background combines hands-on software development with technical leadership. I have worked as a Senior PHP Developer, Team Lead, CTO and Co-founder across backend systems, SaaS products, APIs, integrations and engineering teams.

I can contribute as a hands-on Laravel developer while also taking responsibility for architecture and technical decisions when a SaaS product needs senior engineering ownership.

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Need Technical Leadership for Your SaaS?

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I am available for Fractional CTO engagements, technical leadership, architecture work and hands-on backend development for SaaS products.

  • Laravel SaaS backend development
  • REST API development
  • Queues and high-load backend systems
  • Third-party integrations
  • Performance and scaling
  • Technical leadership

Contact Me

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Location
Based in Ukraine · Working remotely worldwide
LinkedIn
astepochkin
Email
work.psd2html@gmail.com
Telegram
@astepochkin
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