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    No In-House Tech Team

    No In-House Tech Team

    Complete engineering department for pre-hire startups who need software built before they can build a team.

    3-5
    Roles Replaced by One Engagement
    1hr/wk
    Your Management Time Required
    6-10wk
    From Zero to Shipped Product
    100%
    Hiring Support Included

    Transforming No In-House Tech Team through Technology

    Hiring a CTO takes six months in good markets. Your product needs to exist before you can raise. We become your entire engineering department: frontend, backend, DevOps, QA. When you are ready to hire, we write the job descriptions, interview candidates, and hand over a codebase the next team can actually work in.

    CiroStack as complete engineering department
    Phase 01

    Your Engineering Department Until You Build One

    Hiring a CTO takes 6 months. Hiring a senior engineer takes 3-4 months. You do not have that time. Your product needs to exist before your next fundraise, customer deadline, or market window.

    We provide complete engineering coverage from day one: frontend development, backend architecture, database design, infrastructure setup, testing, and deployment. No gaps, no missing skills.

    Autonomous operation means you do not manage engineers. You set product direction weekly. We make technical decisions, execute daily, and report progress asynchronously. Your time stays on the business.

    This is a bridge, not a permanent solution. We are explicitly designed to be replaced by your internal team when the time is right. Everything we build is documented for that handoff.

    Transition from external team to first engineering hire
    Phase 02

    The Transition to Your Own Team

    The goal is not permanent dependency. It is shipping a product now and building a team later when you have revenue, funding, or proven product-market fit to attract talent.

    When you are ready to hire, we help: writing job descriptions that attract the right level, conducting technical interviews, and evaluating candidates against the codebase they will inherit.

    Your first hire overlaps with us for 2-4 weeks. They learn the system with access to the people who built it. Architecture walk-throughs, deployment training, and documented operational procedures.

    The codebase is explicitly designed for handoff: clean structure, consistent patterns, full documentation, and architecture decisions explained. Your new engineer is productive in their first week.

    Technical Capability

    Our No In-House Tech Team Stack

    Complete engineering department for pre-hire startups who need software built before they can build a team.

    Key Priorities

    Full engineering coverage from day one (no hiring delay)
    Autonomous operation with weekly direction approval only
    Architecture decisions documented with rationale
    Async communication (no daily meetings required)
    Hiring support included when you are ready to build internally
    Handoff documentation produced throughout (not at the end)

    Standard Deliverables

    The architecture artifacts you receive in every No In-House Tech Team engagement.

    Production application deployed from zero engineering input
    Complete source code with architecture documentation
    CI/CD and monitoring running autonomously
    Handoff documentation for future engineering hire
    Hiring plan (job descriptions, evaluation criteria) when ready
    Operational runbook covering all maintenance tasks

    We understand your unique pain points

    Hiring a CTO takes 6 months in a good market. Your product needs to exist before your next fundraise, which is in 4 months.
    You do not know how to evaluate developers, manage an engineering process, or make technology decisions. You need someone who handles all of it.
    Freelancers disappear. Offshore teams need management you cannot provide. You need a reliable, senior, self-managing engineering partner.
    Without a shipped product, investors question your ability to execute. You need proof of execution capability, not just a pitch deck.

    You need a full engineering team but cannot hire one yet. We fill the gap completely until you are ready.

    Complete engineering department for pre-hire startups who need software built before they can build a team.

    Who we help

    We partner with forward-thinking organizations ranging from agile startups to established enterprises to deliver No In-House Tech Team solutions that drive true market leadership.

    4.9/5average client rating
    1

    Non-technical founders who shipped products without hiring engineers

    2

    Companies that went from zero code to live product in 8 weeks

    3

    Founders who successfully transitioned from external to internal team

    4

    Startups that raised funding with shipped products as proof of execution

    How CiroStack Empowers No In-House Tech Team

    We apply our proven engineering disciplines to solve your most complex sector challenges.

    Full Project Outsourcing

    We own architecture, development, testing, and deployment from requirements to launch. You review working software at milestones. No hiring, no technical management, no gaps between engineering roles.

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    Dedicated Engineering Team

    A dedicated team of senior engineers who attend your standups, ship features continuously, and give you the internal engineering capability you need without the overhead of hiring and managing it yourself.

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    CTO as a Service

    Architecture decisions, technology selection, vendor evaluation, and the strategic technical direction your business needs — handled by an experienced technical leader without the cost of a full-time CTO hire.

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    Frontend Development

    Complete frontend development handled independently — architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment. You approve direction and review working software. No technical input required from you.

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    Ready to start your project?

    Let's discuss your specific challenges. Our engineering experts will work with you to architect the perfect solution.

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