Comment by Arubis

SEEKING WORK | Remote/Denver, CO [MT/UTC-6] | Technical Leadership for Scaling Teams | Process Transformation | AI Security

I help Series A-C startups navigate technical chaos and scaling challenges. After 7 years consulting both directly and through agencies (and decades of engineering work), I specialize in organizations experiencing transitions - post-funding growth, leadership changes, or strategic pivots.

I can sling code--and I can help your org by:

- Transforming chaotic delivery through listening-first process design (I discover what YOUR team needs, whether that's Shape Up, incentive realignment, or custom approaches)

- Identifying and fix incentive misalignments that sabotage delivery (saved one client $300k+ in unnecessary architecture changes)

- Guiding secure AI tool adoption without blowing up your business

- Bridging technical excellence with organizational transformation

My average engagement is ~6 months across 15+ clients.

Recent wins:

- Delivered project ahead of schedule during company layoffs using Shape Up

- Established cross-team coordination that unblocked a multiyear replatforming effort

- Prevented costly microservices migration by identifying vendor's misaligned incentives

Technical foundation: Ruby/Rails, Elixir/Phoenix, comprehensive DevOps (AWS/Terraform/Docker), AI security expertise. But I'm hired for my ability to see why your technical initiatives keep failing and fix the root causes.

I thrive in chaos. If your organization is at an inflection point and needs someone who can deliver immediate technical value while building lasting capabilities, let's talk.

Email: dylan+hn at arborealstudios.com Blog: https://www.dylanfitzgerald.net/blog GitHub: https://github.com/arubis

Available for fractional CTO, technical advisory, or focused transformation projects. International relocation a possibility.