What product and technical consulting services does MarsDevs offer?

MarsDevs provides product strategy, fractional CTO advisory, technical due diligence, architecture review, and AI readiness assessments for teams that need senior technical leadership without a full-time hire. We have advised 40+ products across four continents, with first strategy sessions available within 48 hours.

We give teams the technical leadership to build the right product, not just a product.

The most expensive mistakes in a startup are not engineering mistakes. They are product direction mistakes made without a senior technical voice in the room. Wrong architecture, misaligned vendor, 18 months of runway spent building what customers did not want. We have seen it, and we have fixed it for teams across FinTech, HealthTech, Logistics, and SaaS.

Most founders cannot afford a full-time CTO in the early stages. Most consultants deliver a report and leave you to figure out the rest. MarsDevs operates differently. We embed as your technical leadership layer, own the decisions that matter, and stay until the outcome is real.

We have advised 40+ products across four continents, distilled bloated roadmaps into funded milestones, and prevented acquisitions from closing on undisclosed technical debt worth millions. The founders we work with get access to a decade of fractional CTO experience in 48 hours, not 48 days.

40+Products advised

48hFirst strategy session

10+Years fractional CTO experience

What we do

Product Strategy and Roadmapping

Turn a chaotic backlog into a focused roadmap tied to business outcomes. We map every initiative against retention, acquisition, and engineering cost so you spend runway on the three things that actually move the needle.

Fractional CTO Advisory

Senior technical leadership without the full-time hire. We own architecture decisions, vendor relationships, and engineering strategy alongside your team available in days, not months.

Technical Due Diligence

Before you acquire, invest, or commit to a technology platform, we audit the codebase, infrastructure, and team. We surface the hidden debt, the real risks, and the honest timeline before you sign.

Architecture Review and Design

A second opinion from engineers who have seen what breaks at scale. We review your current architecture, identify the specific bottlenecks costing you money and reliability, and design the path forward.

Tech Stack Selection and Migration Planning

Choosing the wrong foundation is expensive. Staying on a broken one is worse. We evaluate your current state, model the migration risk, and produce an execution roadmap your team can actually deliver.

AI Readiness Assessment

Not every process deserves AI. We analyse your workflows, data quality, and infrastructure to identify where AI creates real ROI and where it would waste budget then sequence the right pilots first.

Product & Tech Consulting

Leverage our industry expertise to drive impactful decisions with tailored product and tech consulting that aligns with your business goals and technological needs.

Product & Tech Consulting

The Product & Tech Consulting That Ships Products, Not Promises.

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Fractional CTO Advisory

Senior technical leadership available in 48 hours, not after a 6-month hiring process. We own architecture decisions, vendor relationships, and engineering strategy alongside your team without the full-time hire.

First strategy session within 48 hours of engagement
Architecture and vendor decisions owned end to end
Available through board meetings and investor conversations

Product Strategy and Roadmapping

Turn a chaotic backlog into a focused roadmap tied to business outcomes. We map every initiative against retention, acquisition, and engineering cost so your team spends runway on what actually moves the needle.

Backlog distilled to outcomes, not features
Sequenced by business impact per unit of engineering effort
Investor-ready roadmap narrative included

Technical Due Diligence

Before you acquire, invest, or sign a major contract, we audit the codebase, infrastructure, and team. We surface hidden debt, real risks, and honest timelines before you commit.

Full codebase, infrastructure, and security review in 2 to 3 weeks
Risk-rated findings with remediation cost estimates
Deal-ready report that reshapes negotiation terms

Architecture Review and Design

A senior second opinion on how your system is built, identifying the specific decisions creating bottlenecks, instability, or runaway infrastructure costs and designing the right path forward.

Root cause analysis of performance and reliability issues
Migration and refactor options with honest cost tradeoffs
Prioritised findings that resolve 80% of the pain fast

Tech Stack Selection and Migration

Choosing the wrong foundation is expensive. Staying on a broken one is worse. We evaluate your current state, model the migration risk, and produce a sequenced execution roadmap your team can deliver.

Unbiased technology selection with documented rationale
Phased migration plan with rollback at every stage
Fractional architecture leadership through execution

AI Readiness Assessment

Not every process deserves AI. We analyse your workflows, data quality, and infrastructure against AI adoption criteria to identify exactly where AI creates real ROI versus where it would waste budget.

Workflow analysis against AI value criteria
Business cases with projected savings per opportunity
Sequenced pilot roadmap starting with highest confidence wins

Engineering Team Assessment

An honest evaluation of your current engineering team's structure, capability gaps, hiring needs, and velocity bottlenecks. We tell you what you need to hear, not what is easy to say.

Capability gap analysis per engineering role
Hiring criteria and sourcing strategy included
Velocity bottleneck diagnosis with remediation plan

Vendor and Partner Evaluation

Before you sign a long-term contract with a software agency, SaaS vendor, or technology partner, we independently evaluate their capability, delivery track record, and the risk of that dependency to your business.

Independent capability and track record review
Contract risk analysis with negotiation recommendations
Exit strategy and dependency risk assessment

MVP Scoping and Launch Strategy

We help founders define the smallest, highest-confidence version of their product that validates the core hypothesis, avoids over-building, and gets to real user feedback before runway runs out.

Feature scope mapped to core hypothesis, not wishlist
Build vs. buy decisions made with full cost transparency
Launch sequence aligned to funding and traction milestones

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Our Consulting Toolset

Strategy and Architecture Tools We Work With

Notion

Figma

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Slack

Trello

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL

Notion

Figma

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Slack

Trello

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL

Client Outcomes

Consulting that ships results, not slide decks.

6 case studies

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FinTechFractional CTOProduct StrategyUAE

FinTech Roadmap Rescue

An 18-month backlog distilled to a 6-month MVP that raised a Series A.

Overview

A UAE-based payments startup had burned 14 months and significant runway working with a vendor whose roadmap had nothing to do with the product founders actually wanted to build. By the time they engaged MarsDevs, the backlog contained 200+ tickets, the engineering team was demoralised, and the board was asking hard questions about the path to fundraising. We stepped in as Fractional CTO, audited the entire product, vendor relationship, and technical strategy in the first two weeks, and produced a focused 6-month roadmap that cut scope by 70 percent while accelerating the milestone that mattered most to investors. The founding team went from crisis mode to Series A close in under six months.

Challenges

Vendor had built 14 months of scope misaligned with investor and customer priorities.
200+ item backlog with no clear prioritisation framework or business outcome mapping.
Engineering team had no product context, executing tickets with no understanding of why.
Board pressure to demonstrate traction before next funding round with limited runway remaining.

Solutions

Conducted a full product and vendor audit in the first two weeks, identifying the 12 features that actually mattered to investors and early customers.
Replaced the 200-item backlog with a 6-month roadmap of 30 clearly sequenced deliverables tied to funding milestones.
Restructured the engineering team around outcome ownership rather than ticket execution, introducing weekly business-context sharing.
Transitioned vendor relationship to staff augmentation only, taking back product and architecture decisions internally.

Outcomes

6moTo MVP from roadmap reset

60%Budget saved vs. original plan

Series ARaised post-engagement

70%Scope reduction without value loss

2 weeksTo first strategic clarity

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Client Testimonials

Founders Across Industries Trust MarsDevs

C★★★★★4.9 / 5 on ClutchRead our reviews

Brand Strategist

“Marsdevs, these guys are awesome team. They helped us with very complicated technology problems, and the problem was we didn’t even know where to begin uncovering those problems. We knew they existed, but we needed a sound partner to figure them out and fix them for us.”

CEO

Outstanding service that combines efficiency, excellence, and affordability. It's a challenge to come across a provider that excels in these three areas simultaneously. Taking a chance on them was a gamble, but the results exceeded our expectations. Extremely satisfied, I would recommend them without hesitation.

Founder

Absolutely blown away by the level of skill, the speed of their work, and how they didn't break the bank. They made themselves available to Suit my UK timezone and schedule. We are surely one happy customer!

Co-Founder

MarsDevs team is a great to work with. They are quick, responsive and work hard to understand your needs. The team is knowledgeable on the technical aspects of my projects - and are always willing to share their expertise in this Area.

Project Lead

We had a vague idea of what we wanted to build for our target audience. Our market is very communal and new players are expected to play by the rules of the market, more than the established ones. MarsDevs team was the perfect fit for this kind of a job. They were detail- oriented; both while assessing the needs and while developing the solution. We are very thankful for their role.

What results has MarsDevs delivered for its clients?

Since 2019, MarsDevs has shipped 60+ products with an 80% repeat client rate and a 98% client success rate. Our portfolio founders have raised over $50M, and our engineering teams have shipped 290,000 lines of production code while handling 5.4 billion transactions annually.

Numbers That Prove We Deliver

Since 2019, we have shipped 80+ products with founders who needed a real engineering partner, not just a vendor. Senior engineers, product thinking, and speed built in from day one.

80%

Repeat client rate

25+

MVPs launched in under 90 days

$50M+

Raised by our portfolio founders

3x

Faster time to market

290,000

Lines of production code shipped

40%

Faster delivery vs industry average

60+

Products shipped for teams

98%

Client success rate

5.4 Billion

Transactions handled annually

Why do founders choose MarsDevs as their engineering partner?

Founders across the Middle-East, Singapore, and Europe choose MarsDevs because we embed senior engineers with product instinct directly into their team, deliver predictably without a single missed launch across 100+ products, and architect every product for scale from day one.

The Product & Tech Consulting Partner That Ships Products, Not Presentations

Most founders waste 6 to 12 months working with vendors who over-promise and under-deliver. MarsDevs is the engineering partner founders across the Middle-East, Singapore, and Europe rely on to go from idea to production in weeks. We bring deep domain expertise, senior engineers, and a product mindset so your roadmap actually moves.

Senior Engineers With Product Instinct

Our engineers do not just write code. They think in outcomes. Every sprint is focused on shipping features that move the needle, not just closing tickets.

A Partner, Not a Vendor

We embed into your product process from day one. Stand-ups, reviews, architecture decisions, we are in the room, not waiting for a spec document to appear in our inbox.

Predictable Delivery, Every Time

We have delivered over 100 products across industries without a single missed launch. Our structured engineering process means fewer surprises and more momentum for your business.

Built for Scale From Day One

Every product we build is architected to grow with you. No shortcuts, no technical debt landmines. When your user base 10x, your product handles it without breaking a sweat.

Since 2019, we have shipped 80+ products for companies from startups to enterprises that needed a true engineering partner, not just a vendor. Our senior engineers embed into your product journey and get you to market faster than you thought possible.

2019

Year Established

60 +

Projects Completed

80 +

Satisfied Customers

75000 +

Hours of Code

Consulting Engagement Process

How a Consulting Engagement Actually Works

Engage

A focused scoping session to understand your situation, the decisions you are stuck on, and where the fastest leverage is. No intake forms. No pre-sales theatre.

Audit

Codebase, architecture, roadmap, or team structure reviewed with fresh eyes. We surface what is actually wrong, not what is comfortable to say.

Diagnose

Root cause analysis with risk ratings and remediation cost estimates. Findings you can act on immediately, not a report that sits in a folder.

Strategise

Roadmap, architecture decisions, and a sequenced execution plan tied to business outcomes. Investor-ready where needed.

Execute

Fractional leadership through implementation. We own decisions alongside your team until the work is done, not until the document is delivered.

Measure

Outcomes tracked against the targets set at kickoff. Engagements do not end until the metric moves.

Consulting Engagement Process

How a Consulting Engagement Actually Works

Engage

A focused scoping session to understand your situation, the decisions you are stuck on, and where the fastest leverage is. No intake forms. No pre-sales theatre.

Audit

Codebase, architecture, roadmap, or team structure reviewed with fresh eyes. We surface what is actually wrong, not what is comfortable to say.

Diagnose

Root cause analysis with risk ratings and remediation cost estimates. Findings you can act on immediately, not a report that sits in a folder.

Strategise

Roadmap, architecture decisions, and a sequenced execution plan tied to business outcomes. Investor-ready where needed.

Execute

Fractional leadership through implementation. We own decisions alongside your team until the work is done, not until the document is delivered.

Measure

Outcomes tracked against the targets set at kickoff. Engagements do not end until the metric moves.

Which industries does MarsDevs build products for?

MarsDevs has built production software for Healthcare, FinTech, E-commerce, LegalTech, InsurTech, Logistics, EdTech, Food Delivery, and PropTech. The domain changes but the engineering standards remain the same: senior engineers, product thinking, and speed built in from day one.

Industries We Serve

Built Products Across Industries That Matter

Health Care

Fintech

Travel

E-Commerce

Restaurant

ED Tech

Social Media

Social Impact

Food & Beverages

Sports

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions, meet answers.

Most early-stage and Series A founders do not need a full-time CTO. What they need is senior technical decision-making available at the right moments: architecture choices, vendor evaluation, engineering team structure, fundraising technical narrative, and product direction. A fractional CTO delivers exactly that without the salary, equity dilution, and 6-month hiring cycle. We have worked with founders from pre-seed through Series B who used fractional CTO advisory to make better technical decisions faster than their competitors who were waiting to hire full-time.

It depends on the engagement, but the most common activities are: reviewing and making architecture decisions before they get expensive to change, evaluating vendors and technology platforms, setting engineering team structure and hiring criteria, unblocking the development team when they hit technical decision paralysis, preparing the technical narrative for investor meetings, and auditing what has already been built to identify risks before they become crises. We operate as a senior technical partner with skin in the outcome, not a consultant who delivers a document and disappears.

Technical due diligence is a structured review of a software product's codebase, architecture, infrastructure, security posture, and engineering team before a financial transaction. You need it before acquiring a company, investing in a technology-dependent business, partnering with a platform provider who will become a critical dependency, or committing to a significant technology contract. The goal is to surface risks that are invisible in financial due diligence: hidden technical debt, architectural limitations that cap the product's scalability, security vulnerabilities, and team capability gaps that affect the business plan.

A focused technical due diligence review takes two to three weeks for a typical B2B SaaS or software product. We review the codebase, infrastructure, security posture, engineering team structure, and roadmap feasibility. The output is a structured report with risk ratings, remediation cost estimates, and an honest assessment of what you are acquiring. For larger or more complex platforms, the review can take up to four weeks. We have completed due diligence reviews for transactions ranging from seed-stage acquisitions to eight-figure deals.

An architecture review is a structured analysis of how your current system is built, identifying the specific decisions that are creating bottlenecks, instability, cost overruns, or scaling limitations. It is not a general audit. We focus on the problems you are experiencing today and trace them to their architectural root causes. The output is a prioritised set of findings with severity ratings, remediation options, and an honest assessment of the cost and risk of each path. Most architecture reviews we conduct produce two to four findings that, if addressed, resolve 80 percent of the operational problems the team has been living with.

We start by understanding the business context: what metrics are not moving, what the next funding milestone requires, and what customers are asking for versus what they actually need. Then we audit the existing backlog or roadmap against those dimensions. Most roadmaps we review contain too many items, too few outcomes, and no connection between the two. We restructure the roadmap around business outcomes rather than feature lists, sequence it by impact per unit of engineering effort, and produce a version the founding team can execute with confidence and use in investor conversations.

A tech stack migration is the process of moving from one technology foundation to another: from a monolith to services, from one database to another, from an on-premise infrastructure to cloud, or from a legacy framework to a modern one. It is worth doing when the current stack is creating genuine operational problems, costing significantly more than alternatives, or limiting the product's ability to scale or ship features at the pace the business requires. It is not worth doing because the technology is old or because a competitor uses something different. We conduct a migration readiness assessment before any engagement to determine whether the economics of migration are genuinely favourable.

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What product and technical consulting services does MarsDevs offer?

Product Strategy and Roadmapping

Fractional CTO Advisory

Technical Due Diligence

Architecture Review and Design

Tech Stack Selection and Migration Planning

AI Readiness Assessment

Product & Tech Consulting

Product & Tech Consulting

The Product & Tech Consulting That Ships Products, Not Promises.

Fractional CTO Advisory

Product Strategy and Roadmapping

Technical Due Diligence

Architecture Review and Design

Tech Stack Selection and Migration

AI Readiness Assessment

Engineering Team Assessment

Vendor and Partner Evaluation

MVP Scoping and Launch Strategy

Strategy and Architecture Tools We Work With

Consulting that ships results, not slide decks.

FinTech Roadmap Rescue

Founders Across Industries Trust MarsDevs

What results has MarsDevs delivered for its clients?

Numbers That Prove We Deliver

80%

25+

$50M+

3x

290,000

40%

60+

98%

5.4 Billion

Why do founders choose MarsDevs as their engineering partner?

The Product & Tech Consulting Partner That Ships Products, Not Presentations

Senior Engineers With Product Instinct

A Partner, Not a Vendor

Predictable Delivery, Every Time

Built for Scale From Day One

2019

60 +

80 +

75000 +

Consulting Engagement Process

How a Consulting Engagement Actually Works

Consulting Engagement Process

How a Consulting Engagement Actually Works

Which industries does MarsDevs build products for?

Built Products Across Industries That Matter

Health Care

Fintech

Travel

E-Commerce

Restaurant

ED Tech

Social Media

Social Impact

Food & Beverages

Sports

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