You have the idea, a rough prototype, and six weeks before the next investor meeting. We turn the prototype into the thing they can actually click.
v2026 · Toronto · Available in Eastern Time
Software, forged for the teams shipping next.
Stackforge is a senior engineering partner for teams at any stage, from early founders to enterprise. AI native product builds, fractional CTO, stack modernization. Shipped in weeks, not quarters.
What we believe
i. Senior first, always. No junior handoffs, no "resource pool." The person on the call is the person writing the code.
ii. Shipping is the spec. We measure work by what went live, not by what went into a deck.
iii. Boring technology until there's a reason not to. Your product is the bet. The stack shouldn't be.
iv. Six weeks, or we say so upfront. Honest scoping beats heroic deadlines every time.
v. Based in Toronto, working in Eastern Time. Available to teams wherever the time zones line up.
What we do
Five ways we show up for a team.
Engagement models built for how real software actually gets made, from zero to one to rebuilding the plane mid flight.
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Product engineering
AI native builds from blank repo to production. Fullstack ownership across architecture, infra, and interface, delivered by the same engineer who scoped it.
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Fractional CTO
Senior technical leadership without the headcount. Hiring, architecture, vendor calls, board decks. We step in where a full time CTO would, part of the time.
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Six week sprints
A scoped problem, a fixed price, a shipped outcome. We run tight Shape Up cycles: a narrow bet, six weeks of execution, a working handoff.
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Stack modernization
Decompose monoliths, move to cloud native, retire the things that page your team at 3am. All without pausing the business while we do it.
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Architecture & advisory
An outside read on the decisions that will matter in two years. Stack reviews, technical diligence, and the occasional "stop doing that" conversation.
How we work
Four phases. No theatre.
Every engagement starts the same way, with questions, not proposals. Here's the shape of the work from brief to handover.
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01 Week 0
Discovery
A working session. Goals, constraints, and the real reason this is on your roadmap. We leave with a one page problem statement you agree to.
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02 Week 1
Shape
Scoped appetite, not spec by the pound. We define what's in, what's out, and the tradeoffs you're signing up for, in writing, before a commit.
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03 Weeks 2 to 6
Build
Heads down execution with weekly demos. Continuous deploy from day one. You see progress in pull requests, not status reports.
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04 Week 6+
Handover
Documentation, walkthroughs, and a thirty day warranty. Your team owns the code on day one. We stay on the hook through day ninety.
Who this is for
We're useful to teams at four junctures.
Product market fit is real, the codebase is groaning, and hiring hasn't caught up. We embed as a second team: senior, fast, and gone when you're staffed.
A legacy system is slowing the business down. We run the modernization playbook, plan, migrate, and verify, without putting operations on pause.
Procurement friendly, schedule friendly, and engineered for the handover. We play well with existing teams and don't try to become the thirteenth vendor.
Technology
Proven tools. Deliberate choices.
We reach for battle tested defaults, and know when the unusual choice is the right one. This is the short list.
Frontend
Backend
AI & Data
Cloud · DevOps
Let's talk
Have a brief in mind?
Let's pressure test it.
A thirty minute call with the engineer who would build it. No deck, no obligation. Just a sharper read on your options.
Book a call
Thirty minutes
on the calendar.
Pick a slot and we'll cover the problem, the shape, and whether there's a fit. No deck, just a conversation.
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Direct
hello@stackforge.ca
Based in
Toronto, Ontario
Available
Monday to Friday
Response
Within one business day
Elsewhere