Fractional CTO, AI/LLM architect or senior AI engineer roles, contract or full-time, 100% remote (Dallas, TX, Central Time). I own architecture, code review and delivery, and take stalled products and AI initiatives from prototype to revenue.
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Jacob Ralph
@jacobralph
Fractional CTO · AI/LLM Architect · SaaS Scaling. I take stalled products and AI from prototype to revenue. Dallas, TX.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
Fractional CTO and AI systems architect with 15+ years shipping production SaaS. I take stalled products and AI initiatives from prototype to revenue: LLM agents, RAG, and scalable cloud architecture (Python, Node.js, React, AWS). Founder since 17, led teams of 20+.
WHAT I DO
Technical leadership: roadmap, architecture decisions, hiring, and code review
AI/LLM systems: agents, RAG, multi-model pipelines (OpenAI, Claude), and LLM cost optimization
SaaS architecture: scalable cloud on AWS with Python, Node.js, NestJS, React, and Next.js
Rescue and scale: stabilize stalled codebases and get them shipping again
RECENT RESULTS
As Co-Founder & CTO of FancyAI (2023–2026), I built FancyGEO, an AI visibility SaaS: 50+ paying customers, under 3% monthly churn, 80% demo close rate
At Serene Labs (since 2018): 30+ production applications, 40+ API integrations, 20+ LLM-powered features and 725+ tests
WHAT YOU GET
A clear technical plan in the first two weeks
Weekly progress, direct access to me, and working code, not slide decks
Based in Dallas, TX (Central Time), working 100% remote. I take a limited number of engagements. Tell me what you're building.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
SL
Current
Founder, CEO & Tech Lead
Serene Labs
Jul 2018 - Present (8 years 3 months)
Owns sales, architecture, pull request review and delivery for an AI engineering firm serving mid-market operators and professional services firms. Leads a distributed team across Dallas, Brazil and Vietnam, and designs the offer ladder including AI-Native Ops Audit, 90-Day Production Build, and Fractional AI Officer retainer.
FA
Co-Founder, President & CTO
FancyAI
Nov 2023 - May 2026 (2 years 6 months)
Co-founded FancyAI and led its technology. Built and ran FancyGEO, an AI visibility SaaS that tracked brand presence across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other AI engines: 50+ paying customers, under 3% monthly churn, 80% demo close rate. Dual Claude + GPT engine over a 40,000+ site corpus. Stack: NestJS, Next.js, MongoDB, Redis/BullMQ, AWS.
FA
Partner | Head of Ops & Fulfillment
Fancy Awesome
Oct 2020 - Mar 2024 (3 years 5 months)
Partner and Head of Operations & Fulfillment (effectively COO) at Fancy Awesome, an analytical digital marketing agency serving hundreds of brands. Ran operations and fulfillment for client accounts across advertising, analytics and e-commerce.
FA
Head of SEO & Development
Fancy Awesome
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020 (11 months)
Led SEO and web development at Fancy Awesome, an analytical digital marketing agency serving hundreds of brands. Later became a partner and ran operations and fulfillment.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
BU
Brigham Young University
Computer Science (coursework, not completed)
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Website
serenelabs.ioPortfolio
jacobralph.comSalary expectations
80k+ USD
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