Octa Labs
For Seed & Series A founders

Engineering leadership for growing startups.

Still the person every hiring, delivery, and team decision depends on? Octa Labs helps founders scale engineering teams from 5 to 25, without losing speed, ownership, or product focus.

Your startup has outgrown founder-led engineering management.

  • “I'm the only one who can unblock the team.”
  • “Every hiring decision still runs through me.”
  • “We're growing, but I feel more stretched, not less.”
Everything orbits back to you

When we step in

Hiring, delivery, and people decisions still run through you. Your team has outgrown that.

We work directly with founders who need experienced engineering leadership before hiring a full-time executive.

Core

Fractional Engineering Leadership

A fractional Head of Engineering, embedded 10–20 hours a week.

  • Team creation & org design as you scale to multiple teams
  • Hiring, in-house or distributed
  • Management coaching
  • Delivery process
  • Performance reviews
Optional

Embedded Engineering Capacity

Add experienced engineers from Octa Labs when you need specific skills or additional delivery capacity.

  • Fill a specific skill gap
  • Add short-term delivery capacity
  • Extend your team on a permanent basis

Team creation & org design

As your engineering team grows, we help define the team structure, leadership roles, and ownership model it needs.

You, the founder
Fractional Head of Engineering

Team A

Lead + engineers

Team B

Lead + engineers

Team C

Lead + engineers

The goal: an engineering team that can deliver and make day-to-day decisions without depending on the founder.

Track record

5 → 25+
Engineering team growth supported
Built and operated distributed engineering organizations for international SaaS products.
6
Products shipped end-to-end
Real platforms delivered for startup clients, from first release to production.
  • Built and led distributed teams across multiple time zones
  • Built repeatable hiring and onboarding systems
  • Introduced performance management and engineering metrics
  • Led international SaaS delivery at scale
  • Engineering leadership experience at ServiceTitan
Read the full case study

Leadership

Fractional Head of Engineering for Seed & Series A startups: hiring, delivery, and team performance.

Every engagement is led directly by one of our co-founders, based on the startup's needs and context.

David Khachatryan

David Khachatryan

Co-Founder, Fractional Head of Engineering

Andranik Avetisyan

Andranik Avetisyan

Co-Founder, Fractional Head of Engineering

Engineering Scale Consultation

A focused two-hour working session for founders facing challenges with team structure, hiring, delivery, performance, or founder dependency.

$500/ 2 hours

Credited toward a retainer engagement if you move forward with Octa Labs.

Best suited for Seed and Series A startups with engineering teams of approximately 5–25 people.

Book your consultation

You'll leave with

  • A clear assessment of your team
  • Prioritized recommendations
  • A practical 30–90 day action plan