Jason Fischer

I am a technology executive with more than twenty years of experience leading engineering and product teams across fintech, SaaS and high growth technology companies. I have built and scaled organisations from eight people to more than one hundred and thirty across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe. My focus has always been on creating stable, secure and scalable platforms that help businesses grow without carrying unnecessary complexity or cost.

I specialise in modernising technology functions, improving delivery capability and guiding teams through periods of change. I have led multiple large scale transformations including full platform rebuilds, cloud migrations and the introduction of DevSecOps, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 practices. My approach combines strong technical strategy with simple and reliable execution. I help teams ship faster. I help them adopt better ways of working. I help organisations build the confidence to scale.

A large part of my work is centred on people. I have a reputation as a calm and supportive leader who builds trust quickly. I coach engineering leaders, help teams adopt cross functional and outcome driven practices and focus heavily on culture, engagement and retention. Many people who have worked with me describe me as someone who is always available, someone they learn from and someone they would happily follow again.

I also bring a strong commercial lens. I have saved companies millions through cloud cost optimisation, vendor renegotiation and operational efficiency programs. I work closely with founders and executives to align product, technology and business goals. I help organisations prioritise investment, plan roadmaps and strengthen their decision making with clear and pragmatic guidance.

As a fractional CTO and advisor I support funded startups and early scale ups that need hands on leadership without the full time overhead. My services include team structure reviews, engineering leadership coaching, defining technical strategy, guiding ways of working improvements, cloud cost optimisation, SOC 2 and ISO uplift, platform architecture guidance, incident management maturity and ongoing advisory support. I also help founders make sense of complex technical decisions so they can focus on growth and customers rather than fire fighting.

I work best with companies that want clarity, stability and scale in their technology function. My goal is to help you build a team that performs well, a platform that can grow with your business and a way of working that feels predictable, healthy and productive.

• Strengthen engineering leadership by coaching managers, mentoring emerging leaders and building confident, empowered teams.
• Redesign team structures to support scale, improve flow of work and create healthy cross functional collaboration.
• Improve ways of working by refining agile practices, simplifying processes and creating predictable delivery rhythms that teams can trust.
• Define and guide technical strategy so founders have clarity on priorities, investment decisions and the long term direction of their platform.
• Lift engineering maturity through better incident management, clear ownership, stronger software discipline and effective quality practices.
• Reduce cloud and vendor spend through architecture optimisation, contract reviews and sustainable cost controls that do not compromise delivery.