Nicolas Cava — CTO

Most non-technical founders are sitting on a ticking time bomb: tech debt. You hired an agency or a junior freelancer to get to MVP. It works. But it breaks every time you release. You are terrified of your next due diligence because you know the code is a mess. You are staring at a $100K–$5M rebuild right when you should be scaling. I prevent that. I am a Fractional CTO for pre-seed & seed B2B SaaS founders. I bring the engineering discipline of a $1B+ scale-up to your startup → at a fraction of the cost. THE TRACK RECORD (16y+ of engineering leadership): I don't just advise. I have been in the trenches building, scaling, and exiting. → Scale: Led teams through 525% hypergrowth in 2 years → Volume: Scaled platforms to billions of customer interactions YoY → Exit: Co-led the tech strategy for a $13.5M vertical sale → Founder: Built and launched 5 startups (I know the struggle of limited runway) WHAT I DO FOR YOU: I stop you from managing devs so you can focus on finding PMF. 1. The Rebuild Prevention Architecture I audit your stack and fix the critical flaws before they kill your Series A. 2. Speed-to-learning = PMF Most startups fail because they iterate too slowly. I implement AI-enabled systems that cut deployment cycles by 50%. It allows you to test market hypotheses weeks faster than your competitors. Faster iterations → Faster PMF. 3. Autonomous Execution I hire, vet, and manage your devs. You get predictable AI-powered delivery and no excuses. CURRENTLY SCALING: I am currently the Fractional CTO for 5 startups. MY STACK: TS + React + Node.js + PGSQL + Google Cloud x Agentic AI. READY TO FIX YOUR TECH? I offer a free tech audit (30 min) to identify your critical risks before we work together. Book your audit here → https://nico.sbs/discover

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with a strong focus on engineering management and startup growth.

Location: Québec, Quebec, Canada

Experience: 4 yrs 6 mos

Skills

Engineering Management
Software Development
Entrepreneurship

Career Highlights

Led teams through 525% hypergrowth in 2 years.
Co-led tech strategy for a $13.5M vertical sale.
Implemented AI systems to cut deployment cycles by 50%.

Work Experience

Nicolas Cava

Fractional CTO (8 mos)

PixMob

Director of Software Engineering (1 yr 3 mos)

Zendesk

Engineering Manager (1 yr 10 mos)

PixMob

Director of Software Engineering (9 mos)

Swile

Engineering Manager (1 yr 1 mo)

Senior Software Engineer (10 mos)

Maple Inside

Relocation (7 mos)

Co-Founder & CTO (2 yrs 7 mos)

Petal

Senior Software Engineer (2 mos)

Crakmedia

Front-End Technical Lead (1 yr 11 mos)

Bewoopi

Software Engineer (1 yr 8 mos)

Wise Digital

Software Engineer (2 mos)

Ville de Béziers

Information Technology Auditor (2 mos)

E-mediatly

Co-Founder & Software Engineer (10 mos)

Centre Hospitalier de Béziers

Software Engineer (1 mo)

Education

Professional License in Online Communication Services at IUT de Béziers

Advanced Technician Certificate at Lycée Jean Moulin

Science & Industrial Techniques of Electrical Engineering at Lycée Jean Moulin

Nicolas Cava

CTO

Québec, Quebec, Canada4 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led teams through 525% hypergrowth in 2 years.
Co-led tech strategy for a $13.5M vertical sale.
Implemented AI systems to cut deployment cycles by 50%.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with a strong focus on engineering management and startup growth.

Contact

hello@nicolascava.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementSoftware DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Other Skills

LeadershipReactJavaScriptTypeScriptTailwind CSSPostgreSQL

About

Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Nicolas cava

Fractional CTO

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Québec, QC · Remote

I partner with non-technical founders to prevent the $100K–$5M rebuild.
And build engineering engines that scale.
THE "PREVENT REBUILD" ENGAGEMENT:
I embed into pre-seed & seed startups to professionalize their:
→ Tech stack
→ Team structure & workflows
Preparing them for Series A due diligence with AI-first systems.
Core deliverables:
→ Tech strategy: Auditing and fixing "spaghetti code" before it kills scalability
→ Autonomous execution: Managing top 1% talent so founders stop managing devs
→ Speed-to-learning systems: Implementing AI-enabled SDLC to cut cycles by 50% (faster PMF)
→ Series A readiness: Ensuring architecture and doc pass strict VC due diligence
Current portfolio:
Currently scaling 4 B2B SaaS startups in North America and Western Europe.
The model:
→ Month-to-month flexibility (no long-term lock-in)
→ 0% equity required
→ 90% less cost than a full-time CTO

LeadershipEngineering ManagementSoftware Development

Pixmob

Director of Software Engineering

Dec 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Québec, Quebec, Canada · Remote

$44M+ ARR Montreal-based scale-up delivering wireless lighting tech for live entertainment
Directed software powering 2,000+ live events across 40+ countries and 30+ major sports teams
Rebuilt a burned-out engineering team (15+) into a focused, distributed, resilient unit
Designed APIs for lighting orchestration used in real-time during LA Clippers events
Pioneered video-to-device rendering to enable large-scale light projection tech

LeadershipEngineering ManagementSoftware Development

Zendesk

Engineering Manager

Nov 2021 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Québec, Quebec, Canada · Remote

$5B+ ARR San Francisco–based CX tech used by 160,000 customers
Scaled a distributed team of 15+ engineers to serve mission-critical messaging systems
Increased system reliability and scalability to handle billions of customer interactions per year
Partnered with product and design leadership to deliver AI-driven conversation features
Mentored senior engineers into tech leads, ensuring strong leadership succession

LeadershipEngineering ManagementSoftware Development

Pixmob

Director of Software Engineering

Jan 2021 – Oct 2021 · 9 mos · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Remote

200+ employees Montreal-based scale-up delivering wireless lighting tech
Directed software powering 2,000+ live events across 40+ countries and 30+ major sports teams
Rebuilt a post-pandemic burned-out engineering team (10+) into a focused, distributed, resilient unit
Scaled platform to support 10K+ attendees per event with low-latency badge scanning and analytics
Led the technical due diligence that led to a $13.5M vertical sale

LeadershipEngineering ManagementSoftware Development

Swile

2 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Montpellier, Occitanie, France · Remote

French fintech scale-up with $328M in funding (Series D) up to $1B+ valuation
Led engineering teams (20+) through hypergrowth of 525% employees in < 2 years
Scaled the platform to support rapid company growth (from French unicorn to international markets)
Partnered with product teams to implement fraud prevention, KYC, and GDPR standards
Responsible for peer-to-peer payment systems used by 500K+ users

LeadershipEngineering ManagementSoftware Development

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2018 – Oct 2019 · 10 mos · Montpellier, Occitanie, France · Remote

Software DevelopmentReact

Maple inside

2 roles

Relocation

May 2018 – Dec 2018 · 7 mos

Relocation and transition
Relocated from Quebec to France after Maple Inside's end of business
Used this period to reset, adapt, and plan next career steps

Co-Founder & CTO

Oct 2015 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Quebec City-based fintech and adtech startup studio that raised $2M+ in seed
Co-founded and scaled the studio, generating up to $1M+ ARR
Built and led a distributed product dev team of 10+, building multiple ventures in parallel
Successfully spun off 2 startups, transitioning them from incubation to independent growth paths
Pioneered blockchain and crypto apps during the industry's early adoption phase

LeadershipEngineering ManagementEntrepreneurship