Reviewed by Dr. Dmytro Nasyrov, Founder and CTO
Pharos Production provides IT Consulting services that help businesses make technology decisions with confidence.
Pharos Production provides IT Consulting services that help businesses make technology decisions with confidence. Our consultants bring 12+ years of hands-on engineering experience - we do not just advise, we build. Our consulting engagements cover technology stack selection, architecture review, cloud strategy, security assessment, AI readiness evaluation, development process optimization and vendor evaluation. We help CTOs and engineering leaders answer critical questions: should we build or buy? Which cloud provider fits our compliance requirements? Is our architecture ready to scale 10x? How do we adopt AI without disrupting current operations? Every consulting engagement produces actionable deliverables - architecture diagrams, technology roadmaps, cost projections and implementation plans with clear timelines. We offer consulting as a standalone service or as the first phase of a development engagement. aligned with ISO 27001.
Independent consulting brings outside perspective, cross-industry pattern recognition and fresh eyes on hidden assumptions, while an in-house architect gives you continuous context and ownership of long-term decisions. According to a 2024 McKinsey survey, 71% of growth-stage CTOs use external advisors at major architecture decision points specifically to challenge internal consensus.
| Factor | Independent consulting | In-house architect only |
|---|---|---|
| Outside perspective | Cross-industry patterns; fresh eyes on internal assumptions | Familiar with the system; harder to challenge own design |
| Speed of insight | 2-4 weeks for an architecture review with written recommendation | Weeks to months as decisions filter through team consensus |
| Specialization | Senior engineers across AI, blockchain, FinTech, infra; matched to your decision | Generalist coverage; deep specialization is rare in single hire |
| Cost flexibility | Pay only for the decision you need (a few weeks of engagement) | $250K-$500K loaded cost per senior architect FTE |
| Defensible report | Written report you can show investors, board, regulators | Internal Slack threads; harder to share externally |
| Continuity | Engagement ends; knowledge transfer to your team | Continuous ownership of long-term decisions |
| Bias control | No internal politics; can recommend approaches that challenge incumbents | Subject to internal politics, vendor relationships, sunk cost bias |
| Best combination | Use for major decisions, due diligence, second opinions | Use for day-to-day execution and ongoing system health |
Our consulting practice tells clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. 12+ years of cross-domain pattern recognition across blockchain, FinTech, AI, SaaS and mobile - the same engineers who ship production systems lead the engagements, not consultants playing engineer. Founder-CTO Dmytro Nasyrov (PhD, AI) personally leads complex architecture reviews and technical due-diligence. We are method-focused: every engagement ends in a structured tech audit scored against ISO/IEC 25010, a written buy-vs-build matrix with weighted criteria, an IEEE-style spec or RFC and a transition runbook the client engineering team owns after handoff. Slide decks are an output, never the deliverable. We routinely advise clients to NOT engage consulting when their team can ship a 2-week spike that answers the question, and we say so before quoting. Read our advisory limits and decision considerations before signing - we publish them so the engagement contract starts with shared expectations. Below are selected consulting engagements - architecture reviews, fractional CTO retainers and technical due-diligence - drawn from our delivered work across 14 industries.
Pharos Production collaborated with a taxi aggregator platform to develop a high-load ride-hailing application that connects passengers and drivers in real time. This platform consolidates various fleets and independent drivers into a single system, ensuring quick ride matching, live tracking and transparent pricing. Built on a cloud-native infrastructure, the solution offers low-latency interactions, reliable trip processing and scalability for operations at the city and regional levels.
Pharos Production has partnered with Sagas to create a location-aware social platform that enables users to capture, publish, and explore geo-located timelapses over time. This system combines real-time data ingestion, large-scale media processing, and map-centric discovery to transform physical locations into dynamic digital stories. Leveraging cloud-native infrastructure and event-driven architecture, Sagas allows users to document urban changes, natural evolution, and personal moments tied to specific places. The result is a scalable social network where time and location are central to content discovery.
Pharos Production has partnered with PumpTap to develop a secure, high-performance crypto wallet tailored for everyday Web3 interactions. PumpTap lets users store, send and manage digital assets across multiple blockchains through a simple, intuitive interface. Built on a scalable, event-driven architecture, the wallet delivers real-time transaction updates, robust security and seamless integration with decentralized applications.
Pharos Production has partnered with Pulse to create a community-driven social network that connects users with local stores through challenges, engagement activities, and real-world prizes. This platform transforms everyday local interactions into interactive experiences, enabling users to earn rewards from participating merchants. Built on a scalable, event-driven architecture, Pulse facilitates real-time interactions between users and businesses and supports rapid growth across cities and regions.
Pharos Production partnered with Pro Gambling to build a high-load sports forecasting platform focused on data-driven predictions, real-time analytics and scalable delivery of betting insights. The platform aggregates large volumes of sports data, odds movements and historical statistics to generate forecasts that help users make informed betting decisions. Built on a cloud-native, event-driven architecture, Pro Gambling delivers fast updates, transparent analytics and consistent performance during peak sports events.
Pharos Production has partnered with Pleenk to build a secure, scalable payments platform for fast transactions, fraud prevention and seamless integration with digital products. The platform processes payment flows in real time while maintaining high levels of security, transparency and reliability for both businesses and end users. Built on cloud-native infrastructure and an event-driven architecture, Pleenk provides a strong foundation for modern digital payments.
Pharos Production partnered with NoMoreBets to develop a worldwide one-tap live betting platform focused on speed and scalability. The system handles real-time odds and instant bets effortlessly. The result is a smooth, engaging betting experience that increased player retention, reduced drop-offs during live matches, and positioned NoMoreBets for global growth since 2022.
Pharos Production partnered with Nextcheck to replace outdated, manual onboarding with a secure, automated KYC/AML platform. Built on AWS, Kubernetes, Istio, Elixir, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL and NextJS, the platform provides real-time biometric and document verification, risk assessment and compliance reporting. Since 2019, Nextcheck has reduced onboarding time by 60%, cut manual labor by 70% and expanded to support thousands of checks at once. Today, it powers global banks, fintechs and crypto firms with a cloud-native, regulation-ready, growth-oriented compliance platform.
Founder and CTO Pharos Production
I design and build reliable software solutions – from lightweight apps to high-load distributed systems and blockchain platforms.
PhD in Artificial Intelligence, MSc in Computer Science (with honors), MSc in Electronics & Precision Mechanics.
13 years in architecture of great software solutions tailored to customer needs for startups and enterprises
23 years of practical enterprise customized software production experience
Lecturer at the National Kyiv Polytechnic University
Doctor of Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence
Master’s degree in Computer Science, completed with excellence
Master’s degree in Electronics and precision mechanics engineering
The Pharos Strategy-to-Spec Loop is our four-step advisory cycle for IT consulting engagements: Discovery and Tech Audit, Strategic Decision, Specification and Architecture and Handoff or Build.
maps the existing system, scores technical debt against ISO/IEC 25010 quality characteristics (functional suitability, performance, security, maintainability, reliability) and produces a written risk register with severity and remediation cost estimates
scores the actual decision the client is paying us to make - buy vs build, rewrite vs incremental, monolith vs microservices, vendor A vs vendor B - using a structured matrix with weighted criteria and a written decision recommendation
ships an IEEE 29148-style spec or RFC document with integration boundaries, success metrics, sequence diagrams and an explicit non-goals section so scope cannot drift
delivers either a transition runbook to the client engineering team or a build cutover with named owners, on-call rotation and a 30-day overlap
The loop re-enters Discovery on each new decision gate across the engagement lifetime - architecture review, vendor change, scaling event or M&A trigger.
Pharos Verified Delivery applied to 70+ production applications since 2013
Anonymized before/after snapshots from production projects. Metrics measured against client-reported pre-engagement baselines.
Client SaaS platform was approaching scale limits. Internal team disagreed on architecture path. Investor pressure to ship next features.
Pharos architecture review delivered in 3 weeks. Recommended pragmatic incremental path over rewrite. Saved 9 months and $1.2M vs the rewrite proposal. Platform now handles 10x prior load.
We profiled the hot paths, identified a single write-amplification bottleneck in the ledger and shipped a targeted fix with a partitioning strategy that bought 18 months of headroom. The proposed rewrite would have delivered the same throughput in 12 months with rollout risk.
Series A startup needed CTO-level oversight but could not afford a full-time hire ($300K+). Founder was making technical decisions outside their expertise.
Pharos fractional CTO at 20 hours per week for 9 months. Hired full-time CTO from network. Avoided 2 hiring mistakes that would have cost the company. Platform stability improved measurably.
We took architecture ownership, ran weekly engineering reviews with the team, chaired the hiring loop for the permanent CTO hire and handed off with a 30-day overlap. The founder kept optionality and did not need to commit to a $300K+ hire before product-market fit.
Client team needed 3 senior engineers for 6 months on a critical project. Internal hiring would take 4-6 months minimum.
Pharos engineers embedded in client team within 1 week. Project shipped 2 months ahead of schedule. Knowledge transfer to client engineers during the engagement. Client retained 1 engineer post-engagement as full-time hire.
Every Pharos engineer paired with a client engineer from day one and documented every architectural decision in ADRs the client owns after handoff. Knowledge transfer was built into the delivery model, not bolted on at the end.
Client names anonymized under NDA. Full case studies at /cases/.
We decline roughly 30% of RFPs we receive. Forcing a bad fit costs both sides 3-6 months and damages outcomes. Here is how we think about scope:
Not every problem needs a consulting engagement. Sometimes a 1-hour expert call is enough. Sometimes the answer is "you already know what to do, do it." We start by understanding the actual decision and recommend the smallest engagement that fits - because long engagements without scope are how consulting goes bad.
Founder-grade guides on choosing development partners across AI, blockchain and FinTech. Use these as decision frameworks even if Pharos is not the chosen vendor.
Independent reviews from Clutch, GoodFirms and Google - verified client feedback on our software projects
Based on 10 verified client reviews
Pharos Production Inc.'s efforts resulted in a 40% increase in transaction processing efficiency, a 30% improvement in blockchain integration speeds, and the mitigation of all critical security risks. The team was transparent, proactive, and technically proficient.
Pharos Production Inc. successfully launched a secure, stable blockchain solution that aligned with the client's requirements. The team achieved all milestones on time and maintained regular communication to ensure both sides stayed in sync. Their extensive technical expertise was truly remarkable.
Trusted by Coinbase, Consensys, Core Scientific, MicroStrategy, Gate.io and 10+ more Web3 and enterprise platforms
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Coinbase
Ludo
Core Scientific
Debut Infotech
Axoni
Alchemy
Starkware
Mara Holdings
Microstrategy
Nubank
Okx
Uniswap
Riot
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Reviewed by Dmytro Nasyrov
Founder and CTO
23+ years in custom software development. Led 70+ projects across FinTech, healthcare, Web3 and enterprise. aligned with ISO 27001 team.
Current-state audit, use-case validation and strategic roadmap for your leadership team.
Deep-dive assessment, technology selection, architecture blueprint and phased implementation plan.
Full advisory retainer covering strategy, delivery oversight, governance and change management.
Prices vary based on project scope, complexity, timeline and requirements. Contact us for a personalized estimate.
Need extra hands on your software project? Our developers can jump in at any stage – from architecture to auditing – and integrate seamlessly with your team to fill any technical gaps.
Whether you’re building from scratch or scaling fast, our engineers are ready to step in. You stay in control, and we handle the code.
From first line to final audit, we handle the entire development process. We will deliver secure, production-ready software, while you can focus on your business.
| Model | Best for | Team setup | Budget range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Augmentation | Existing teams needing extra engineers at any project stage | 1-2 weeks | From $5,000/month |
| Dedicated Team Popular | Long-term projects requiring full ownership and control | 2-4 weeks | From $15,000/month |
| Project Outsourcing | Full-cycle development from idea to production launch | 1-2 weeks | $10,000-$80,000+ |
Our engineers work with 187+ technologies across blockchain, backend, frontend, mobile and DevOps - chosen for production reliability and performance.
Our company starts and assembles an entire project specialists with the perfect blend of skills and experience to start the work.
We’ll design, build, and launch your MVP, ensuring it meets the core requirements of your software solution.
We’ll create a complete software solution that is custom-made to meet your exact specifications.
Our company will be right there with you, keeping your software solution running smoothly, fixing issues, and rolling out updates.
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When you are facing a major decision: rewrite vs refactor, monolith vs microservices, cloud vendor choice, build vs buy on a critical capability, M&A technical due diligence, scaling crisis approaching. The output is a written report with options, trade-offs, a recommendation and an IEEE 29148-style implementation roadmap. Typical engagements are 2-4 weeks and cost $8,000-$25,000.
A senior engineering leader (typically founder-CTO Dmytro Nasyrov or a 15+ year architect) joins your team part-time, typically 10-20 hours per week, for 3-12 months. Coverage includes architecture decisions, hiring senior engineers, vendor selection, board reporting and crisis response. Pricing starts at $12,000 per month. Used for series A/B startups before they hire a full-time CTO.
A 1-3 week assessment of a target company’s codebase, architecture, team, processes and technical risk - typically commissioned by investors or acquirers before a deal closes. Output is a confidential report covering: code quality (scored against ISO/IEC 25010 quality characteristics), architecture risk, team strength, security posture, scalability headroom, technical debt and red flags. We have helped close multiple Series A/B and acquisition deals. See our State of Tech Due Diligence 2026 for framework and benchmark metrics from M&A activity.
Yes, with quality screening: senior engineers from the Pharos team join client teams as embedded contributors. Typical engagements are 3-12 months at senior or staff engineer levels.
We do NOT operate as a body shop - every engineer is screened for the specific stack, the client interviews the candidate, and we replace anyone who is not delivering within 2 weeks at no charge.
We do not take referral fees from vendors and we publish vendor evaluation guides openly (see /comparisons/). We recommend Stripe over custom payment processors, Plaid over custom bank integrations, Snowflake over custom data warehouses when those are right - even though we could bill more for the custom build.
Independence is part of how we run the practice.
A 1-hour expert call ($500) or a 3-day rapid review ($4,500) for early-stage decisions where a longer engagement would be overkill. We have closed several engagements with “you already know what to do, do it” recommendations.
Recommending the lightest possible engagement is deliberate; long engagements without scope are how consulting goes bad.
We decline when: the request is pure strategy without engineering execution capability needed; the client wants validation rather than honest assessment; the engagement has no clear success criteria or exit conditions; or the client wants long-term retainers without quarterly scope review. We also decline engagements where the obvious answer is “use the existing tool” and the client is paying us to confirm a sunk-cost decision.
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Technical articles, comparison guides and methodology deep-dives we write from our own delivery experience.
Estimate engagement cost, time-to-deliverable, senior consultant-days and decision artifacts produced for tech audits, RFCs, fractional CTO retainers, M&A due diligence and cloud migration strategies. Directional only.
Last reviewed . Rates reflect Pharos consulting engagement data plus benchmarks from McKinsey Tech Trends, Toptal engineering rate surveys and BCG tech-DD playbooks. See disclaimer below.
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