Erica Thompson

Fractional CTO. Technical Educator.

I audit codebases. I find what is broken. I fix it. Then I hand your team back clean systems with documentation they can maintain without me. Self-taught, staff-level, and public about the whole journey at @TheImposterEngineer.

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Work tied to outcomes, not hours

$1.2M

annual B2B revenue delivered

$12.5M

revenue protected through compliance

$500K+

legal exposure eliminated (WCAG 2.1)

60%

error reduction on a 100K+ user platform

500+

engineers trained, 80%+ placement

12+

years across frontend, backend, infra

Engagements

Technical Audit

1 to 2 weeks. I dig into your codebase, find root causes, and deliver a prioritized remediation roadmap. Security, architecture, accessibility, performance.

From $1,000/day

Fractional CTO Advisory

Ongoing retainer. Architecture reviews, technical strategy, hiring guidance, AI enablement. Your team keeps the judgment after I leave.

$3K to $5K/month

Team Training & Workshops

AI-assisted engineering workflows, React architecture, accessibility, async collaboration. Built for teams that want capability, not dependency.

$2K to $12K/session

Select engagements. Tuesday through Thursday. Async-first teams preferred. Fully remote, worldwide.

The Imposter Engineer

I trained 500+ engineers into this industry, including 100+ veterans and military spouses at an 80%+ placement rate. I teach what engineers actually need: judgment, systems, and the audacity to stop waiting for permission.

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