// what I do
Services
Eyal Gantz is a solo senior developer and fractional CTO in New York City. He offers four services: custom Laravel web applications, fractional CTO leadership, Shopify storefront engineering, and AI automation. One person covers architecture, code, and infrastructure, with fixed-price quotes issued after a discovery call.
Eyal Gantz is a solo senior software developer and fractional CTO based in New York City, working remote-first with clients across the United States and Israel in English and Hebrew. He sells four services. Laravel development covers custom web applications end to end, from architecture through deployment and ongoing maintenance. Fractional CTO engagements give a business senior technical ownership on a monthly retainer instead of a full-time executive hire. Shopify development covers custom themes and the back-office systems that enforce business rules Shopify cannot handle by itself. AI automation covers agents and workflows that take repetitive work off a person's desk. Across 22 years he has shipped more than 100 products, served over 33 businesses, and built systems that generated more than $150 million in client revenue. He was a founding-team engineer on Spot, acquired by NetApp for $450 million. Every project is quoted at a fixed price after a discovery call.
// pick a direction
Four ways to work together
Laravel Development
Custom web applications built on Laravel: the architecture, the code, the infrastructure, and the maintenance after launch.
Custom apps typically $25K to $50K
Read moreFractional CTO
Senior technical ownership on a monthly retainer: architecture, vendors, security, roadmap, and the code to back it up.
Monthly retainer, scoped after a call
Read moreShopify Development
Custom Shopify themes and the Laravel systems behind them: catalog sync, inventory truth, and business rules Shopify cannot enforce alone.
Storefronts from around $10K
Read moreAI Automation
AI agents and workflow automation wired into the systems you already run, doing work a person used to do by hand.
1,000+ hours a month automated
Read moreLooking to level up rather than hire? One-to-one developer coaching is a separate track at $250 an hour.
// straight answers
How does an engagement start?
Every engagement starts with a discovery call. You describe what you are building, where it stands today, and the timeline you have in mind. We dig into scope and constraints, and decide together whether this is actually a fit. Shortly after, you get a written proposal with a fixed price and a realistic schedule, or a straight no with a pointer to someone better suited. There is no cost and no obligation to that conversation. Eyal Gantz keeps a limited number of engagements running at once on purpose, so lead time depends on the current queue.
How much does a project cost?
Pricing depends on scope and is quoted as a fixed number, not an hourly meter. As a working range: simple marketing sites start around $10K, custom web applications usually land between $25K and $50K, and larger platform builds run $50K to $100K and up. Fractional CTO work is a monthly retainer scoped to what the business actually needs. One-to-one developer coaching is $250 an hour, with discounted four-session and eight-session packages. If scope genuinely changes mid-build, it gets re-scoped in writing rather than absorbed into a surprise invoice.
How long does a project take?
Most projects run 4 to 12 weeks from kickoff to production. A focused MVP can ship in 3 to 4 weeks, an e-commerce build with catalog work and integrations typically takes 6 to 10 weeks, and a larger platform touching several systems can run a quarter or more. Work happens in focused sprints with something reviewable at the end of every week, so progress is visible rather than reported. There is no agency queue and no handoff between departments, which is where most timeline slippage actually comes from.
Who do you work with?
Clients range from early-stage startups to established e-commerce brands, retailers, and service businesses, mostly in the United States and Israel. Eyal Gantz has worked with more than 33 businesses and shipped over 100 products across 22 years, and the products he built have generated more than $150 million in client revenue. Engagements run remote-first in English or Hebrew, with in-person meetings available in the New York area for kickoffs and architecture sessions. If a project genuinely needs a fifty-person organization, he says so on day one.
Who owns the code and the accounts?
You do. Everything gets built inside accounts you own: your GitHub repository, your AWS or Laravel Cloud account, your Shopify store, your domain registrar. Nothing is held hostage in someone else's account, so when an engagement ends there is no negotiation, because you were holding the keys the whole time. The code itself is written to be inherited: conventional Laravel, tests, and documentation, so any competent developer can take over. No proprietary framework, no undocumented magic, no tooling only one person can run.
// case studies
A platform, a brand, and an AI system
Cloud Platform · Acquired
Spot.io
The cloud-cost platform NetApp acquired for $450M.
Founding-team engineer
Read the case studyFractional CTO · E-commerce
Tres Colori
The storefront you see, and the order-ops machine behind it.
Fractional CTO · ~5 yrs
Read the case studyAI & Automation
Salem Wine & Liquor
Six decades of wine expertise, now with an AI catalog engine.
AI & automation engineer · ongoing
Read the case studyWhich one sounds like your problem?
Tell me what you are building and roughly when. If it is a fit, you get one operator who covers the whole stack. If it is not, I will point you somewhere better.
New York, NY · remote-first across the US and Israel · English and Hebrew