A fractional CTO for Saudi Arabia
Part-time technology leadership for Saudi startups and companies building Arabic-first products for the Kingdom.
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Building tech teams for a fast-moving market
Saudi Arabia's startup scene has grown fast, with strong funding and government support. Founders need senior technical leadership that understands local expectations: Arabic-first products, data residency, local payment methods and a talent market that is still maturing.
I work with Saudi companies as a part-time CTO in Gulf hours. See SaaS developer in Saudi Arabia and fractional CTO for startups.
What Saudi clients usually need
- Arabic-first products — right-to-left interfaces and Arabic content planned from the first design.
- Data residency — in-Kingdom hosting and data handling that meet local requirements.
- Local payments — mada, STC Pay, Apple Pay and regional gateways.
- Saudization-aware hiring — team plans that balance local hires with outsourced capacity.
- Investor readiness — clear technical answers for local and regional VCs.
- Vendor oversight — managing development agencies in Riyadh, Cairo or further afield.
From first call to launch
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Intro call
A free 30-minute call about your product, team and the decisions keeping you up at night.
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First 30 days
Architecture, team and roadmap review, with a written plan of what to fix first and why.
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Steady cadence
Weekly leadership time: architecture calls, hiring, vendor reviews and delivery oversight.
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Build the bench
Documentation, processes and hires that leave you with a team that runs without me.
Why hire Omer
- 15+ years, 100+ projects across SaaS, ecommerce and enterprise platforms.
- CTO & Chief Architect roles at Femma and EverestX, so product, platform and team decisions come from real CTO seats.
- Co-founder & CTO of O Trucking where a programmatic SEO system became the flagship growth engine.
- $25M+ in client revenue enabled through products built to ship and scale.
- Dubai-based, serving 6 countries with overlap across US, UK and Asia-Pacific hours.
Questions, answered
Do you work in Gulf hours?
Can you help with data residency rules?
Can you visit Riyadh?
How is the engagement structured?
Can you work with my existing team?
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