Senior engineering without another salary.

You need a hands-on fractional Tech Lead who can make experienced technical decisions and deliver the work—not another seat to supervise. Wanta.dev provides both through a predictable monthly service.

The trade-off

Hiring is slow, and it is a commitment.

Recruitment, notice periods and onboarding can take months before anything ships. A contractor may add capacity sooner, but often still needs someone internal to shape the work and make the difficult decisions.

The gap is not always more hands. It is someone senior enough to challenge assumptions, choose a pragmatic direction and take responsibility for the technical outcome.

Does this sound familiar?

Experienced work without another full-time role.

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Add senior engineering capability without another full-time salary

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Review technical decisions, supplier quotes and proposed approaches

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Shape work that cannot be scoped confidently upfront

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Deliver without bringing in another contractor who needs managing

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Start now rather than waiting through recruitment and notice periods

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Recover technical ownership and knowledge after a developer leaves

Hands-on technical leadership

Senior judgement and delivery in the same person.

Wanta.dev combines fractional technical leadership with hands-on implementation. The person reviewing the approach and making the decisions is also capable of working in the codebase to deliver them.

Technical direction

Review architecture, feasibility, priorities, supplier proposals and technical trade-offs with experienced judgement.

Hands-on delivery

Build features, fixes and integrations rather than stopping at recommendations or presentation decks.

Technical continuity

Document important decisions and reduce the business’s reliance on knowledge held by one employee, contractor or supplier.

How Wanta.dev works

One priority. Finished properly.
Then the next.

For £3,795 + VAT per month, Wanta.dev gives your business ongoing senior software development capacity without adding another permanent hire.We work within the software, tools and delivery setup you already have, moving one priority at a time through the same simple cycle:
Step 1

Start with the agreed priority

We take the agreed priority, clarify the outcome and turn it into a focused piece of work ready for delivery.

Step 2

Take ownership and ship it

Wanta.dev works through the detail, builds the solution and sees it through to delivery.

Step 3

Keep the momentum

Once that priority is complete, the next one moves into focus. No new proposal, estimate or statement of work.

Start with the right priority.Leave with a clear next step.

The assessment is a focused working session where we review your software, what needs attention and what matters most to the business. Together, we identify the right place to begin and whether Wanta.dev is the right fit to take it forward.

You will leave with a clear recommendation and a practical next step—whether or not we continue working together.

Credited in full if we continue.

FAQ

Questions, answered.