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FRACTIONAL GTM ENGINEER

Your GTM Engineer.
Not your next six-figure hire.

The GTM Engineer builds the AI, automation, and signal capture that run go-to-market. We do that work for you, outsourced and fractional. You get the systems, the agents, and the signal. You skip the salary.

For sales-led B2B teams between $10M and $100M in revenue.

01WHAT A GTM ENGINEER DOES

The person who makes the pipeline run on signal.

A GTM Engineer is the technical operator behind modern go-to-market. The job is leverage: use AI and automation to capture the signal your buyers already emit, route it into the system, and let software do the work a team used to do by hand. Enrichment, lead routing, CRM architecture, inbound and outbound plumbing, agent workflows, the machine underneath the motion.

Golden Ratio GTM does exactly this work, as your fractional GTM Engineer. The same role and the same output, retained for a fraction of a full-time salary.

02THE ECONOMICS

The build is front-loaded. The salary is forever.

Most of a GTM Engineer's value is created once. Architecting the system, wiring the signal, and building the agents is intense up-front work. After that, it runs, and it needs light maintenance, not another full month of full-time labor.

A full-time hire costs the same every month whether they are building or babysitting. You pay a six-figure salary in perpetuity for a role whose hardest work is already behind it.

A fractional GTM Engineer inverts that. We do the heavy build, hand you systems you own, and stay on for maintenance and iteration. You capture the output without carrying the salary, the benefits load, or the tooling budget, often a six-figure difference over a year.

03WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PAY FOR

One role. Two very different price tags.

The gap is not just salary. It is everything stacked on top of a full-time hire, and everything you skip by retaining the work instead of the person.

FULL-TIME HIRE

A salary, and everything under it

Hiring a GTM Engineer means carrying the full cost of a senior technical role, month after month.

  • A six-figure base salary, paid every month
  • Benefits, payroll tax, and equity on top
  • A software and tooling budget of their own
  • Three to six months of ramp before real impact
  • One person's knowledge, and the risk if they leave
FRACTIONAL — GOLDEN RATIO GTM

One flat fee. Systems you keep.

Retain the work, not the headcount. The output shows up without the overhead underneath it.

  • A flat, scoped engagement fee
  • No benefits, payroll tax, or equity load
  • Senior expertise from day one, no ramp
  • Systems and agents you own outright
  • Documented so anyone on your team can run it
  • Maintenance and iteration, not a standing salary
04THE WORK

What your fractional GTM Engineer builds.

Three layers, built in order. Signal first, because the rest is worthless without it. Then the system that carries it. Then the agents that act on it.

SIGNAL

Signal capture & routing

We wire up the intent, engagement, and product signal your buyers already emit, enrich it, and route it automatically, so nothing lands in a spreadsheet no one reads.

Includes
  • Intent and engagement capture
  • Enrichment and deduplication
  • Automated routing and alerting
  • Signal wired into your CRM of record
SYSTEMS

CRM architecture & automation

We design the operating layer beneath the pipeline: objects, lifecycle, stages, routing, and dashboards. A single source of truth a person can run and an agent can read.

Includes
  • Objects, fields, and lifecycle design
  • Pipeline stages and routing rules
  • Dashboards and reporting
  • A clean source of truth
AGENTS

AI agents & workflows

On a coherent foundation, we deploy AI agents that connect to your stack through MCP, reason across your data, and do the repetitive GTM work your team does by hand today.

Includes
  • Agents connected via MCP
  • Reasoning across your GTM data
  • Automated research, drafting, and updates
  • Output written back into your system
05HOW IT RUNS

Heavy up front. Light from then on.

The shape of the engagement mirrors the shape of the work: a concentrated build, then a long tail of maintenance. That is exactly why it does not need a full-time salary.

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    A short diagnostic maps where your signal leaks, what is manual that should not be, and what to build first.

  2. 02

    Architect

    We design the system, the signal flow, and the agents against your actual motion, not a template.

  3. 03

    Automate

    We build it once, on the stack you already run. You own everything we ship.

  4. 04

    Maintain

    We stay on for upkeep and iteration as things change. Light-touch, not a headcount.

06WHO IT IS FOR

Is a fractional GTM Engineer right for you?

This fits if...

  • You need GTM engineering but cannot justify a full-time hire.
  • You are a sales-led B2B team between $10M and $100M.
  • You are sitting on signal you are not capturing or acting on.
  • You want systems you own, not a dependency on one person.

This is not for you if...

  • ·You want to hand off strategy and stop thinking about GTM.
  • ·You are trying to replace your whole team with AI.
  • ·You need a full-time body to manage day to day.
  • ·You want execution only, with nothing left to architect.
07WHY US

Strategy and engineering from the same operator.

Most GTM engineering is execution waiting for someone else to decide what to build. This is not that. Golden Ratio GTM brings GTM strategy, performance marketing, and CRM architecture together in one operator who has carried a revenue number.

The spec and the build come from the same place, so they never drift apart. Your system is pointed at the right outcome before the first field is created, and you get that judgment fractionally, at a fraction of the cost of hiring it in.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is a GTM Engineer?

A GTM Engineer is a technical operator who builds the automated, AI-leveraged systems that run go-to-market: signal capture, enrichment, CRM architecture, lead routing, and agent workflows. They sit between RevOps, growth, and data, and their job is leverage, using software to do work a team used to do by hand.

How is a fractional GTM Engineer different from a full-time one?

The same work, on a different cost structure. Because most of a GTM Engineer's value is created up front, building the systems and agents, a fractional engagement front-loads that build, hands you systems you own, and stays on for light maintenance. You get the output without paying a full-time salary for a role whose hardest work is already done.

How does this save six figures a year?

A full-time GTM Engineer is a six-figure salary before you add benefits, payroll tax, equity, tooling, and months of ramp. A fractional engagement is a flat, scoped fee for the build plus lighter ongoing maintenance. You avoid the standing salary and everything stacked on top of it, which is often a six-figure difference over a year.

Do we really get the same results as hiring in-house?

You get the same systems and, in most cases, better judgment behind them, because the strategy and the build come from one operator who has carried a revenue number, not a junior hire learning on your pipeline. What you give up is a full-time body in your org chart, not the output.

What do you actually build?

Three layers, in order: signal capture and routing; CRM architecture and automation; and AI agents that connect to your stack through MCP and act on your data. Everything is built on the stack you already run, and you own it.

Do you maintain the systems after they are built?

Yes. The engagement includes ongoing maintenance and iteration as your motion changes. It is light-touch by design, the build is where the heavy work lives, which is what makes a fractional model work. If we built your system already, the fractional engagement is the retained tier after handoff: you own the system either way.

What if we already have a RevOps person or team?

A GTM Engineer complements RevOps rather than replacing it. RevOps runs the process; the GTM Engineer builds the automated, AI-leveraged systems underneath it. We frequently work alongside an existing RevOps function and hand off documented systems they can operate.

Who is this for?

Sales-led B2B companies between $10M and $100M in revenue that need GTM engineering but cannot justify, or do not want, a full-time hire. If you are sitting on signal you are not capturing and work that should be automated, this is built for you.

08BOOK A CALL

Add a GTM Engineer. Skip the headcount.

We will look at your motion, show you where the leverage is, and tell you honestly whether a fractional engagement or a full-time hire is the right call for you.

Thirty minutes. No pitch deck.