Software Architect · Technical Founder · 15+ Years
I'm Peter Szollar. I help teams untangle complex systems, modernize existing products, and turn difficult technical decisions into a practical plan.
Architecture Review · Product Engineering · Practical AI Integration
Selected work
Selected examples of systems I've helped build, modernize, and scale.
Compliance Platform · Architecture
Real-Time Backend · Architecture
SaaS Platform · Product Engineering
Multi-Tenant SaaS · Architecture
Most of this code is under NDA — but I'm always happy to walk through the architecture decisions, trade-offs, and outcomes on a call.
What I help with
Find out what to fix, what to keep, and where focused engineering will make a difference.
Features take longer than they should.
Technical debt is slowing delivery.
The team avoids touching critical parts of the system.
New requirements are exposing architectural limits.
Scaling, multi-tenancy, platform modernization, or major refactors are becoming unavoidable.
You want practical AI capabilities that fit your existing product and workflows.
Useful features, clear boundaries, and maintainable integration.
Architecture Review
Before investing in a rewrite, a new team, AI initiatives, or major platform changes, understand what is actually holding the system back.
A clear document and discussion covering:
Start with an email. We agree the scope, timing, and fee before the review begins.
How I work
Engagements stay senior and low-overhead. I get to the real problem fast, agree the plan, and stay accountable for the outcome.
I dig into the system, the codebase, and how the team actually delivers — and find what's really slowing the business down.
I shape the smallest set of moves that unblocks growth — a pragmatic target architecture and a prioritized roadmap your team can act on.
I advise as you execute, or bring in delivery capacity through Clever Goat — shipping reliable, maintainable software you can operate long-term.
About
I work with founders and engineering teams at the point where product ambitions meet the limits of an existing system. My background spans real-time backends, SaaS products, and compliance platforms.
I stay close to both the code and the business decisions: understanding the constraints, choosing a direction, and helping the team deliver it. Depending on the project, I work as an advisor or lead delivery through my company, Clever Goat.
You work directly with me on the technical direction, with a team available when the project needs hands-on delivery.
My company · Founder & owner
I founded Clever Goat to help companies understand, modernize and build complex software systems — with senior engineering responsibility from the first decision to live operations.
I lead the work, bringing in trusted senior specialists where the project needs them. If our conversation calls for a broader engineering engagement, Clever Goat is how we take it from a clear direction to a working system.
Explore Clever Goat clevergoat.io
Experience Snapshot
Contact
Tell me what you're working on — a system that's getting harder to manage, a platform you're evolving, an AI initiative, or whether an Architecture Review is the right first step.
Email me a few lines about your product, what is getting in the way, and what you want to achieve. We can arrange a call from there.
Email Me About Your ProjectEmail me about your platform and the decision you need to make. We will define a focused review together.
Email Me About a ReviewDirect email: info@peterszollar.com Connect on LinkedIn