Stuart Sillitoe - Front-End Development Lead
Full-Stack & UX Engineer. In play since 1997.
iGaming front-end and full-stack lead, casino and sportsbook. I've shipped end to end since the late '90s; today I lead Bitsler's front-end and design team, after building product at FanDuel and PokerStars with Flutter. Hands-on engineering with a strong design sense, very much at home building the in-house tools and dashboards that turn dense data into gorgeous, usable screens.
Experience
- Bitsler - Front-End Development Lead (2023-present), iGaming
- FanDuel, Flutter Inc. - Full-Stack Engineer, FanDuel Explore (2022-2023)
- PokerStars, Flutter Inc. - Full-Stack & UX Engineer (2021-2022)
- Pro:Direct Sport - Full-Stack Developer & Team Lead (2015-2021)
- Independent - Contractor & Freelance Developer (2013-2015), including Universal Pictures
- Pulse8 Internet - Head Developer (2005-2013)
- Createanet - Lead Developer (2003-2005)
- IC Office Solutions - Property Portal Developer (2002-2003)
- Dartington Tech - Intranet & Web Co-ordinator (1999-2002)
- TVC Design - Founder & Web Designer (1997-1999)
Skills
Vue 3, JavaScript / TypeScript, Node.js, React & React Native, Next.js, C# / .NET Core, PHP (Laravel, Symfony), Visual Basic (legacy), Pixi.js & WebGL, Unity / C#, REST APIs & micro-services, relational & NoSQL databases, SQL & query design, scalable & distributed systems, websockets & real-time data, security & auth, payment gateways & e-commerce, CDN & edge caching, AWS, Cloudflare, Imgix, Docker, Linux, AI-native development (Claude, Cursor), AI & LLM integration, crypto, blockchain & smart contracts (Solidity, Hardhat), Web3, team leadership and mentoring.
Full CV at sillitoe.co.uk/cv/ (PDF, ATS PDF) and selected projects at sillitoe.co.uk/projects/.