Stuart Sillitoe - Front-End Development Lead
Full-Stack & UX Engineer. Building for the web since 1997.
I build web platforms, UIs, and the in-house software behind them - backoffices, dashboards, internal tooling, and custom CMSs - end to end. The last five years have been in iGaming, on casino and sportsbook platforms at PokerStars, FanDuel, and Bitsler; before that, six years of e-commerce at Pro:Direct Sport and eight at Pulse8 Internet. I've been building for the web since 1997 and leading teams for most of that time, most recently the front-end and design team at Bitsler.
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 (1997-2003)
Skills
TypeScript / JavaScript, Vue 3 (Pinia, Nuxt), React & React Native (Redux, Next.js), Angular, Backbone.js, Node.js (Express), C# / .NET Core (ASP.NET), PHP (Laravel, Symfony), Python, Ruby, Visual Basic (legacy), design systems, CSS / SASS / Tailwind, Figma & UI design, data dashboards, performance, accessibility, and SEO, i18n, SSR, REST & GraphQL APIs, micro-services, scalable & distributed systems, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB & Redis, SQL & query optimisation, websockets & real-time data, auth (OAuth, JWT) & security, payments & e-commerce, CMS (custom, Sitecore), backoffices, admin & internal tools, legacy migrations, AWS, Cloudflare, CDN & edge caching, Docker & Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Git, Webpack & Vite, testing (Jest, Vitest, Cypress, Playwright), Linux server admin, Nginx & Apache, Bash, Pixi.js & WebGL, Three.js, Unity / C#, AI-native development (Claude Code, Cursor), AI agents & prompt engineering, LLM integration, AI data analysis & dashboards, blockchain & smart contracts (Solidity, Hardhat, ethers.js), crypto & Web3, team leadership, mentoring, hiring and technical interviewing, code review, and 1-2-1s.
Full CV at sillitoe.co.uk/cv/ (PDF, ATS PDF) and my independent work at sillitoe.co.uk/studio/.