
Kyle Bignell
Front-End Developer
Bristol based front-end developer with technical leadership experience. With a deep proficiency in all things JavaScript I quickly get up to speed on any project I join and start moving the team towards simple, powerful, and maintainable solutions. I love delivering business value as soon as possible, sharing updates frequently to keep everyone motivated in the pursuit of building great products.
Driven to learn anything I need to build the best solutions my skills have expanded into the realms of full-stack and dev-ops. I have adopted Kubernetes, AWS, WordPress, Next.js, and more to allow me to deliver great results.
Currently available for new opportunities and always curious about solving problems so please get in touch.
Services
These are my core front-end development services. If you have equivalent or similar work that you think I would be suitable for feel free to contact me with details.

JavaScript / TypeScript / Node.js Development
With over 10 years of JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js experience I can help meet your requirements in record time. I have delivered new product developments, system modernisations, as well long term maintenance of JavaScript / TypeScript / Node.js projects.

WordPress Development
I can develop your new website or implement updates to existing systems. With a wealth of experience working in full stack development as well as alongside engineering and project management teams I can integrate with your existing setup or deliver a new solution.

React Applications
I can quickly make updates to existing React setups or develop new applications. I have experience integrating React as a sub-system of larger JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks as well as using it as the sole framework for new project builds.

Google Ads Integrations
Through extensive experience leading a bespoke JavaScript framework built on top of Google Publisher Tag at Future plcI I am capable of delivering full site integrations as well as bespoke feature requests. I am also available to consult on existing integrations if you would like to work together on optimising your setup.
Skills
The skills I use to deliver my services. This is a subset of my experience so please reach out if you have other requirements.

JavaScript
Proficient in modern JavaScript and web APIs. Experienced in optimising page performance for Google core web vitals.

TypeScript
Extensive experience in developing TypeScript applications, covering the construction of new systems and the migration of legacy JavaScript frameworks.

Node.js
Having used Node.js to write many development tools as well as using it to build the backend for multiple web applications I am proficient in the language.

HTML / CSS
Experienced in modern responsive HTML and CSS standards as well as tools such as Sass and PostCSS.

React
Capable of designing and building new React applications using the latest standards or aiding in the maintenance of existing systems.

Kubernetes
Experience deploying dozens of web projects using Kubernetes, including Docker image creation, Nginx server configuration, and metric/logging integrations.
Experience
With over 10 years of professional front-end development experience, including 5 years of team leadership, I am now branching out into contracting work.

Full-stack Engineer at Duel
Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
Worked across the technology stack (Angular, TypeScript, MongoDB) to deliver modernised email templating workflows and self-service webhook management solutions.

Advertising Engineer (Contract) at Mumsnet
Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
Built in-house solutions for managing advert refresh and viewability predictions, resulting in increased revenue for the business and more control over their advertising behaviour.

Godot game developer at Mango Moose
October 2023 – April 2025
Designed, built, and released the first commercial game for Mango Moose, Buck Swash and the Idol of Tak’Mahud on the Steam marketplace.

Front-end Engineer (Contract) at Vaarst / Beam
Feb 2024 – Aug 2024
Resumed work on the React based machine learning platform dashboard, working closely with both Vaarst and the newly acquired client to add features and integrate user workflows across both companies. Ensured the codebase followed all standards and worked with permanent developers to handover on completion of the contract.

Front-end Engineer (Contract) at Vaarst / Beam
Jun 2023 – Sep 2023
Took an internal React based dashboard for a machine learning platform from working prototype through to an externally facing product in order to help win a large client project for the company.

Lead Advertising Engineer (Contract) at Saga plc
Feb 2023
Built a custom JavaScript advertising solution with Google Ad Manager and Google Analytics for Saga’s newly established site www.exceptional.com.

Technical Lead at Future plc
May 2018 – Dec 2022
As a front-end development focused technical lead my work ensured that the proprietary ad technology stack of this FTSE 250 company operated reliably to effectively monetise the page visits of 300+ million online visitors driving £100+ million in revenue per year. I achieved this through the implementation of monitoring and logging systems, education on the value of reliability within my team, and through a deep understanding of the systems we were responsible for.

Technical Lead at Red7Mobile
Jan 2017 – May 2018
As a technical lead I helped to lead 15+ developers in producing high quality HTML5/JavaScript games alongside my game development responsibilities. Acting as a bridge between art, sound, design, project management, and development teams I gained a valuable understanding of business operations and how to coordinate across different domains whilst delivering to aggressive timelines.

Web Games Developer at Red7Mobile
May 2015 – Dec 2016
Developing HTML5/JavaScript games for the gambling industry using WebGL and Web Audio based frameworks. Alongside development I also led initiatives to improve development processes at the company. This included the automation of game builds to eliminate mistakes from manual processes and the standardisation on the use of pull requests in all development work.

Software Developer at CCFE
Jul 2013 – Jun 2014
Primarily focused on PHP and JavaScript development I helped to maintain data presentation systems that aided scientists in their fusion research. I also undertook a rewrite and modernisation of a PHP/JavaScript based data dictionary application to better serve its users making use of JavaScript data presentation frameworks.
Projects
A collection of projects and experiments I have worked on independently.