About
Built to last
Light Scout is a software engineering practice in London. Android, iOS, web and AI: native where it matters, shared where it fits.
The work is led by Juan Silva: ten years shipping production apps. Banking at HSBC, first direct and Virgin Money, investing at Vanguard, news at the Financial Times. Today he leads Android at Sitka, owning architecture and technical direction.
Worked with
- Sitka
- Vanguard
- Financial Times
- ustwo
- HSBC
- first direct
- Virgin Money
How engagements run
- Sprint retainer
- Embedded with your team for a fixed number of days a month. The shape most engagements take.
- Audit
- A fixed-scope read of an existing codebase, with a written plan at the end of it.
- MVP build
- Spec to store, native or shared depending on what the product needs. Usually six to twelve weeks.
- Legacy modernisation
- Moving an app that works but has stopped being pleasant to change.