Adam Cruickshank

Led the DVSA Theory Test App rewrite in React Native with offline search, established CI/CD pipelines to improve release efficiency, architected a Lucene-based content indexer and an automated email management platform, and oversaw end-to-end e-commerce modernization from VB6 to .NET and AWS. Offshore UK team to India to cut costs. Migrated e-commerce to AWS to enforce PCI requirements, rewrote legacy JavaScript to TypeScript for performance, replaced Verifone with Stripe, and served as technical authority after a team member departure.

Led the early-stage rebuild of high-profile government-facing apps, including the DVSA Theory Test App in React Native, implementing offline search capabilities and establishing CI/CD pipelines to transform release efficiency. Architected mission-critical systems such as a Lucene-based content indexer, an automated email management platform, and end-to-end e-commerce modernization from VB6 to .NET and AWS. Managed offshore delivery, guiding an India-based team, improved search with SQLite including metaphones and stemming, and drove security/compliance enhancements (PCI) across the platform. Rewrote legacy JavaScript to TypeScript, migrated on-premise e-commerce to AWS, and authored a robust SOA trajectory toward .NET Core alignment. Served as technical authority after a teammate's departure, leading architecture decisions, testing, peer reviews, and fixes, and championing knowledge sharing and reliability improvements.