Adam Connelly
Platform Team Lead
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Connelly is a Platform Team Lead based in Glasgow with 16 years of experience building and operating reliable infrastructure and developer-facing platforms. He progressed from hands-on software development and consulting into technical architecture and platform leadership, most recently leading platform efforts at Spacelift. Adam brings deep expertise in .NET code quality and testing—evidenced by contributions to well-known open-source projects like NUnit and NRefactory where he improved refactoring checks and test coverage. He combines pragmatic engineering with a strong QA mindset, ensuring systems are both maintainable and correct. Known for bridging developer ergonomics and infrastructure robustness, he also has an MEng in Computer and Electronic Systems from the University of Strathclyde. Outside of day-to-day leadership he still contributes to open-source tooling and automated test suites, reflecting a continual focus on code health.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MEng Computer and Electronic Systems, MEng Computer and Electronic Systems at University of Strathclyde
Github Skills (13)
net10
asp-net10
nunit10
dotnet-new10
code-analysis10
dotnet10
test-framework10
refactoring10
tdd10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
testing10
unit-testing9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nunit/nunit
Dec 2009 - Jan 2010
NUnit Framework
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:12 commits in 29 days
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the NUnit framework by modifying and adding test cases. Their work involved updating existing tests, such as those related to culture settings, to accommodate changes in .NET Framework versions. They also implemented tests for fixtures containing no tests, ensuring the correct behavior of the framework in various scenarios. In addition, the user updated existing test projects for use with the new directory structure and added test cases, all of which contribute to verifying the reliability and correctness of the framework.
dotnettestingtest-frameworkc-sharpnunit-framework
icsharpcode/NRefactory
Sep 2012 - Sep 2012
NRefactory - Refactoring Your C# Code
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:5 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Adam focused on improving code quality and implementing refactoring suggestions within the C# codebase. They added and updated code issues related to constructor usage, specifically addressing scenarios where base class constructors are not properly invoked by child classes. The user also implemented test cases to validate the correct identification of these issues. These changes demonstrate expertise in code analysis and refactoring practices within the .NET ecosystem.
refactoringcsharp
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