Source-level
Codebase Audit
Source-level audit with repository access under NDA. The goal: a scored and prioritised picture of the codebase's current state and the specific work required to get it where you need it, written for the person who'll actually read it.
Ideal fit
- CTO, founder, or VP of Engineering validating a refactor-in-progress before committing further engineering quarters.
- Engineering manager or tech lead inheriting a codebase and needing a defensible map of the risks.
- Acquisition target or acquirer doing deep technical due diligence.
- Product company heading into an App Store Review or App Review Guidelines change and wanting to de-risk ahead of time.
Scope
- Architecture: module boundaries, layering, dependency direction, MVVM / VIPER / TCA fidelity.
- State and concurrency: Swift concurrency, actor usage, race conditions, main-thread hazards.
- Security: keychain use, secrets handling, certificate pinning, auth token storage.
- Privacy and compliance: KVKK and GDPR posture, data flows, third-party SDK audit, App Store privacy manifest.
- Accessibility: VoiceOver coverage, Dynamic Type, reduce-motion, semantic correctness.
- Code quality and tooling: SOLID adherence, test coverage, linting, CI posture, release pipeline risk.
Deliverables
- Written report with scored findings per dimension above.
- Prioritised remediation roadmap: what to do now, next, later, and why.
- Executive summary (1 to 2 pages) for board or investor reporting.
- Report calibrated to your primary reader: deep-technical (iOS engineers), cross-technical (CTO, VP Eng, engineering manager), or executive (non-technical leadership, product, or investor). Mixed audiences get a layered write-up with an executive preamble on top and technical detail below.
- Two-hour walkthrough with the engineering lead.
Timeline
Roughly 2 weeks depending on codebase size and scope negotiated.
Ready to scope a Codebase Audit?
Send a short note on the codebase, the engineering question you're trying to answer, and any timing constraints. I'll reply within 72 hours with scoping next steps, NDA logistics, and who the primary reader of the report will be.