Hello, World.
I am TJ Noor
Developer, Tinkerer & Tech Enthusiast
Based out of quaint Safety Harbor, Florida, I have been working at an automotive software solutions provider for the past 7 years. While working during the day, ensuring our products meet the highest quality standards and over countless nights & weekends, I have refined several skills and picked up more here and there.
I know what it takes to design, build and deliver a quality product - I love breaking things, taking it apart and I enjoy building them.
I have never let a role define me and I am always up for a challenge. I strongly believe in keeping an open mind, learning from experiences from people of all walks of life, every day.
Feel free to poke around and if you're intrigued, let's connect!
Tinkering with things has always been my passion. Ever since I was a kid, I would open things up and try to figure out how it all worked. My family and I had immigrated to the United States in 2010 and I had officially started my career at Best Buy within a month of moving in, right when Amazon was gunning straight for us.
It was instilled in me that the customer experience was the biggest differentiator that would help us win our customers back. We strived to deliver on that and I saw hands-on how we were able to keep customers in the store, continue buying from us and ultimately reach the top in sales & customer satisfaction. I was promoted to Lead Mobile Sales Consultant and helped our team lead as an interim manager to close amongst the top 100 stores nationwide over several quarters.
In 2014, I was at a crossroad - either continue on my path in Sales and/or Management or pursue my passion for Technology. I came across Affinitiv (formerly AutoLoop), an automotive software solutions provider based out of Clearwater, Florida. I had an eagerness to learn and a lot to prove. I turned our numbers around and brought down our data integration downtime from 20% to less than 1% within the first 6 months. I single-handedly completed over 85% of our on-boarding for our nationwide Mercedes-Benz program which earned me a spot at the official MBUSA Brand Immersion Experience in Alabama.
Shortly thereafter, I moved up to our Engineering teams as a fellow QA. My thirst for challenges and my investigative tingliness brought forth lots of opportunities to learn & dig deeper into our entire product suite. I learned and delivered & I moved up the ranks to my current position as a Senior Automation Engineer where I lead the automation efforts for all our products. I earned two Top Performer Awards - the only employee to have received such an honor. I love being involved in the product design phase and I love to see it getting delivered. Over my time here, I have contributed immensely to expand and build out our testing frameworks, increased test coverage and helped solidify our product offerings. I like to break things and I have fun doing it.
I have a very particular set of skills ...
Developer
I love bringing ideas to life with clean & abstracted code.
Things I have built & worked on so far:
- iOS - Xamarin Essentials (C#) & Flutter (Dart)
- Android - Native (Java), Xamarin Essentials (C#) & Flutter (Dart)
- Progressive Web Apps - Psst, this is one
- Browser Extensions - Chrome
- Web Apps & Static Sites - React, Gatsby, Express, Vue.js & Pug
- Serverless Functions - Node.js (AWS Lambda, Firebase and Twilio) & C# (Azure Functions)
- Console Apps - C#
- Database - MySQL, MSSQL, SQLite, Azure CosmosDb & Firebase Database
Tester
I enjoy putting my detective hat on & I live to automate and break things.
Things I have built & tested with so far:
- Test Automation - .NET based API, UI (Selenium) & Mobile (Appium) Test Automation
- Automation Framework Integrations - Chrome Extensions, Email, Text, CDN, Microsoft Teams, Jira, DataDog, TeamCity & TestRail Integration
- Performance Testing - JMeter Load and Stress Tests with Custom C# Report Generator
- Application Security - Vulnerability Assessment, Code Analysis & Penetration Testing
- Web Automation - Selenium Framework with Docker & Grid Support
- Mobile Automation - Appium (iOS and Android) & Flutter (Dart)
- API Automation - C# & Postman Collection Runner
- Manual Testing - Black Box and White Box Testing with Database Verification & Code Analysis
Consultant
Product usability and intuitive user experiences drive me to help better serve a project.
Things I like to contribute towards:
- Requirements - Creating and Refining Techinical and Business Requirements & making it the best version of itself
- UX Design - I put myself in the shoes of the user and I live for clean interfaces that are feature-packed
- Product Speciality - Automotive Solutions, Voice and Texting Platforms & Mobile Applications
- Brainstorming - I live for this. Let's chat and maybe we can make something magical
What have I been up to?
Senior Automation Engineer
Affinitiv
Focused on Building Automation Tools, Performance Testing, Application Security and Incubating Frameworks, while documenting & training fellow Automation Engineers.
Co-Founder & Developer
Noor By Design
Always learning and bringing ideas to life - mobile, voice, desktop & server.
Automation Engineer
Affinitiv (formerly AutoLoop)
White Box Testing our Equity Mining Suite, Service Lane Technology & Mobile Applications while building out frameworks for Automation.
Senior QA Analyst
Affinitiv (formerly AutoLoop)
Lead 4 out of the 8 Engineering Teams for Black Box Testing & Special Projects
System & Data Integration Specialist
Affinitiv (formerly AutoLoop)
Onboard, Monitor and Support Data Integration between Automotive Dealership Management Systems and AutoLoop Servers.
Mobile Lead Sales Consultant
Best Buy
Listened and helped Customers find the perfect phone they wanted, with the best plan for their needs along with an array of Geek Squad technical services that followed.
