Looking for a QA Engineer or Manual QA Engineer role where I can take end-to-end ownership of product quality, with a focus on web applications, API testing, SQL and FinTech or other business-critical products. I’m looking for an international Agile team where I can contribute to test strategy, defect prevention and continuous quality improvement.
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Allan Haljasmaa
@allanhaljasmaa
QA Engineer with 5 years of experience in FinTech, specializing in manual, API, web and database testing.
GermanyWhat I'm looking for
QA Engineer with 5 years of commercial experience, specializing in FinTech, payments and digital banking. Strong background in manual testing of web applications, REST APIs, databases and third-party integrations.
Experienced in functional, regression, integration, exploratory and end-to-end testing, with a strong focus on business-critical and financial workflows. Skilled in Postman, SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Swagger/OpenAPI and Chrome DevTools.
I take ownership of QA activities from requirements analysis and test design through execution, defect investigation, regression and release validation. I use risk-based and exploratory testing to identify edge cases and high-impact defects beyond predefined test scenarios.
Comfortable working closely with developers, Product Managers and Business Analysts in Agile/Scrum teams. I also have basic hands-on experience with Playwright and use AI-assisted tools for test design, bug analysis and QA documentation.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
BL
Software QA Engineer
Baltic Finance Labs
Aug 2024 - Aug 2026 (2 years)
Owned manual QA for customer-facing banking features across the full SDLC/STLC, from requirements analysis to release sign-off
Performed REST API testing with Postman and used SQL (PostgreSQL) to validate data integrity across UI, API and
database layers.
Mentored and helped onboard junior QA engineers, supporting their ramp-up on team processes and testing standards.
PS
Software QA Engineer
PayFlow Systems
Jul 2022 - Jul 2024 (2 years)
Tested end-to-end payment flows, including successful, failed, pending and duplicate transaction scenarios.
Validated third-party payment integrations and webhook-based status updates for consistency and error handling.
Performed extensive negative testing of payment forms and APIs: invalid input, boundary values, timeouts and
interrupted flows.
CL
Junior QA Engineer
CloudLedger
May 2021 - Jun 2022 (1 year 1 month)
Performed manual functional, regression, smoke and exploratory testing of a SaaS accounting and financial-management
platform.
Tested REST APIs using Postman and used SQL for database validation of invoice, ledger and reporting data.
Performed cross-browser and UI testing; used Chrome DevTools to investigate frontend issues.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Tartu
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2017 - 2021
Grade: 4.5
Activities and societies: D
Pursued a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a focus on Software Engineering and Quality Assurance, achieving a GPA of 4.5.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
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Location
GermanyAuthorized to work in
EstoniaSalary expectations
50k-200k USD
Skills
Manual TestingFunctional TestingRegression TestingExploratory testingIntegration TestingCross Browser TestingCross platform testingMobile TestingAPI TestingBackend TestingPostmanSwaggerMicroservicesKafkaDBeaverKibanaCharles ProxyProxymanAndroid StudioXCodeADBJiraConfluenceTestRailFigmaScrumKanbanRequirements AnalysisTest PlanningiOSAndroidSQLWeb Testing
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