Pavel Paliakou
@pavelpaliakou
Manual QA Engineer specializing in web, mobile, desktop, and distributed systems testing.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Manual QA Engineer with experience testing complex web, mobile, and desktop applications across diverse domains—from financial solutions to IoT systems and hospitality products. I focus on building reliable testing practices that improve product quality and delivery.
I’ve established testing processes from scratch, handling tool selection, test strategy creation, and CI/CD integration setup. Throughout the SDLC, I contribute to test documentation, release planning, and requirement clarification, working actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
In fintech, I test trading operations, verify calculations for commissions/leverage/profits/losses, and validate integrations with payment gateways and market data providers. I’ve also reduced regression testing time to help accelerate release cycles and participated in security module testing (authentication, authorization, access rights).
In iGaming and IoT, I’ve tested localization, message validation and data flow, and end-to-end interactions across microservices using AWS IoT Core, MQTT brokers, REST APIs, and log monitoring via AWS CloudWatch. I collaborate closely with developers, product teams, and I mentor junior QA engineers—bringing strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and adaptability to new technologies.
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Manual QA Engineer
NDA (iGaming)
Oct 2025 - Mar 2026 (5 months)
Performed web and mobile testing, including localization for multiple regions and languages. Created and maintained test cases and checklists, ran regression/smoke/exploratory testing, and validated data flows using Kafka while tracking defects in issue systems.
Manual QA Engineer
NDA (Fintech Sector)
Jul 2024 - Oct 2025 (1 year 3 months)
Tested trading-related modules covering orders and user balances, validating calculations for commissions, leverage, profits, and losses. Verified integrations (payment gateways, market data providers), exercised real-time high-load/low-latency behavior, and participated in security testing for authentication and authorization.
Manual QA Engineer
HRS
Feb 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 5 months)
Established the team’s testing process from scratch and performed functional, regression, and acceptance testing for desktop and mobile booking/guest-services/order-management applications. Conducted API testing with Postman and Swagger, maintained full-cycle QA documentation, and tested releases before production deployment.
Manual QA Engineer
StyleSoft
Aug 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 6 months)
Tested an IoT platform handling real-time smart-sensor data by verifying device-to-cloud messaging via AWS IoT Core, MQTT brokers, and REST APIs. Monitored and analyzed events using AWS CloudWatch, created and maintained test documentation, and tested frontend/backend behavior including resilience under connection loss scenarios.
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