TestLink Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used TestLink
Yannide D.
Last position:
Development Engineer Test Automation at Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG
- Project: Thermomix Online Mock
- Manual execution of functional tests
- Implementation of automated end-to-end tests
- Execution of regression tests and analysis of results
- Further development of the QA website server using Express.js, Handlebars and Node.js
- Further development of the test environment
- Technologies: Agile software development Scrum, Robot Framework, Python, JavaScript, Git (GitLab), VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Express.js, Handlebars, Phoenix/Elixir
Muhammad Y.
Last position:
SynQ × AutoStore
- Enterprise WMS customisation for Albert Heijn and EDEKA.
- Owned end-to-end test planning, automation, and performance validation for logistics automation software serving high-volume grocery warehouse operations.
Nicole F.
Last position:
SAP FI Consultant & Test at DZB Bank
- Analysis and optimization of business processes in financial accounting
- Customizing in SAP FI (e.g. company codes, chart of accounts, payments)
- Integration with other modules such as CO, MM, SD
- Consulting on legal requirements (e.g. GoBD, UStG)
- Support with month-end and year-end closing
- Creation of test plans (system test, integration test, UAT)
- Definition of test cases (e.g. postings, payment runs, dunning runs)
- Selection of suitable test data and scenarios
- Manual testing of posting processes (e.g. customer invoice, payment run)
- Validation of automatic postings (e.g. for MM credit memo)
- Checking interfaces (e.g. to subsystems or non-SAP solutions)
- Documentation of defects in the test tool (e.g. Jira, ALM)
- Analysis and feedback to developers or the customizing team
- Retest after bug fixes
- E2E tests with SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN)
- Use of tools such as SAP CBTA or Micro Focus UFT
Sebastian N.
Last position:
Test Manager: MW/OS Interlocking System (Railway Interlocking Systems) at Pintsch GmbH & Co. KG
- Project for Deutsche Bahn
- Analysis of the current project documents and enhancement of the test concept
- Preparation of checklists for requirements analysis regarding testability and test case review
- Preparation of onboarding documents for new team members
- Participation in presentations and involvement in decisions regarding the hiring of new team members
- Leading the test team with members in Romania, Spain and Germany
- Allocation and supervision of test tasks for my team members
- Definition of the documentation tool to be introduced in consultation with the project manager
- Preparation of a concept for introducing automated tests, including the definition of the test tool
- Hands-on test case creation, execution and reporting
- Participation in management meetings at various levels and taking on tasks for the test team
- Preparation of detailed documentation
- Tools used: TestConductor, Testona (CTE), VectorCast, Parallel, Ubuntu, Visual Studio Code, Google Cloud, IBM ELM landscape, CENELEC, etc
Max L.
Last position:
Test Analyst (manual testing) – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Factoring) at ABC Finanz Bank Köln
- Planning, execution, and documentation of manual tests in the factoring module of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, supported by AI-based tools for structuring
- Working in an agile project environment with two-week sprint cycles, including sprint planning, review, and QA coordination
- Implementation of progressive and regression test scenarios to cover new and existing functionalities
- Management and tracking of test cases and defects with TestRail and Jira (BAM tickets)
- Test coverage of central factoring processes: contact management, contract card, debtors, limit processes, company groups; payment transactions incl. journal entries, rebooking logic, and comment fields; testing and parameterization of the IKV/WKV components incl. reporting; portal tests in the TAS system (login, user management, feedback functions)
- Support for special modules and interfaces: in-house tiles, factoring dashboard, risk evaluation
- Test status maintenance and retest planning (Passed / Blocked / Partially Passed) in close coordination with business departments
- Quality assurance as part of data migration, including validation, deviation analysis, and follow-up documentation
Benjamin S.
Last position:
Design and implementation of a new cloud service at Porsche AG
- Design of a new cloud service
- Requirements Engineering
- API Design (REST API, Kafka)
- Consulting on architecture, feasibility and effort estimation
- Implementation of a microservice architecture
- Implementation of a Spring Boot web service
- Development of REST APIs including business and persistence logic
- Kafka consumers and producers
- Various Excel upload/download scenarios
- Change Data Capture
- Cloud provisioning with IaC/Terraform
- Go-live with 30,000 users
- Operation, support and bug fixing for other services
Environment/tools: GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, IntelliJ, Spring Boot, Java, Docker, Terraform, AWS ECS, Postgres, Apache Kafka, SAP Datasphere, JUnit, Debezium, Apache POI, Hibernate, JPA, Testcontainers
Meryem G.
Last position:
Test Manager-SPOT at EON
- Overall process definition, planning, training, tools, effective execution, and progress and quality measurement of test activities at the release level
- Defining and improving the test process
- Scheduling of releases
- Coordinating alignment with release management for test setup and data provisioning
- Coordinating migration test planning for Westnetz, Mitnetz, and EON Grid
- Monitoring test progress, audit-proof documentation, progress tracking via defects, OSS reports, and incidents
- Designing and coordinating potential test automation
IT environment: Jira Zephyr, Confluence, SIGMA, PowerBI
Dieter M.
Last position:
Software Engineer at Hamma UWT
Integration of a safety shutdown into the firmware of the MISCEO product after a specific limit value (capping) for the dispensing quantity is reached.
Familiarization with the product and its firmware (C code and functional operation).
Identification of the code sections required for the change.
Implementation of the enhancement.
Testing and documentation (source code only).
Target platform: Embedded firmware without an operating system.
Tools: Eclipse, C.
Andreas S.
Last position:
Project Management, Development and Test- (Defect-) Management at safarica.com
- Creation and implementation of a multilingual, relational MariaDB database to reflect the requirements of a booking system designed for safaris in Africa
- Testing the front- and backend functionality, registration of clients and suppliers, the editorial system and the payment workflow
- Defect management and documentation via BugHerd
- Implementation of an automatic internal deployment of deliveries provided by an external company via bash scripts
- Coordination of external companies in the function of a project manager (Stakeholder Management)
Bakht A.
Last position:
Test Analyst / Tester at BITBW Landesoberbehörde
- Analyzing functional requirements and creating test cases (user stories in Jira)
- Manual testing of web and administrative applications
- Reviewing the system implementation of e-files and ePA-related functions
- Interface and integration tests to ensure data consistency
- Creating and executing regression tests and smoke tests
- Close coordination with development, business units, and product owners
- Documentation, defect management, and test coordination in Xray and Confluence
- Testing configuration options in the admin center for various application scenarios
- Developing and implementing test designs for various test strategies
- Conducting and documenting reviews to ensure test quality
- Analyzing and validating user stories to derive relevant test cases
- Ticket tracking and follow-up on bugs and test results
- Creating and maintaining test documentation for traceability of test processes
Marcel D.
Last position:
Software Developer / IT Tester at Continentale Krankenversicherung a.G.
Analysis, online COBOL software development and testing of dialog and batch programs in the Kranken Leistung (KL) project
Error analysis, bug fixing and ticket resolution (change requests and defects)
Documentation in collaboration with the contact office and the mathematics department
IT skills: Siemens Fujitsu BS2000, CCOM Emulation, Micro Focus Visual COBOL I and II, Eclipse IDE, UDS database system, Atlassian Confluence and Jira, ZULIP, UNIFY
Max E.
Last position:
Tester, Test Manager at Techniker Krankenkasse (TK)
- Quality assurance of the "Telematics Infrastructure Messenger (TI-M)" application
- Introduction of test management for the TI-M product
- Reviewing test requirements (gematik specification)
- Creating test documentation
- Defining different test levels
- Designing test scenarios in coordination with subject matter experts
- Test data management
- Responsible for test case specification from user stories
- Responsible for performing manual tests on various platforms (iOS & Android)
- Conducting release and integration tests
- Bug analysis and documentation
- Retesting bugs
- Skills: test management documentation, requirements analysis, frontend testing, mobile testing, Jira (TestFLO), Confluence, agile processes, Telematics Infrastructure Messenger, accessibility
Aida K.
Last position:
Sales Assistant at Bakery Schollin
- Customer service and point-of-sale (cash register) operations
- Inventory management and stock organization
- Strengthened German language skills through daily customer interaction
- Worked collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
Anicet N.
Last position:
Senior Test Specialist at RWE Supply & Trading
- Created a test strategy for manual testing and test automation
- Automated regression and end-to-end API test cases
- Performed functional testing on the Curvecraft portal
- Documented manual test procedures
- Planned and executed end-to-end and regression tests
- Test case design, test case creation, development of test scenarios
- Analyzed test results, logged defects, and retested fixes
- IT environment: Open API, C#, RestSharp, Azure, Azure DevOps, Visual Studio, NSwag, PostgreSQL, Azure Test Plan
Humayun S.
Last position:
Test Manager at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
- Quality assurance for 7 apps and websites as well as Galileo
- Designing, planning and executing tests
- Designing the test strategy in an agile team
- Planning, monitoring and coordinating test activities
- Reviewing and matching test cases
- Documenting test results
- Reviewing found defects
- Collaborating with developers
- Conducting regression tests
- Creating test summary reports
- Participating in various meetings with all stakeholders
- Approach, tools & systems: Jira, Android Studio, iOS, Android, Agile-Scrum
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Statistics of experts using TestLink
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
1.5 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Government and Administration, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
75%
Master's degree or higher
19%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using TestLink
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
TestLink experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (89%)
- Government and Administration (53%)
- Banking and Finance (47%)
- Manufacturing (47%)
- Automotive (42%)
- Healthcare (42%)
- Energy (37%)
- Insurance (37%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
TestLink at a glance
TestLink is an open-source web application for managing software testing. Teams use it to define requirements, organize test cases, plan test cycles and record execution results in one shared workspace. It supports traceability from a requirement to test evidence and reported defects.
Test management work
TestLink fits structured quality processes for web applications, APIs, enterprise software and embedded products. Specialists configure test suites, keywords, milestones, builds and user permissions, then prepare execution flows that make results easy to review.
- Create and maintain reusable test cases
- Link requirements to coverage and execution
- Plan test plans, builds and test reports
- Record manual results and document defects
Ecosystem and integrations
TestLink commonly sits beside issue trackers, version control and automated test tools rather than replacing them. Professionals may connect it with Jira, Bugzilla, Selenium, Jenkins or custom scripts through plugins, APIs and import or export workflows. Knowledge of SQL, web administration and test design helps keep the setup reliable.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful when a team is introducing TestLink, cleaning up an inherited project or moving from spreadsheets and disconnected test documents. It also helps when release evidence is incomplete, reporting needs to be standardized or several teams must share one testing process.
- Structure a new test repository and requirement model
- Migrate cases from spreadsheets or another test tool
- Connect defect tracking and delivery workflows
- Improve reporting, permissions and review routines
What strong professionals bring
A strong TestLink specialist understands more than screen configuration. They can turn product risks into clear test cases, choose useful levels of detail and keep suites maintainable as releases change. They also explain gaps in coverage, validate integrations and protect the meaning of historical results.
For companies in Germany, collaboration may involve remote workshops with distributed teams or on-site sessions during rollout and process reviews. Clear documentation and confident communication in the working language matter as much as hands-on tool knowledge.
Choosing the right fit
Assess practical experience with the version and integrations used in your environment, not just familiarity with the product name. Ask for examples of repository design, migration, reporting and defect synchronization, then discuss how the specialist would handle duplicate cases, changing requirements and failed executions.
The best fit can work within your existing quality method while challenging unnecessary manual steps. They should leave behind understandable conventions, reusable documentation and a TestLink setup that the internal team can operate after the engagement.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about TestLink? Start with the answers below.
TestLink is used to manage requirements, test cases, test plans, execution results and traceability. It gives teams a central record of what was tested, against which build, and with what outcome.
TestLink is focused on structured test case and execution management, while Jira is primarily an issue and work tracking system. Teams often connect them rather than choose one exclusively; newer commercial tools may offer a more integrated interface, while TestLink can suit organizations that value an open-source setup and control over configuration.
A strong TestLink specialist should understand test design, requirements traceability and defect workflows. Useful adjacent skills include Jira or Bugzilla, Selenium or another automation tool, SQL, REST APIs, Jenkins and basic web server administration.
The needed experience depends on the scope and condition of the existing test repository. A small configuration task needs practical familiarity, while migration, integration or process redesign calls for someone who has handled permissions, reporting, data quality and adoption across teams.
TestLink is web-based, so remote teams in Germany can use it through a shared environment with clear ownership and access rules. On-site collaboration can still help during repository design, rollout workshops or reviews of a regulated testing process.
A TestLink engagement should produce a clear test suite structure, naming rules, roles, requirements links and execution workflow. Depending on the brief, it may also include migrated data, integrations, reports, administration notes and a handover session for the internal team.
Look for traceable cases, meaningful coverage, clean execution history and reports that support release decisions. A capable TestLink professional can explain the design choices, demonstrate defect synchronization and show how the team will maintain the repository as requirements evolve.
TestLink can complement automated testing by storing results and linking them to requirements and test plans, but it is not an automation framework itself. Specialists may connect it with tools such as Selenium or CI pipelines through integrations, scripts or API-based workflows.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used TestLink in their recent projects is 86 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 691 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used TestLink in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 19% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used TestLink in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used TestLink in their recent projects are German (100%), English (95%), and French (47%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used TestLink in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Government and Administration (53%), and Banking and Finance (47%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used TestLink in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Quality Assurance (89%), and Product Development (68%).
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