Competitive Systems Tester, Card Balance, AI Validation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Engage in the game with an aggressive and strategic mindset.

• Perform tests against AI opponents at various difficulty levels.

• Strive to consistently outmaneuver the AI using diverse factions and strategies.

• Conduct stress tests on card interactions and edge cases.

• Identify balance concerns across different aspects.

• Analyze and interpret outputs from the AI balance system.

• Provide concrete recommendations for improvements.

• Investigate and challenge non-combat systems.

• Document issues clearly, including reproduction steps, expected behavior, and potential competitive impact.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of competitive card games, whether digital or tabletop.

• Comfortable reasoning about systems, probabilities, and incentives.

• Capable of articulating why an aspect feels flawed, rather than simply stating that it is.

• Persistent and curious enough to seek out edge cases, rather than playing in a “normal” manner.

• Excellent communication skills to translate gameplay insights into actionable feedback.

• Bonus points if you have experience as a high-level playtester, QA analyst, or balance tester.

• Enjoy analyzing balance dashboards or game telemetry.

• Able to consistently outperform AI systems rather than merely surviving them.

• Have well-formed opinions about what contributes to a competitive game's fairness, watchability, and replayability.

• Enjoy engaging in (polite) discussions about game design when supported by data.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment with a globally distributed team.

• Your contributions are clearly reflected in patches, balance updates, and tournament results.