Competitive Systems Tester, Card Balance, AI Validation

Job Description:

• Play the game aggressively and intelligently
• Testing against AI opponents across difficulty tiers
• Attempting to consistently beat the AI using multiple factions and builds
• Stress-test card interactions and edge cases
• Identify balance issues across:
• Review and interpret AI balance system outputs
• Make concrete recommendations
• Explore and break non-combat systems
• Log issues clearly with repro steps, expected behavior, and competitive impact

Requirements:

• Deep familiarity with competitive card games (digital or tabletop)
• Comfortable reasoning about systems, probabilities, and incentives
• Able to explain why something feels broken, not just that it is
• Persistent and curious enough to hunt edge cases instead of playing “normally”
• Clear communicator who can translate gameplay findings into actionable feedback
• Bonus Points If You Have worked as a high-level playtester, QA analyst, or balance tester
• Enjoy reading balance dashboards or game telemetry
• Can consistently outplay AI systems rather than just survive them
• Have opinions about what makes a competitive game fair, watchable, and replayable
• Like arguing (politely) about game design when the data backs it up

Benefits:

• Fully remote and globally distributed
• Your impact is visible in patches, balance updates, and tournament outcomes