A5 Labs is redefining the boundaries of AI-driven security in competitive online environments. We specialize in ensuring fair play, integrity, and trust in high-stakes, strategy-based games such as online poker and real-time competitive gaming platforms.
This is a fantastic chance to work with a fast-growing company in the tech industry.
Overview
Given A5 Labs' rapid growth, we are looking to appoint an experienced Senior QA Engineer for the AceGuardian platform, a revolutionary solution for maintaining fairness, integrity, and advanced performance in online poker.
This role offers you the opportunity to contribute to an innovative product that operates at the intersection of gaming, AI, and cutting-edge technology. Working with world-class colleagues, you will join a dream team and play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and performance of A5's AceGuardian platform.
What will you do for us
Must-Have Domain Expertise (Not Optional)
Candidates must have significant prior experience in the online gaming or poker domain (ideally 3+ years), understanding of poker strategies, rules, and how to test poker-based software solutions and a solid grasp of game-theoretic modeling as it applies to online competitive environments.
Applications lacking this domain-specific background will not be considered.
- Deep Poker Domain Testing: Utilize your deep knowledge of poker rules, strategies, and gameplay to ensure our products meet the highest quality standards.
- Solver Expertise: Test poker solvers such as GTO Wizard, Poker Solver, Deepsolver, and PioSolver, ensuring accuracy in solving strategies and configurations.
- AI Technology Testing: Test AI-driven technologies within the platform, ensuring they perform as expected and provide accurate, fair results in online poker scenarios.
- Backend Testing: Perform comprehensive testing of all application layers, including UI, API, and backend systems, ensuring that all components of the AceGuardian platform work seamlessly together.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with AI engineers, backend developers, poker experts, and other stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation and testing of complex solutions.
- Automated Testing: Identify opportunities to automate tests for solvers, backend systems, and AI-driven features, maintaining and expanding an automated testing framework.
- Monitor System Integrity: Test and ensure the reliability, accuracy, and fairness of online poker games through the AceGuardian platform.
- Regular Reporting: Provide reports on quality assurance metrics and findings to key stakeholders, including recommendations for optimizations and improvements.
- Adopt New Technologies: Stay current with the latest trends in poker solvers, AI technologies, and backend systems, adapting testing methodologies as necessary.
What you will bring to the table
- 5+ years of QA experience: Proven experience in fast-paced quality assurance environments.
- Deep Poker Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of poker strategies, rules, and how to test poker-based software solutions.
- Poker Solver Expertise: Experience with poker solvers such as GTO Wizard, Poker Solver, Deepsolver, PioSolver, or equivalent tools.
- AI and Backend Testing Skills: Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, backend systems, and experience in testing them across all layers (UI, API, backend).
- Automation Experience: Demonstrated ability to create and maintain test automation for complex systems, including poker solvers, AI models, and backend components.
- Collaboration: Effective communication skills, working seamlessly with cross-functional teams in Agile environments.
- Poker and iGaming Experience: Any exposure to testing for poker or iGaming platforms will be highly valued.
About the Team: AceGuardian
This role is embedded within AceGuardian, A5 Labs’ elite team dedicated to advanced game AI and security. We develop reinforcement learning agents, real-time detection systems, and behavioral analytics tools to tackle cheating, botting, and collusion in poker and other high-skill games.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation (4.5+ Glassdoor rating; 100% pay satisfaction)
- Fully remote with flexible hours and generous paid leave (4–5 weeks extra)
- Direct collaboration with world-class AI researchers and engineers
- Product-focused culture — we ship real systems, not just white papers
- Multicultural and inclusive team — fluent English not required, only strong collaboration skills
How to Apply
To be considered, your application must clearly demonstrate:
- Direct experience in online gaming or poker
- Fluency in the language of poker/game theory (e.g., solver, GTO, range vs. range modeling)
