Content Quality and Evaluation Specialist (Japanese Speaking) - Safety Model Operations

TikTok

Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Salary range
Not stated
Workplace
In office
Level
Individual contributor
Job family
Quality Assurance
Posted
Recently

The T&S Network estimates this role to be P2, Professional. We don't yet know typical pay for this level in Malaysia. Most of our pay data comes from US roles. If you work in Trust & Safety in Malaysia, add your pay to help others. Key skills at this level: reads queue health from the metrics and knows which ones lie, balances accuracy, throughput and wellbeing as one problem, and runs a shift against demand that spikes without warning.

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Why this level

Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: the title reads as P2.

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The role, in T&S terms

Written by the T&S Network from TikTok's posting.

Quality assurance and evaluation work on TikTok's automated content safety models, sitting in the Safety Model Operations team that builds and maintains the ML models and processes behind Trust & Safety systems. The role builds the ground-truth Golden Sets used for platform safety policy, AI model evaluation and enforcement teams, and covers the Japan market.

What you'd do

  • Build and iterate Golden Sets of long-tail, high-risk and complex edge cases to set labeling ground truth.
  • Run deep-dive reviews and root cause analyses on high-risk and heavily debated safety cases.
  • Find misapplication patterns and risk trends, and turn macro policies into executable SOPs and guidelines.
  • Work with Operations, Algorithm and Product teams to close the loop between Golden Set metrics and review and AI interception quality.
  • Build daily QA mechanisms and quality management methods, and track data accuracy and efficiency metrics.

What it asks for

  • Proven experience in internet Trust & Safety, QA, AI data evaluation or policy operations.
  • Working fluency in English sufficient for professional use.
  • Japanese proficiency, required for daily liaison with the local Japan team.
  • Strong logical reasoning and synthesis skills for ambiguous, complex cases.
  • Extreme attention to detail and consistency in standards.
  • Understanding of how machine learning models work and how labeling schemes are built (preferred).

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About TikTok

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About TikTok

Social platforms · Media and streaming · Culver City, CA · 50,001 to 100,000 people · Founded 2016

Company profile

Short-form video platform, run by ByteDance outside the US and by a joint venture of Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX inside it since 2026.

Moderation, reported

TikTok filed 37.7M moderation decisions with the European Commission for May 2026.

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