Quality Assurance Associate - 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 for the safety models that flag harmful content on TikTok, run by the Safety Model Operations team. The work covers labeling accuracy and policy implementation across English-speaking markets, with the goal of keeping automated safety models performing well. The posting names bullying, hate speech, child safety, self-harm and harm to animals among the content the frontline teams see.

What you'd do

  • Run detailed reviews and complex root cause analyses on labeling errors.
  • Monitor quality performance against project-specific KPIs.
  • Perform daily audits and send error analysis and feedback to teams.
  • Compile and deliver regular performance data reports to SMEs and management.
  • Pass policy updates to teams and route policy questions between internal and external stakeholders.
  • Run calibration meetings and take part in policy briefings.
  • Moderate queues or sit knowledge quizzes, and backfill gaps in market support when needed.

What it asks for

  • Proficiency in English for an English-speaking market.
  • Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience in content moderation, content quality, content safety, labeling or annotation (preferred).
  • Familiarity with labeling business logic and upstream and downstream team workflows (preferred).
  • Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, including working across many partner teams (preferred).

Worth knowing

  • Exposure to sensitive content including vulgar content, violence, pornography and fake news.

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About TikTok

The employer

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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