AI Safety & Data Quality Engineer (Early Career)

TikTok Pte. Ltd.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking candidates for the Safety Model Operations team in Malaysia to help shape data quality for large-language models. You will formulate standards, review outputs for accuracy, and address edge cases with reusable rules while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates bring a Bachelor's degree, familiarity with Excel and AI data tools, and strong English plus Russian language skills for daily regional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; majors in law, philosophy, economics, journalism, languages, social sciences, or related fields are preferred.
• Internship or project experience in data quality, content moderation, compliance, content operations, AI data, or annotation is preferred.
• Excellent English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, including accurate comprehension of English video and text. IELTS 7.5, TOEFL 105, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Excel and other common data-processing tools. Deep experience with mainstream foundation-model products such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and a basic understanding of AI capability boundaries, are preferred.
• Clear logic and strong structured decomposition, abstraction, synthesis, judgment, and communication skills. Detail-oriented, with an independent view of what constitutes high-quality data.
• Russian proficiency is also required, as it is mandatory for daily liaison with the local team in the Russian market and the accurate communication of business information.

Responsibilities

• For large-model training and evaluation scenarios, participate in formulating and continuously iterating data quality standards, judgment rules, and acceptance criteria.
• Review and assess data outputs against quality standards, identify issues, and close the loop on corrections to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Participate deeply in the assessment and discussion of complex, ambiguous, and edge cases, turning findings into reusable judgment rules and knowledge assets.
• Track quality performance, identify root causes, and drive improvements in production processes and execution.
• Collaborate with production, product, algorithm, strategy, and other teams to align quality standards and connect the standards-production-acceptance-feedback loop.

Skills

English proficiency

Russian language

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

Job description

TikTok Pte. Ltd. is seeking candidates for the Safety Model Operations team in Malaysia to help shape data quality for large-language models. You will formulate standards, review outputs for accuracy, and address edge cases with reusable rules while coordinating with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates bring a Bachelor's degree, familiarity with Excel and AI data tools, and strong English plus Russian language skills for daily regional collaboration.