Search Operations Quality Assurance – German

Job Description

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok’s global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok’s purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible. Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy—a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity to learn, innovate, and grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That’s how we drive impact—for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve. Join us.

Building a Safe and Empowering Community

Building a world where people can safely discover, create, and connect. The Trust & Safety (T&S) team at TikTok helps ensure that our global online community is safe and empowered to create and enjoy content across all of our applications. We have invested heavily in human and machine-based moderation to remove harmful content quickly and often before it reaches our general community.

Our Search Operations team supports our efforts to address objectionable or disturbing content, which could include images of violence, animal cruelty, hate speech, violent extremism, or content that exploits or endangers children. The team plays a vital role in analyzing user searches and search strategy optimization to ensure a positive and safe user experience for our community.

Content that the position interacts with includes images, video, and text related to everyday life, but it can also include (but is not limited to) bullying, hate speech, child safety, depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals.

What Will I Be Doing

• Conduct quality inspection of various data sets and projects, ensuring it meets project requirements, and maintain timely delivery of QA cases.
• Demonstrate exceptional judgment in resolving ambiguous cases and provide timely feedback, identifying potential risks and suggesting improvements.
• Prioritize quality, safety, and integrity of content, closely monitor business progress, and contribute to product function optimization iterations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to optimize relevant policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs), supporting training and clarification processes to ensure accurate understanding and data delivery.
• Facilitate calibration meetings with teams involved during appeal processes, analyze cases, offer solutions, and suggestions to enhance team performance, accuracy, and alignment towards project targets.
• Provide data delivery for project metrics, data analysis, root cause analysis (RCA), and action plans during project performance review meetings, business reviews (WBRs, QBRs, etc.).
• Undertake additional compatible and related responsibilities as required by the project, including but not limited to policy localization, internal and external training support, data inspection, calibration meetings, and strategy evaluation.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluent in German is required as the role requires communication with German markets; fluent in English is also required as it is the working language.
• Have QA experience in moderation projects or equivalent, market knowledge, and understanding of local culture and internet usage habits of target markets.
• In-depth knowledge of search engines and familiarity with social media platforms.
• Flexibility to work on projects outside of core expertise as needed and ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Familiarity with online shopping-related businesses and search trends is desirable.
• Ability to work on potentially variable shift patterns, including weekends, evenings, and nights, ensuring availability for five out of any seven days per week.
• Willingness to work with sensitive and potentially disturbing content.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and above or equivalent.
• Strong analytical skills including data analytics, learning ability, problem-solving skills, adaptability, and attention to detail.
• Proficient in common productivity software (e.g., Office Suite, Google Workspace, etc.).
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in multiple locations and time zones.

Supporting Employee Wellbeing

Trust & Safety recognizes that keeping our platform safe for TikTok communities is no ordinary job, which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding, as well as emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks, and implications in this unique line of work from the start so our candidates are well-informed before joining.

We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee’s journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions to ensure a truly person-centered, innovative, and integrated approach.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe, and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.