Japanese Team Lead

What you'll do

The lead role sits above the Japanese language expert. You spot-check items from trainers and QAs, give feedback privately and escalate recurring problems. Japanese issues the ad names include keigo (honorific speech), honorifics, kana and kanji usage and ambiguous references. You maintain the style guide, FAQ and honeypots, run onboarding calls and follow up with inactive contributors.

Who fits

• Native or near-native Japanese, strong reading and writing
• Degree in Japanese, linguistics, translation, communications, journalism, English, education or QA, or related
• 3+ years of Japanese writing, editing, translation, localization, content QA, AI training or annotation
• Strong English
• Comfort with Discord, Sheets, Docs and trackers

What it pays

The ad states up to $55 an hour, hourly, $15 above the Japanese language expert ceiling of $40. The listing does not state payment terms; how SuperAnnotate pays (Deel contracts, weekly cycle) is on the company page.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Large step up from the expert role at the ceiling
• Keigo judgment is a distinctive skill
• Lower experience threshold (3 years) than the expert role (5)

Less good:

• Open to Japan-based applicants only
• No immediate project
• Leading remote contributors is part of the job

About this listing

The ad describes a three-step selection: an AI interview, a domain task, and a recruiter interview. The ad says there is no immediate project: qualifying puts you on the list SME contacts first when work arrives, so a successful application may not mean paid work straight away. The board gives no posting date and we have not seen the project guidelines. The hiring process and time-tracking rules are on the company page and not repeated here. See SuperAnnotate.