Analyst, Content Safety

Google

Location
Kirkland, WA, USA
Salary range
USD $116,000 – $166,000 base
Workplace
In office
Level
Individual contributor
Job family
T&S Operations
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The T&S Network estimates this role to be P3, Senior. The typical base salary for that level in Scaled Ops & Moderation is $140k to $200k at an employer this size in Seattle. Key skills at this level: forecasts volume and staffs against it with real error bars, owns service levels and can explain a miss without blaming the queue, and governs a vendor relationship on quality, not only on cost per action.

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Why this level

Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: asks for 4+ years · posts $116k to $166k base at a company over 5,000 in Seattle · the title reads as P2 · sets strategy beyond one team.

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The role, in T&S terms

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

Safeguards the Google Ads ecosystem against abuse and fraud across core and emerging Ads products, including brand safety, controversial content, violent extremism and political interference. Sits on a team that sets policy and runs scaled enforcement, with the aim of protecting users while keeping safety measures from disrupting legitimate advertisers.

What you'd do

  • Analyze abuse trends with complex queries, visual models and presentations to inform fraud prevention
  • Influence engineering teams on changes to abuse detection systems without hurting advertiser experience
  • Investigate fraudsters, enforce product policies, and track scam patterns and product vulnerabilities
  • Work with product, policy, engineering, sales and legal on projects that reduce abuse
  • Use data to anticipate bad actors' next moves and lower abuse rates
  • Find automation and efficiency opportunities through analysis or cross-functional partnerships
  • Take periodic on-call shifts and handle internal and external escalations within SLAs

What it asks for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent hands-on experience
  • Four or more years in data analytics, T&S, policy, cybersecurity or a closely related field
  • Master's or PhD in a quantitative field such as engineering, computer science, mathematics or statistics (preferred)
  • Scripting and coding experience in languages such as C/C++, Python or Java (preferred)
  • Past work in fraud or policy investigations, fraud risk, online advertising or e-commerce (preferred)
  • Business analysis, statistical analysis, machine learning or AI experience (preferred)
  • Strong problem-solving and critical thinking with attention to detail in a changing environment (preferred)

Worth knowing

  • Periodic on-call coverage and escalation handling
  • Exposure to some adult content and other potentially disturbing material

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About Google

AI and model safety · Media and streaming · Infrastructure and developer tools · Mountain View, CA · More than 100,000 people · Founded 1998

Company profile

Search, advertising, Android, YouTube and Cloud, and the source of Perspective API and Jigsaw.

Moderation, reported

Google files its moderation decisions with the European Commission, separately for each service below. The newest we hold cover May 2026.

  • Google Shopping
  • YouTube
  • Google Maps
  • Google Play
  • Chrome Web Store

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