Child Safety Operations Specialist - Trust and Safety
- Location
- Austin, United States of America
- Salary range
- Not stated
- Workplace
- In office
- Level
- Individual contributor
- Job family
- T&S Operations
- Posted
- Recently
The T&S Network estimates this role to be P2, Professional. The typical base salary for that level in Scaled Ops & Moderation is $110k to $160k at an employer this size in Austin. 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.
Why this level
Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: the title reads as P2.
The role, in T&S terms
Written by the T&S Network from TikTok's posting.
Child safety operations on a global T&S team that detects and removes online child sexual abuse and exploitation content. The role manages time-sensitive escalations and child endangerment incidents, working with Legal, Policy, and Product & Process teams to protect the platform's community.
What you'd do
- Manage global time-sensitive escalations and child endangerment incidents with imminence and risk in mind.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners, including law enforcement, on on- and off-platform risks.
- Conduct deep dive analyses and RCAs, and give written and verbal updates to xFn and LEO leadership.
- Build and document operational SOPs, process diagrams, and workflow improvements for CST reporting.
- Help test and roll out new enforcement mechanisms to support scaled operations.
What it asks for
- Hands-on experience in an investigative or T&S analytical role working on online abuse.
- Experience reviewing or being exposed to sensitive content, with understanding of removal workflows and escalation management.
- Proven ability to make decisions independently and multitask in high-tempo, changing situations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, adapting to cross-functional teams and law enforcement.
- Experience working in T&S (preferred).
Worth knowing
- Reviews sensitive content including child sexual abuse and exploitation and other offensive or disturbing material.
- Weekend work on a rotational basis or a Tuesday-Saturday or Sunday-Thursday schedule.
- Resilience and self-care are expected to manage the emotional demands of the role.
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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
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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