Extreme Risk Operations Specialist - Trust and Safety

TikTok

Location
Austin, United States of America
Salary range
Not stated
Workplace
In office
Level
Individual contributor
Job family
Investigations
Posted
Recently

The T&S Network estimates this role to be P1, Junior / Specialist. The typical base salary for that level in Investigations & Threat Intel is $77k to $120k at an employer this size in Austin. Key skills at this level: follows evidence across accounts, signals and infrastructure without losing chain of reasoning, distinguishes coordinated behavior from coincidence, and documents findings to a standard that survives external review.

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Why this level

Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: asks for 1+ years · the title reads as P2.

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The role, in T&S terms

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

Live-stream extreme risk review on TikTok. The team is the first point of interruption for credible, specific and imminent live escalations, handing them to the Emergency Response and Child Safety teams for assessment. It also drives detection improvement and policy and process changes to reduce serious harm at scale.

What you'd do

  • Make instant decisions on time-critical live-stream escalations weighing imminence, danger, sensitivity and graphic content.
  • Review videos, posts, comments, profiles and live streams against policy, workflow and SLA targets.
  • Investigate and resolve complex content issues within SLAs and tracked metrics.
  • Add accurate metadata and tags to content items.
  • Identify potential risks and escalate them to the relevant teams.
  • Coordinate with internal partners to protect users during escalations.
  • Answer process and policy questions from internal parties clearly.

What it asks for

  • At least 1 year of experience or relevant educational background.
  • Experience reviewing or being exposed to sensitive content.
  • Understanding of removal workflow calibration and escalation management.
  • Ability to adapt communication style to different stakeholders.
  • Track record of explaining things to peers in other functions (preferred).
  • Experience working independently with judgment (preferred).
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills (preferred).

Worth knowing

  • Exposure to graphic, violent, explicit and otherwise disturbing content, including child exploitation.
  • Full weekend and public holiday coverage on a rotational schedule.

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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

Company profile

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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