Proactive Trust & Safety Lead - Investigations
- Location
- 2 Locations
- Salary range
- USD $130,000 – $196,000 base
- Workplace
- In office
- Level
- Senior / Staff IC
- Job family
- Investigations
- Posted
- Recently
The T&S Network estimates this role to be M3, Manager. The typical base salary for that level in Investigations & Threat Intel is $140k to $210k at an employer this size. Key skills at this level: runs an investigation end to end, from signal to enforcement to writeup, builds and maintains the tradecraft others on the team follow, and works law enforcement and external referral pathways correctly.
Why this level
Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: the title reads as P3, on the other track · asks for 5+ years · posts $130k to $196k base at a company over 5,000 · manages people.
The role, in T&S terms
Written by the T&S Network from Snap's posting.
Deep-dive investigations into Community Guidelines and Terms of Service violations on Snapchat, sitting in the Proactive Trust & Safety Operations team, which finds and acts on abuse before reports arrive. The work covers a range of abuse areas, including child sexual exploitation, across the company's visual messaging app and related products.
What you'd do
- Identify trends and patterns by analyzing internal and external sources, then propose safety solutions based on the findings.
- Conduct thorough, objective investigations into violations of Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.
- Become a subject matter expert in several abuse areas, including sensitive content such as child sexual exploitation.
- Develop and deliver training for other Trust & Safety team members.
- Recommend tooling changes and build or improve processes for the team.
- Plan and support new product and workflow launches with Public Policy, Product, Legal and Engineering.
- Support ad hoc safety projects and flex in to help the wider Trust & Safety team as needed.
What it asks for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in technology, safety, or a related field.
- Experience investigating criminality or abuse, online or offline.
- Experience querying data with SQL to support investigations.
- Comfort working in a content moderation environment.
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Looker or Grafana, or advanced Excel or Sheets.
- Has worked alongside product and engineering teams on tools that improve platform trust.
Worth knowing
- Work involves sensitive content, including child sexual exploitation.
- Flexible hours: full-time, with weekends as needed.
Terms in this role
- CSEA.
- Child sexual exploitation and abuse. The wider harm area around CSAM, including grooming, sextortion and trafficking.
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About Snap
Social platforms · Media and streaming · Santa Monica, CA · 5,001 to 10,000 people · Founded 2011
Camera and messaging company behind Snapchat, Spectacles and the Snap AR platform.
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