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Extreme Risk Operations Specialist - Trust and Safety

7 days ago Austin, TX

Responsibilities

The Extreme Risk Operations (ERO) team assesses and acts on livestream extreme risk content, combining fast intervention with continuous detection improvement to reduce serious harm at scale. We are the first point of interruption and transfer for credible, specific and imminent live stream escalations to the Emergency Response Team and Child Safety Teams for assessment, acting as the first line of defense when dealing with extreme risk on TikTok.

Responsibilities:
- You will bring operational excellence to a team that handles a large volume of Livestream Escalations and evaluates risk, threats, and user safety in time-critical escalations.
- You will provide support to escalations related to sensitive materials and subject matter.
- Execute instant decision-making while analyzing a variety of factors that include imminent, dangerous, sensitivities, and graphic content and coordinate with a number of internal partners to ensure user's safety.
- You will clearly respond to process and policy questions from internal parties.
- You will be working with a cross-functional team, driving improvements to policies and processes within the ERO team.
- You are willing and able to maturely work with sensitive issues that include child exploitation, a variety of religious and political views, violence, and adult content.
- You will participate in frequent refreshers and new training in order to adhere to relevant SOPs and policies
- You will review videos, posts, comments, user profiles, and live-streaming content according to the policies, workflows, and targets, which may include graphic, violent, explicit, political, profane, and otherwise disturbing content.
- You will investigate and resolve complex issues regarding content in accordance with SLAs and metrics.
- You will add accurate metadata/tags to content items, identify and escalate potential risks to relevant teams.
- This role requires you to work full weekend coverage and public holidays due to the necessity of 24/7 coverage during normal office hours. The working hours will be on a rotational schedule, with shifts starting between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM and ending between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM accordingly.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s):
- You have at least 1 year of experience and/or relevant educational background.
- Ability to adapt communication styles to suit different stakeholders, like cross-functional teams.
- Experience in reviewing or being exposed to sensitive content and a deep understanding of removal workflow calibrations and escalations management.

Preferred Qualification(s):
- You have experience communicating with cross-functional teams.
- You have experience working independently with judgment.
- You are proactive towards complying with procedures, policies, and objectives set in place and taking a disciplined approach when undertaking tasks.
- Proven ability to make important decisions independently and multi-task, responding quickly to changing situations in complex environments without compromising quality.
- You have the ability to perform duties objectively, devoid of inherent biases or personal beliefs.
- Demonstrate good analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

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Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX
Job ID: TikTok-7654342978802354437
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-06-25T01:22:34

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • HSA
    • Life Insurance
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Mentor Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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