Trust & Safety Threat Investigations Analyst

Snap Inc.

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WALos Angeles, CA
Salary
$118,000–$176,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $122,275–$174,970 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $147k versus about $149k for comparable roles.

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About Snap Inc.

Snap Inc. is a technology and camera company, best known for Snapchat, offering visual communication, augmented reality, and advertising products.

Snap Inc. currently has 104 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Trust & Safety Threat Investigations Analyst

The Trust & Safety Threat Investigations Analyst joins the Proactive Trust & Safety team to investigate and analyze violations of Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, including sensitive content. This role involves identifying emerging abuse trends, gathering data insights, and building automated detection and enforcement rules to mitigate risks. You will work closely with Product and Engineering teams to propose safety enhancements, track progress metrics, and provide training on prevention techniques. Key technical requirements include proficiency in SQL for querying large datasets, data analysis, and visualization using tools like Looker or Tableau. Candidates should also possess skills in Python, scripting, and LLM-based approaches like prompt engineering. The role addresses the business problem of maintaining platform safety by identifying adversarial behaviors and developing scalable, automated solutions to protect the user community.

What you'll do

  • Conduct investigations into Terms of Service and Community Guidelines violations using data analysis tools and SQL.
  • Identify emerging abuse trends and develop mitigation proposals for policy, process, and product improvements.
  • Build and maintain automated detection and enforcement rules to ensure platform compliance.
  • Apply LLM-based approaches to scale detection capabilities and automate safety workflows.
  • Monitor and report on key metrics that measure the effectiveness of safety mitigations and trends.
  • Provide training and guidance to cross-functional team members on detection and prevention techniques.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline internal investigation tools and improve operational efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 4+ years of relevant experience in abuse detection, enforcement, and/or investigations.
  • 2+ years of experience applying SQL in investigations work to query large datasets and identify trends.
  • 2+ years of experience in data analysis and visualization to draw insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
  • Comfort working within a content moderation environment with frequent exposure to sensitive content.
  • Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and/or weekends on occasion.
  • Experience with Python or other scripting languages (preferred).
  • Experience with LLM prompt engineering, agent development, or building data pipelines (preferred).

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