Rapid Response Analyst (Bilingual Arabic) - Trust and Safety

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Rapid Response Analyst (Bilingual Arabic) to join its Trust & Safety team in San Jose. The role focuses on crisis management, incident response, and proactive content enforcement to keep users safe while coordinating with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities include leading crisis plans, conducting proactive sweeps, containment during live incidents, and post-incident evaluations. Strong SQL and data skills are required for analysis and policy enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years in Trust & Safety, Incident, Risk, Investigations or Crisis Management.
• Arabic proficiency required (reading and writing) for Middle East/Europe escalations.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-tempo environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong quantitative skills and data-driven mindset with SQL.
• Experience with content moderation enforcement tools.
• Understanding of Trust & Safety challenges and global online safety/regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead crisis management plan development and execution for Trust & Safety incidents, covering Middle East/Europe escalations.
• Conduct sweeps for violative content and identify trends to surface incidents.
• Contain high-risk content quickly during live incidents.
• Maintain composure in fast-paced crisis situations.
• Collaborate with Trust & Safety, PR, Public Policy, Legal, Product, and Engineering teams.
• Develop and refine incident response workflows using automation and manual review.
• Analyze incident data to identify risks and inform mid-term mitigations and long-term policy changes.
• Ensure crisis responses align with content policies and regulatory standards.
• Lead post-incident evaluations to assess effectiveness and iterate on playbooks.
• Document incidents and share insights across teams to reduce future risk.
• Be available to work weekends on a rotational basis.

Skills

Arabic proficiency

Crisis management

Incident response

Content moderation tools

SQL

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

High-tempo work pace

Investigations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

AI/ML tools

Automation tools

Job description

Rapid Response Analyst (Bilingual Arabic) - Trust and Safety

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A14440

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Responsibilities

The Rapid Response team aims to ensure the safety of our users on the platform by responding to varying levels of incidents. As a Rapid Response Analyst within our Trust & Safety team, you will be on the front line coordinating our response to major global Trust & Safety incidents, while also driving proactive sweeps, containment, and continuous improvement of our incident response playbooks.It is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content as part of the core role / as part of projects / in response to incident requests / by chance.

• Incident Response: Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive crisis management plan for Trust & Safety incidents, ensuring a swift and effective response to emerging threats or challenges. This role will primarily cover escalations from the Middle East/Europe region.
• Proactive Sweeps & Trend Detection: Conduct sweeps for violative content and emerging trends across features to surface incidents before they elevate, and identify patterns, trends, and gaps in content enforcement during incidents.
• Containment: Contain high-risk content quickly and thoroughly during live incidents, ensuring timely mitigation of escalations and crises.
• Maintain Composure in fast paced Situations: Exhibit comfort, methodical thinking, and calmness, ensuring steadfast and effective crisis management.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Trust & Safety, Public Relations, Public Policy, Legal, Product, and Engineering teams to coordinate responses to critical incidents and manage communication strategies.
• Workflow & Playbook Development: Develop and refine incident response and containment workflows, leveraging both automation and manual review as needed.
• Data Analysis: Use quantitative methods to analyze incident data to identify areas of risk and opportunity, translating insights into mid-term mitigations and long-term policy, product, and process improvements.
• Content Policy Compliance: Ensure that crisis responses align with regulatory standards and the company's content policies and guidelines, working to maintain a safe and positive user experience.
• Post-Incident Analysis & Effectiveness Measurement: Lead post-incident evaluations to assess the effectiveness of response and containment actions, identify areas for improvement, and iterate on playbooks for continuous improvement.
• Documentation & Insights Sharing: Maintain incident documentation and share insights across Trust & Safety to support ongoing risk reduction.
• Availability to work on weekends on a rotational basis.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s):

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in Trust & Safety Incident, Risk, Investigations, Escalations or Crisis Management roles, or related areas.
• Proficiency in Arabic required (reading and writing) as this role will support escalations coming from the Middle East/Europe region.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-tempo environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to simplify and present complex issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong quantitative skills and a data-driven mindset, with demonstrated ability to identify patterns and enforcement gaps in moderation systems (proficiency with SQL).
• Experience with content moderation enforcement tools to investigate and action violative content.
• Understanding of Trust & Safety challenges, and global legal and regulatory frameworks related to online safety and harm prevention.

Preferred Qualification(s):

• Experience working in a technology or digital platform environment.
• Strong project management skills and thought leadership.
• Strong data skills with SQL, Python, or similar scripting languages to solve complex problems.
• Hands-on ability to design and launch tools, processes or systems from scratch.
• Familiarity with content moderation tools, AI/ML solutions, and automation for risk management and containment.
• Experience operating across the incident-to-prevention lifecycle, from acute response through containment and long-term risk reduction.
• Knowledge of cultural sensitivities and regional differences in harmful content definitions and enforcement.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $97200 - $180000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Trust & Safety

Content that this role interacts with includes images, video, and text related to every-day life, but it can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals. Hence, it is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content on a daily basis.

TikTok recognises that keeping our platform safe for the TikTok communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.

We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

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