Threat Investigator

Cypress HCM

United States

Hybrid

USD 68,880 - 82,656

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for an Investigations Specialist to enhance response to safety incidents. The role requires 3+ years of experience, technical investigations skills, and the ability to document findings. The position is based in the United States, and includes on-call duties with pay ranging from $50 to $60 per hour.

Qualifications

3+ years of experience working on related topics.
U.S.-based, ability to work West Coast hours (9am - 5pm PT).
On-call capacity for urgent escalations including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

Proactively detect and reacquire bad actors.
Investigate potentially policy-violating activity.
Document and share investigative findings.

Skills

Technical investigations

SQL

Python

Ability to switch domains

Work West Coast hours

Familiarity with AI safety topics

Language proficiency (Arabic, Chinese, etc.)

Job description

This range is provided by Cypress HCM. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$50.00/yr - $60.00/yr

Our team needs additional support to respond to critical safety incidents and conduct investigations across a range of abuse areas including but not limited to Violence, Hate, Mental Health, CBRN, Child Safety, and more.

Responsibilities

Proactively detect and reacquire bad actors on our platform
Investigate potentially policy-violating activity by querying internal data sources (using SQL and Python) and cross-referencing open-source information
Document and share investigative findings with internal stakeholders

Required Skills

3+ years of experience working on related topics
U.S.-based, with the ability to work West Coast hours (9am - 5pm PT)
Ability to be on-call that will involve resolving urgent escalations outside of normal work hours, including occasional evenings and weekends
Familiarity with technical investigations, and detection pipelines, especially using SQL and Python
Familiarity with one of the following topics/areas: AI safety, child safety, digital mental health, fraud abuse, radicalization/persuasion/grooming; hateful activities and groups
Ability to rapidly switch across domains, modalities, and abuse areas, to include violent activities and child safety
Excited to work in a fast paced, ambiguous, and purposeful space with high impact across users and beyond
Bonus Points: proficiency in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish

This role includes serving in an on-call capacity that will involve resolving urgent escalations outside of normal work hours, occasionally including evenings and weekends. The typical on-call rotation is 7 consecutive days every 6-8 weeks.

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