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As a ModSquad employee, you will work directly within the client's Trust & Safety operations team, serving as a front-line operator for content review, abuse report handling, escalation management, and quality and training support.\nThis is not a generalist support role. The core of this work is high-volume, policy-driven content moderation embedded inside one of the world's leading creative technology companies, covering a wide range of violation types including harmful and illegal content, account abuse, and policy enforcement across creative tools and platforms. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and care deeply about keeping online spaces safe, read on.\nThis position must be performed in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Candidates must be authorized and able to work from that location. The first two weeks are an onboarding period requiring four days per week in office, with flexibility to split between the San Francisco and San Jose locations. After onboarding, the schedule is three days per week in office - Tuesdays are fixed; other days are flexible. Desk space is available at both the San Francisco and San Jose offices.\n\nWhat You'll Do\nReview, analyze, and act on sensitive, violative, and illegal content in accordance with the client's content safety policies and guidelines, ensuring accurate and timely enforcement decisions.\nReview, analyze, and action abuse reports and handle proactive content moderation workflows across the client's platforms and tools.\nEscalate urgent or high-priority requests to the Trust & Safety Policy and Ops team and leadership, with clear documentation and appropriate urgency.\nConduct quality control reviews of moderation decisions, including calibration sessions and accuracy audits, to ensure consistency with policy and identify areas for coaching.\nDevelop and deliver training programs and onboarding materials for new and existing team members.\nDevelop efficient processes, documentation, and metrics to support operational consistency and performance visibility.\nIdentify trends in content, queue data, and operational patterns and surface insights to inform process improvements and tooling enhancements.\nCommunicate effectively with a diverse audience including cross-functional partners, vendor teams, and leadership.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nRequired\nPrior experience working with high volumes of content moderation or abuse review, managing matters end-to-end, preferably in the tech, legal, or trust and safety industry.\nExperience and demonstrated ability to review disturbing, violative, and illegal content objectively, quickly, and accurately in a professional capacity.\nStrong analytical judgment for nuanced, gray-area content decisions where policy application is not immediately obvious.\nDetail oriented, highly organized, and able to maintain documentation standards under volume and time pressure.\nExcellent judgment and demonstrated understanding of when to escalate tough calls to management and legal.\nExceptional interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and a commitment to professionalism and team collaboration.\nFull-time availability (40 hrs/week), based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with three days per week in office after an initial two-week onboarding period. Desk space is available at both the San Francisco and San Jose offices.\nWillingness to work weekend shifts on a rotating basis.\n\nPreferred\nPrior Trust & Safety experience at a major technology platform, ideally covering content moderation, policy enforcement, or abuse operations.\nFamiliarity with quality assurance workflows including calibration sessions, accuracy audits, and reviewer coaching.\nExperience developing or delivering training and onboarding materials for moderation or operations teams.\nFamiliarity with the client's product suite and the creative professional use cases that distinguish legitimate from harmful content.\nFamiliarity with ticketing and case management systems such as Zendesk or ServiceNow.\nExperience reviewing AI-generated content for policy violations.\n\nA Note on the Nature of This Work\nThis role involves regular exposure to disturbing and violative content, including graphic, illegal, and harmful material. We believe candidates deserve to know that upfront. ModSquad and the team you'll be embedded with take specialist wellness seriously - structured support, regular breaks, and access to mental health resources are built into how this program operates, not offered as an afterthought. We're looking for candidates who come in experienced, clear-eyed, and committed to this work for the right reasons.\n\nCompensation\nThe expected base pay range for this position is $70,304 to $100,000per year, which represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the range it reasonably expects to pay for this position upon hire, based on market conditions at the time of posting. The final offer will depend on relevant factors such as primary work location, experience, skills, qualifications, scope of responsibilities, and internal equity.\n\nBenefits\nBenefits offered to employees hired into this position include:\nMedical, dental, and vision coverage\n401(k)/retirement plan and applicable company contribution\nFlexible time off for full-time employees\nPaid sick leave provided in accordance with applicable state and local law\nPaid holidays\nParental/family leave\nLife and disability insurance\nWellness/mental health resources\nSpecific eligibility requirements and terms are governed by the applicable benefit plans and Company policies.\n\nApplication Timing\nApplications for this position are expected to be accepted through [closing date]. This is a good-faith estimate and may be extended. The posting will be updated if the anticipated closing date changes.\n\nLocation\nThis position must be performed in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Candidates must be authorized and able to work from that location. Desk space is available at the San Francisco and San Jose offices.\n\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nModSquad is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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