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The world's largest app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people.
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Senior Trust & Safety Specialist

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Grindr is seeking an experienced Trust and Safety specialist to join our Customer Experience team. Whether directly engaging with our users, surfacing problems to our technical teams, driving analytical insights, or liaising with the moderation team, you'll help make Grindr a safe and authentic environment where our millions of users can thrive. 

In this role, you will be a well-informed subject matter expert in online trust and safety policy and moderation at a tech company. You will help to guide our moderation team and serve as an internal point of contact for Trust and Safety policy and procedure. You will report to the Senior Director of Customer Experience and work closely with the Trust and Safety Program Manager, who oversees our T&S program as a whole. 

Here's what you'll get to do:

  • Respond and resolve complex and sensitive user issues related to fraud, privacy, user safety, and risk
  • Review content including profiles, photos, and messages
  • Conduct investigations using SQL queries
  • Craft sensitive and empathetic responses via social media, app reviews, and email
  • Serve as a point of contact for vendor inquiries and internal escalations about the moderation process, our terms of service, and our community guidelines
  • Work with cross-functional partners to identify and escalate user issues and trends, and help create solutions
  • Help create training materials and guides for the moderation team

Here's what we're looking for:

  • A passionate LGBTQ+ advocate with a deep understanding of global internet norms and interactions 
  • Able to work in a rapidly-changing industry and tolerate ambiguity while seeking to minimize uncertainty through fair enforcement of policy
  • A self-starter with great judgement and the ability to problem-solve complicated scenarios, both independently and with peers
  • Comfortable with collaboration across a globally distributed, multicultural team
  • Prior experience (4+ years) in a customer facing role related to trust & safety at a medium-to-large web platform or app company.
  • Demonstrated ability to research issues, recognize patterns, prioritize, and escalate high risk issues
  • Experience and comfort handling high risk and sensitive content 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

Bonus for:

  • Multilingual, especially Spanish or Portuguese
  • Experience working for a dating app



Since 2009, Grindr has built the world’s largest social network for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Now more than just an app, we’re a family of lifestyle brands with the shared mission to connect LGBTQ people with the world around them:

  • Grindr – The location-based social app that started it all. Over 3 million people use Grindr daily, from every country on the planet.
  • Grindr for Equality (G4E) – Our social mission to promote justice, health, and safety for LGBTQ individuals around the globe.
  • BLOOP - (In App) Each week we serve up freshly-juiced content highlighting user experiences, dating advice, grooming tips, queer pop culture & more.

Behind the brands, Grindr is an inclusive and passionate family of thinkers, innovators, leaders, and most importantly, doers. We’re fueled by endless curiosity, constant collaboration, and a knack for crossing every finish line – all within an agile growth environment. We also enjoy tons of perks, great social events, and stunning views from our HQ in West Hollywood.

Benefits & Perks

  • 100% vision, dental, & medical premium coverage
  • Generous Parental Leave
  • Flexible Time Off Policy
  • Competitive Salaries
  • 401k Match
  • Stocked kitchen
  • Free on-site parking
  • Casual dress environment
  • Office Daily Catered Lunch (when not working from home) 

Grindr is an equal opportunity employer

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Grindr Benefits Overview

Benefits & Perks

100% covered medical, dental and vision insurance
Generous Parental Leave
Generous Time Off Policy
2 - Company Wide Shutdown Weeks
Competitive Salaries
401(k)- Matching
Monthly Lifestyle Stipend
Monthly Work From Home Stipends (internet & Cell Phone)
Monthly Commuter Stipend
Annual Travel & Leisure Stipend
Fully catered breakfast & lunch onsite
Casual dress environment

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Hybrid work model
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Highly diverse management team
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Our dental plan covers $5000 (Premier PPO) $1500 (Standard PPO) of expenses.
Vision insurance
The vision benefits plan covers $250 for glasses and contact lenses.
Health insurance
Life insurance
Life insurance is offered at a flat rate to a $75,000 value.
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Pay transparency
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Floating holidays
Bereavement leave benefits
Company-wide vacation
We have 2 company-wide "Offline Weeks" each year (one in summer, one in winter) where the company disconnects for some R+R.
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Pet friendly
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

Additional Perks + Benefits

Grindr offers a holistic benefits package that allows employees to leverage as needed. Not only do we have generous health/dental/vision/PTO policies, but we have thoughtfully designed a benefits program to support employees.

We have partnered with Included Health and Folx Health to help our LGBTQ employees navigate healthcare and receive the support they need.

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