Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.
About the Trust and Safety Team
The Trust and Safety team is a tight knit, highly-skilled team that is dedicated to supporting our users experiencing Trust and Safety concerns. The team stands at the forefront of investigating project and safety-related reports from our customers and pros, mediating disputes, and taking appropriate action on issues that are integral to Thumbtacks' mission and longevity by ensuring our customers and pros are supported and our platform standards are upheld.
About the Role
To ensure a great user experience and long-term growth, trust and safety are the foundation of everything we do. As a part of the Trust and Safety Team, you will have the opportunity to work on some of Thumbtack's most exciting and challenging issues. You will work as the front-line on matters integral to Thumbtack’s mission and longevity by ensuring our platform standards and policies are upheld. On this team, you will be part of a tight-knit group that works on ensuring that fraudulent activities on our platform are caught and prevented. By doing so, you help ensure that Thumbtack continues to be a safe space for all our pros and customers.
Responsibilities
- Works on tasks that are designed to catch spam, reduce fraud, increase adherence to the Terms of Service, and improve trust and safety on the Thumbtack platform, including but not limited to:
- Reviews pro profiles and activities and takes appropriate actions to make sure we deliver quality pros to our customers
- Reviews customer profiles and activities and takes appropriate actions to make sure we deliver quality leads/customers to our pros
- Makes sure users adhere to Thumbtack’s Terms of Service and takes appropriate actions against users who violate the Terms of Service
- Proactively identifies user accounts and user activities to catch and flag fraud, scam, and other Terms-of-Service (TOS) violations in the platform
- Investigates and researches complex fraud cases
- Identifies and raises suspicious and unusual fraud trends and activities on the platform
- Reviews the reports received from users and takes appropriate action
- Reports unusual and/or unexpected behavior of the machine models/rules
- Reinforces Thumbtack’s Terms of Service
- Works with the manager to further improve our Trust and Safety policies by surfacing process and product deficiencies and providing recommendations
- Resolves issues through the proper escalation of cases
- Assists in the completion of special and ad-hoc projects
- Participates and assists in the completion of Trust and Safety special projects
- Upholds the values of Thumbtack
To Be Successful, You Must Bring
- 2-4 years of professional experience in the BPO, shared services or similar industry.
- Experience working in trust & safety, content moderation, and/or fraud detection is strongly preferred.
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to use professional judgment when interpreting findings.
- Strong aptitude for research, navigation and investigation.
- Exceptional English communication (verbal, writing, and email writing) skills.
- The ability to work days, mids or graveyard shifts and rotating rest days.
Bonus points if you have
- Experience working in operations or projects which involve supporting and resolving issues in online communities, eCommerce or online marketplaces/platforms, consumer app products, case management, incident handling, and/or user to user mediation
- Experience working in different channels (email, chat, phone) or any similar industry
Thumbtack is a virtual-first company, meaning you can live and work from any one of our approved locations across the United States, the Ontario region of Canada or the Philippines.* Learn more about our virtual-first working model here. #LI-Remote
Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.
Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: [email protected].
If you are a California resident, please review information regarding your rights under California privacy laws contained in Thumbtack’s Privacy policy available at https://www.thumbtack.com/privacy/ .
Thumbtack Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thumbtack and has not been reviewed or approved by Thumbtack.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is expansive, combining flexible PTO with numerous company holidays and periodic companywide shutdowns. This breadth provides predictable rest opportunities alongside manager‑flexible time off.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports are substantial, including paid parental leave for all parents with additional weeks for birthing parents and family‑formation assistance. New caregiver and parental‑involvement leaves plus a childcare stipend signal continued investment in parents and caregivers.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include access to therapy and professional coaching, alongside a remote‑work stipend and quarterly credits to use on the platform. A virtual‑first model with funded offsites and defined collaboration hours further supports work‑life balance.
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Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance, and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know projects to do, when to do them, and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.
Why Work With Us
Bringing the $600 billion+ home services industry online, Thumbtack is a technology leader creating a new era of home care.
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