Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

http://www.relai.app/

About the company

Relai builds a Bitcoin-only investing app focused on simple recurring buys and self-custody. Relai was founded in 2020 in Zurich and markets itself around not holding customer funds in custody. Public company materials also mention reaching over $1B in total volume in 2025 and 500,000 app downloads. Relai hires as a remote-first team across Europe.

Locations and presence

Relai lists Zurich, Switzerland as a base, and also shows a Paris, France entity in public company information. The careers page positions Relai as “100% remote-first” across Europe with periodic in-person team retreats.

Palpable Score

47.7

/ 100

Relai looks set up for experienced hires, with clear senior job scopes and a decent remote benefits package, but entry-level access is thin. For graduates, the main visible “starter” route is an unpaid, voluntary community role, and there is not enough public evidence on junior progression to score outcomes higher.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

5.0

/ 20

The company’s open roles are currently dominated by senior positions (engineering and compliance), with experience requirements like 3+ and 5+ years.
Relai offers a “Relai Squad” route that is positioned as a way to “work in Bitcoin,” but the role is explicitly voluntary and unpaid, so it does not function as fair entry-level hiring.
The company does not show a steady pipeline of 0–3 year roles (intern, graduate, junior, associate) on the public careers board, which keeps early-career access limited.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company uses a structured ATS application flow (Greenhouse) with consistent fields and a published recruitment privacy notice link inside applications.
Relai’s senior job ads lay out responsibilities and “what you bring” requirements in detail, which helps candidates self-select and reduces wasted time.
The company does not publish interview stages or time expectations on the careers page, and job ads rely on “competitive salary” language without ranges, which limits transparency.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company includes learning-adjacent signals in engineering roles, including collaboration with product/QA, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing expectations.
Relai advertises a yearly professional development budget, which is a practical support lever if managers actually encourage its use.
The company does not publish early-career onboarding or mentorship specifics (buddy system, ramp plan, feedback cadence), and the visible roles are mostly designed for self-directed seniors.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

7.7

/ 20

The company describes a benefits package that includes equipment (MacBook and iPhone), remote support (monthly allowance on at least one role listing), and paid subscriptions.
Relai mentions “competitive salary + employee participation,” but without ranges or equity details for different seniority levels, pay fairness is hard to verify from public postings.
The company runs an explicitly unpaid “Relai Squad” role, which is a negative pay fairness signal for people trying to break into the industry.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company has strong overall employee sentiment on public employer-review data (high ratings and recommendation rate), which suggests many hires feel good about the environment.
Relai’s public hiring and company updates point to growth, but the company does not publish early-career retention, promotion timelines, or junior career paths.
The company does not provide outcome proof for early-career entrants (intern-to-full-time conversion, junior-to-mid progression, or 12–24 month retention), so outcomes are scored mostly on general signals rather than early-career-specific evidence.

Useful links & resources

Careers Open roles (Greenhouse job board)“Relai Squad” community role