Customer Support Specialist
Relay · United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $85,000 / year
- United States
Job highlights
- Provide essential customer support for Relay's protocol.
- Investigate and debug technical issues using logs.
- Improve support systems and customer experience.
- Collaborate in a fast-paced remote startup.
- Utilize AI tools for daily workflow.
About the role
About Us
Relay is a cross-chain payments protocol that provides instant, low-cost cross-chain bridging, swaps, and transactions. We're the fastest and cheapest way to bridge and transact across chains, serving over 5 million users who have completed 59+ million transactions with $6+ billion in volume across 85+ chains.
Our company mission is to make transacting across chains as fast, cheap, and reliable as online payments. We are building the core infrastructure to abstract chains from end user payments, enabling the next billion users to experience the benefits of blockchain without the UX burdens. We are bringing the Relay Network to market through our consumer app (relay.link) and major ecosystem partners, including Opensea, Alchemy, LiFi, Metamask, Coinbase, and more.
About The Role
Relay's integrator base has roughly doubled in the last six months, and we're looking for a Customer Support Specialist to help triage tickets, investigate issues, answer questions, and turn everyday support work into better systems for our customers and our team.
What you'll do
- Own front-line support in specific time zone hours.
- Provide reliable overlap with our existing support lead for incoming customer issues during your time zone working hours (US: anywhere from Hawaii to the East Coast; All other locations: UTC through UTC +9).
- Respond to customer tickets with clarity and care, handling the ones you can resolve directly.
- Triage and debug customer issues.
- Investigate issues using Relay's backend logs, transaction records, and block explorers.
- Build fluency with on-chain transaction flows for end users and integrators.
- Escalate the right issues to engineering with enough context for them to move quickly.
- Take on an increasing share of ticket volume and ownership so the team's capacity keeps pace with integrator growth.
- Translate support work into better systems.
- Turn recurring customer issues into process improvements, internal documentation, and feedback for product and engineering.
- Communicate technical context at the right level for customers and internal stakeholders.
- Contribute to long-term project work such as automation, documentation, and self-serve tooling in the developer portal.
- Build depth over time on Relay's protocol, integrations, and customer base.
About You
- You're a clear, calm communicator with customers and internal stakeholders.
- You have high agency: you take ownership, drive issues to resolution, and don't wait to be told what to do.
- You're already using LLMs as part of your daily workflow and are quick to pick up new tools and technology.
- You can scale complex explanations to different audiences.
- You treat support work as a system: every ticket is a signal, not just something to close.
- You're excited about blockchain and excited to go deep on the crypto side (block explorers, logs, on-chain flows).
- You work well in a fast-moving startup environment and have contributed to shaping structure and processes.
- You have a keen eye for detail and notice the little things.
Skills And Abilities
Must-have
- 3+ years of customer or technical support experience in the tech industry.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong computer and software tooling fluency, including everyday use of AI tools.
- Experience triaging competing priorities in real time.
- A track record of turning recurring support issues into systems or process improvements.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with crypto or blockchain concepts, block explorers, logs, or on-chain transaction flows.
- Experience supporting developers or API integrators.
- Prior support experience at an early-stage or fast-growing startup.
- Exposure to developer tooling, self-serve product work, or internal automation.
What we offer
- Competitive base salary.
- Equity package.
- Comprehensive health benefits.
- Unlimited PTO policy with encouraged minimum.
- Remote-first culture with emphasis on collaboration, communication, and flexibility.
Key skills/competency
- Customer Support
- Technical Support
- Blockchain
- Crypto
- LLMs
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Documentation
- Process Improvement
- Startup Environment
Skills & topics
- Customer Support
- Technical Support
- Blockchain
- Crypto
- LLMs
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Documentation
- Process Improvement
- Startup
- Remote
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight 3+ years of tech customer support, AI tool usage, and process improvement experience.
- Showcase blockchain knowledge: Emphasize any familiarity with crypto, block explorers, or on-chain transactions.
- Demonstrate high agency: Provide examples of taking initiative and driving issues to resolution in past roles.
- Prepare for technical questions: Be ready to discuss how you'd investigate and debug customer issues using logs and explorers.
- Understand the culture: Research Relay's mission to make cross-chain payments easy and their remote-first approach.
Technical preparation
Familiarize yourself with blockchain explorers.,Understand on-chain transaction flows.,Practice using LLMs for support tasks.,Learn Relay's backend logging system.
Behavioral questions
Describe a time you owned an issue to resolution.,How do you explain complex topics simply?,Share an example of improving a support process.,How do you handle competing priorities under pressure?
Frequently asked questions
- What is the typical workday for a Customer Support Specialist at Relay?
- A typical workday involves owning front-line support during specific time zone hours, responding to customer tickets with clarity, investigating and debugging customer issues using backend logs and block explorers, and escalating complex problems to engineering. You'll also contribute to improving support systems and documentation.
- What technical skills are most important for this Customer Support Specialist role at Relay?
- Strong computer and software tooling fluency, including everyday use of AI tools, is crucial. Experience with investigating issues using backend logs, transaction records, and block explorers is highly valued. Familiarity with crypto or blockchain concepts is a plus.
- How does Relay handle customer support for its cross-chain payments protocol?
- Relay manages customer support by having specialists own front-line support during their time zone hours, providing overlap with the support lead. They respond to tickets, triage and debug issues, and translate recurring problems into system improvements and documentation.
- What is the compensation range for the Customer Support Specialist position at Relay?
- The compensation range for the Customer Support Specialist role at Relay is between $75,000 and $95,000 annually, with the addition of an equity package and comprehensive benefits.
- Is this Customer Support Specialist role at Relay remote?
- Yes, Relay has a remote-first culture. This Customer Support Specialist position is a remote role, emphasizing collaboration, communication, and flexibility.
- What opportunities are there for growth in the Customer Support Specialist role at Relay?
- As Relay's integrator base grows, you'll take on an increasing share of ticket volume and ownership. You'll also contribute to long-term projects like automation, documentation, and self-serve tooling, allowing you to build depth on the protocol and its integrations.
- What kind of technical background is beneficial for this Customer Support Specialist job at Relay?
- While not strictly required, a background with familiarity in crypto or blockchain concepts, block explorers, logs, or on-chain transaction flows is highly beneficial. Experience supporting developers or API integrators is also a plus.
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