Does Remitly pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Remitly employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Remitly. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Remitly?

65% of Remitly employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Remitly 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Remitly?

Risk Investigator (30) , Customer Protection Associate (29) , Software Engineer (21) , Product Manager (16) , Risk Analyst (12) , Customer Service Representative (10) , Analyst (9) , Compliance Analyst (9) , Transaction Risk Investigator (9) , Senior Software Engineer (8) , CPT (7) , Director (7) , Program Manager (7) , Fraud Analyst (6) , Marketing (6)

What are the pros of working at Remitly according to real employee reviews?

"Remitly is full of genuinely great people who care deeply about the mission and the customers they serve." ((in 49 reviews)); "Great culture built on empathetic partnerships and making sound data driven decisions." ((in 46 reviews)); "Good benefits and culturally motivated" ((in 37 reviews)); "Great teams to work with and management." ((in 16 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Remitly according to real employee reviews?

"Poor leadership and management as well as a very complex and unnecessarily old tech stack." ((in 24 reviews)); "poor management" ((in 19 reviews)); "Some senior managers are awesome but some will drain your patience." ((in 13 reviews)); "recent frequent layoffs made people upset" ((in 6 reviews)); "middle management worst (directors)" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Remitly layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Remitly layoffs and their outlook for job security at Remitly in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Remitly locations?

Seattle , New York , Bellevue , Spokane , Miami , USAR Center

Remitly reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(515 total reviews)

Sebastian Gunningham

67% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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Remitly has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 515 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Remitly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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515 reviews

5.0

Mar 21, 2018

Technical growth with a social impact focus

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remitly is a great corporate culture, with a strong support system for technical personal growth while working for an immensely impactful social enterprise

Cons

Have to be entrepreneurial in many areas, including onboarding

Remitly Response

8y

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your feedback. I'm glad to hear that you think we have a great culture. That's super important to me personally. As is our mission. I also appreciate your feedback on onboarding and information sharing -- if there is anything specific we can do better there then I'd love to hear it so we can continually improve. Thanks again for your feedback.

5.0

Mar 21, 2018

Great Culture, engineering and otherwise!

Software development engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Culture of engineering quality Friendly capable people Rapid Growth (if you're into that)

Cons

Highly regulated business space Rapid Growth (if you're not into that)

Remitly Response

8y

I'm so glad that "culture of engineering quality" is on your list of pros. We have recruited a great team (like yourself!) that makes this happen every day but it's obviously so crucial to our success. I'm also glad that we're both into rapid growth :). Thanks for being part of the team.

5.0

Mar 21, 2018

Best workplace I've experienced

Technical lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remitly is an incredible place to work. There are so many opportunities to make a great impact. The people are fantastic. The company's mission is meaningful.

Cons

There are so many opportunities to make an impact, it can sometimes be overwhelming

Remitly Response

8y

Glad that you think Remitly is an incredible place to work -- you're part of the reason that's the case! Thanks for being part of the team and caring about our mission. If there is ever anything that I can do to help with it being overwhelming, I'm here to help support!

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