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Aurora Salary

Aurora Salary

Aurora pays a median of $211K ($189K–$238K) across 20 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $189K–$238K salary range

Median: $211K  ·  Based on 20 public Aurora job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026


This Aurora salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Aurora · pay benchmark · updated June 19, 2026
$211K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$189K–$238K
Typical range
$340K view JD
Highest base · Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager Customer & Partner Integrations
20
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+25
161 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 97% of roles mention equity · options
Management pay by function
Software Engineering
$148K (2)
People
$131K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
software platform software & services
$276K · $340K top (5)
Pay by location
San Francisco $212K (23)Seattle $222K (13)Dallas $176K (7)
Highest-paying skills
Iam $227KPyTorch $222KGo $211KAWS $211KGCP $211KKubernetes $211KPython $209KTensorFlow $209K

Highest-paying open roles at Aurora

Aurora salary by department

  • software platform software & services: $276K median · $340K top base — Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager Customer & Partner Integrations (view JD) (5 roles)

Aurora salary by location

  • San Francisco: $212K median · $340K top base — Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager Customer & Partner Integrations (view JD) (23 roles)
  • Seattle: $222K median · $340K top base — Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager Customer & Partner Integrations (view JD) (13 roles)
  • Dallas: $176K median · $246K top base — Director, Command Center (view JD) (7 roles)

Remote work at Aurora

0% of Aurora's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Aurora looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (52) · AWS (26) · Go (26) · Kubernetes (17) · CI/CD (14) · Azure (12) · GCP (10) · PyTorch (10) · Terraform (6) · Product Roadmap (5).

About Aurora

Aurora is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2017 · HQ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Aurora

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 76 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's and Associate's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 97% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Aurora total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Aurora hiring activity

Aurora has 20 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 20 public job postings with disclosed pay. 25 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (161 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Aurora's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs AuroraStage
Nuro$176K↓ -16%Series E
Wayve$254K↑ +20%Series D
Inversion Space$165K↓ -22%Late Stage
Redwood Materials$191K↓ -10%Series E
Sila$151K↓ -29%Series G
PBF Energy$141K↓ -33%Public

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Common questions

What does Aurora pay?
The median pay is $211K, with a typical range of $189K–$238K, based on 20 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Aurora?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager Customer & Partner Integrations, at $212K–$340K base.

Which team pays the most at Aurora?
The software platform software & services team, at a $276K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 20 public Aurora job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 19, 2026.

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