Kodiak Robotics Salary

💰 $165K–$221K salary range

Median: $200K  ·  Based on 43 public Kodiak Robotics job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This Kodiak Robotics 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

Highest-paying open roles at Kodiak Robotics

• Group Product Manager — $240K–$280K · Product Management
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Data — $200K–$265K · AI & Machine Learning
• Staff Software Engineer, Learned & Hybrid Behavior Planning — $240K–$265K · Motion Planning & Controls
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Deployment — $200K–$265K · AI & Machine Learning
• Staff Software Engineer, Behavior Planning — $240K–$265K · Motion Planning & Controls
• Senior Applied AI Engineer - Multimodal Transformers — $200K–$260K · AI & Machine Learning
• Senior Software Engineer, Controls (MATLAB) — $190K–$260K · Motion Planning & Controls
• Staff Systems Engineer, Fault Management — $200K–$250K · Systems Engineering
• Senior Cloud Security Engineer — $190K–$250K · Security
• Staff Software Engineer, Embedded — $200K–$250K · Embedded

Kodiak Robotics salary by department

• ai & machine learning: $230K median · $265K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Data (view JD) (5 roles)
• motion planning & controls: $225K median · $265K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Learned & Hybrid Behavior Planning (view JD) (7 roles)
• systems engineering: $160K median · $250K top base — Staff Systems Engineer, Fault Management (view JD) (7 roles)

Kodiak Robotics salary by seniority

• Mid: $160K median · $240K top base — Applied AI Engineer - Flywheel Automation & Continuous Learning (view JD) (9)
• Senior: $199K median · $260K top base — Senior Applied AI Engineer - Multimodal Transformers (view JD) (18)
• Staff: $229K median · $265K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Data (view JD) (8)

Kodiak Robotics salary by location

• San Francisco: $224K median · $265K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Data (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Kodiak Robotics

40% of Kodiak Robotics's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Kodiak Robotics looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Spring (36) · Python (13) · PyTorch (4) · TensorFlow (3) · Airflow (2) · AWS (2) · Terraform (2) · Social Media (1) · SQL (1) · Data Pipelines (1).

Benefits & perks at Kodiak Robotics

Commonly listed: dental (36) · hsa-fsa (36) · 401k (36) · life-ins (36) · pto (36) · parental (36) · food (36) · gym (36).

About Kodiak Robotics

Kodiak Robotics is Public stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2018 · HQ Mountain View, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Kodiak Robotics

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 11 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master'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; 84% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Kodiak Robotics total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Kodiak Robotics hiring activity

Kodiak Robotics has 43 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 43 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (43 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Kodiak Robotics pay?
The median pay is $200K, with a typical range of $165K–$221K, based on 43 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Kodiak Robotics?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Group Product Manager, at $240K–$280K base.

Which team pays the most at Kodiak Robotics?
The ai & machine learning team, at a $230K 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 43 public Kodiak Robotics 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 July 1, 2026.

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