Kodiak Salary

💰 $190K–$250K salary range

Median: $220K  ·  Based on 41 public Kodiak job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Kodiak 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

• Group Product Manager — $280K · Product Management
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Deployment — $265K · AI & Machine Learning
• Senior Software Engineer, Controls (MATLAB) — $260K · Motion Planning & Controls
• Senior Applied AI Engineer - Multimodal Transformers — $260K · AI & Machine Learning
• Senior Investor Relations Manager — $260K · Finance
• Senior Cloud Security Engineer — $250K · Security

Kodiak salary by department

• AI & Machine Learning: $255K median (4 roles)
• Motion Planning & Controls: $250K median (5 roles)
• Product Management: $225K median (4 roles)
• Program Management: $220K median (3 roles)
• Systems Engineering: $190K median (6 roles)
• Finance: $160K median (3 roles)

Kodiak salary by seniority

• Mid: $190K median (9)
• Senior: $220K median (19)
• Staff: $250K median (6)
• Manager: $190K median (5)

Kodiak salary by location

• San Francisco: $250K median (9 roles)

Remote work at Kodiak

17% of Kodiak's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Kodiak looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Spring (39) · Python (13) · PyTorch (4) · TensorFlow (3) · AWS (2) · Terraform (2) · Go (1) · Rust (1) · TypeScript (1) · JavaScript (1).

Benefits & perks at Kodiak

Commonly listed: dental (40) · hsa-fsa (40) · 401k (40) · life-ins (40) · pto (40) · parental (40) · food (40) · gym (40).

Experience & background at Kodiak

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 19 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 98% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Kodiak total compensation signals

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

Kodiak hiring activity

Kodiak has 41 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 41 public job postings with disclosed pay. 41 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (41 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Kodiak pay?
The median base salary is $220K, with a typical range of $190K–$250K, based on 41 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

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

Which team pays the most at Kodiak?
The AI & Machine Learning team, at a $255K 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

USD base salary aggregated from 41 public Kodiak 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 10, 2026.

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