Plus Salary

💰 $158K–$175K salary range

Median: $168K  ·  Based on 38 public Plus job postings  ·  Updated September 14, 2026

This Plus salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Plus

• Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning — $200K–$280K · Software Engineering
• Director, Corporate & Securities Counsel — $235K–$265K · Business/Management
• Principal Engineer, Mapping and Localization — $200K–$260K · Research and Development
• Engineering Manager - Simulation and Verification — $200K–$250K · Data Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception — $150K–$250K · Research and Development
• Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Motion Planning — $130K–$220K · Software Engineering
• Director, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting — $175K–$220K · Business/Management
• Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Reinforcement Learning), Motion Planning — $130K–$220K · Software Engineering
• Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Machine Learning Runtime), Motion Planning — $130K–$220K · Software Engineering
• Software Engineer (SE / Sr SE), Applied ML & Data Mining — $130K–$220K · Data Engineering

Plus salary by department

• research and development: $175K median · $260K top base — Principal Engineer, Mapping and Localization (view JD) (5 roles)
• software engineering: $170K median · $280K top base — Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning (view JD) (13 roles)
• business/management: $169K median · $265K top base — Director, Corporate & Securities Counsel (view JD) (6 roles)
• data engineering: $165K median · $250K top base — Engineering Manager - Simulation and Verification (view JD) (10 roles)

Plus salary by seniority

• Junior: $153K median · $180K top base — Software Engineer, Runtime (view JD) (6)
• Senior: $168K median · $250K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception (view JD) (17)
• Staff: $175K median · $280K top base — Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning (view JD) (6)

Plus salary — lead & management

• Manager: $175K median · $250K top base — Engineering Manager - Simulation and Verification (view JD) (5)

Remote work at Plus

3% of Plus's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Plus looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (21) · PyTorch (6) · CI/CD (4) · SQL (3) · Kubernetes (3) · TensorFlow (3) · AWS (2) · React (2) · Docker (2) · GAAP (2).

About Plus

Plus is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2016 · HQ Santa Clara, CA. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Plus

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 21 that do, PhD and Master's and Bachelor'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; 16% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Plus hiring activity

Plus has 38 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 38 public job postings with disclosed pay. 6 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (22 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Plus pay?
The median pay is $168K, with a typical range of $158K–$175K, based on 38 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Plus?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning, at $200K–$280K base.

Which team pays the most at Plus?
The research and development team, at a $175K 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 38 public Plus 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 September 14, 2026.

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