Plus Salary

💰 $155K–$175K salary range

Median: $168K  ·  Based on 43 public Plus job postings  ·  Updated October 30, 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
• Senior/Staff Research Engineer — Vision-Language-Action Models (Autonomous Driving) — $170K–$260K · Research and Development
• Staff/ Sr. Staff Engineer, Mapping and Localization — $200K–$260K · Research and Development
• Engineering Manager - Simulation and Verification — $200K–$250K · Data Engineering
• Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Motion Planning — $130K–$220K · Software Engineering
• Director, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting — $175K–$220K · Business/Management
• Research Engineer/Senior Research Engineer, 3D Auto-Labeling and Data Flywheel — $130K–$220K · Data Engineering
• 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

Plus salary by department

• research and development: $175K median · $260K top base — Senior/Staff Research Engineer — Vision-Language-Action Models (Autonomous Driving) (view JD) (5 roles)
• business/management: $169K median · $265K top base — Director, Corporate & Securities Counsel (view JD) (6 roles)
• software engineering: $168K median · $280K top base — Principal Engineer / Director, Motion Planning (view JD) (14 roles)
• data engineering: $166K median · $250K top base — Engineering Manager - Simulation and Verification (view JD) (10 roles)

Plus engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $145K median · $200K top base — Software Engineer, Runtime & C++ Middleware (view JD) (10)
• Senior: $169K median · $220K top base — Research Engineer/Senior Research Engineer, 3D Auto-Labeling and Data Flywheel (view JD) (16)
• Staff: $175K median · $260K top base — Senior/Staff Research Engineer — Vision-Language-Action Models (Autonomous Driving) (view JD) (6)

Remote work at Plus

2% of Plus's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Plus looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (21) · PyTorch (8) · CI/CD (4) · TensorFlow (4) · Kubernetes (3) · AWS (2) · SQL (2) · Docker (2) · GAAP (2) · Financial Reporting (2).

About Plus

Plus is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2016 · HQ Santa Clara, California. 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 23 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; 12% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Plus hiring activity

Plus has 43 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 43 public job postings with disclosed pay. 6 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (21 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Plus pay?
The median pay is $168K, with a typical range of $155K–$175K, based on 43 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 43 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 October 30, 2026.

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