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Waabi Salary

Waabi Salary

Waabi pays a median of $200K ($165K–$217K) across 20 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $165K–$217K salary range

Median: $200K  ·  Based on 20 public Waabi job postings  ·  Updated September 9, 2026


This Waabi 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

Waabi · pay benchmark · updated September 9, 2026
$200K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$165K–$217K
Typical range
$300K view JD
Highest base · Director, OEM & Strategic Partnerships
20
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+4
20 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 90% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$191K (5)
Staff
$202K (7)
Salary by department · median & top base
systems engineering and safety
$216K · $292K top (5)
software
$192K · $286K top (6)
Pay by location
San Francisco $209K (8)Dallas $145K (3)Remote $199K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Rust $202KPython $192K

Highest-paying open roles at Waabi

Waabi salary by department

  • systems engineering and safety: $216K median · $292K top base — Platform Systems Engineer; Sensing and Perception, Maps and Localization (view JD) (5 roles)
  • software: $192K median · $286K top base — Distillation Lead (view JD) (6 roles)

Waabi salary by seniority

  • Senior: $191K median · $292K top base — Platform Systems Engineer; Sensing and Perception, Maps and Localization (view JD) (5)
  • Staff: $202K median · $260K top base — Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety & Architecture (view JD) (7)

Waabi salary by location

  • San Francisco: $209K median · $300K top base — Director, OEM & Strategic Partnerships (view JD) (8 roles)
  • Dallas: $145K median · $190K top base — Physical Infrastructure Engineer (On-premise) (view JD) (3 roles)
  • Remote: $199K median · $258K top base — Applied AI Security Engineer (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Waabi

17% of Waabi's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $199K median vs $168K onsite.

What Waabi looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · Rust (6) · AWS (2) · GCP (1) · Azure (1) · Product Roadmap (1) · Agile (1) · Spark (1) · Airflow (1) · Kafka (1).

Benefits & perks at Waabi

Commonly listed: bonus (18) · dental (17) · food (17) · gym (17) · unlimited-pto (15) · vision (14) · hsa-fsa (2) · 401k (2).

About Waabi

Waabi is 101–250 employees · HQ Toronto, Ontario. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Waabi

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 10 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 90% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Waabi total compensation signals

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

Waabi hiring activity

Waabi has 20 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 20 public job postings with disclosed pay. 4 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (20 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs WaabiStage
Zoox$224K↑ +12%Series B
Scale AI$229K↑ +14%Series F
Wayve$286K↑ +43%Series D
OpenAI$309K↑ +54%Late Stage
Anthropic$320K↑ +60%Series H
Databricks$216K↑ +8%Series J

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Common questions

What does Waabi pay?
The median pay is $200K, with a typical range of $165K–$217K, based on 20 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Waabi?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, OEM & Strategic Partnerships, at $250K–$300K base.

Which team pays the most at Waabi?
The systems engineering and safety team, at a $216K 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 Waabi 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 9, 2026.

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