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Wayve Salary

Wayve Salary

Wayve pays a median of $280K ($231K–$333K) across 40 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $231K–$333K salary range

Median: $280K  ·  Based on 40 public Wayve job postings  ·  Updated July 28, 2026


This Wayve 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

Wayve · pay benchmark · updated July 28, 2026
$280K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$231K–$333K
Typical range
$458K view JD
Highest base · Technical Director, Embedded Vehicle Software
40
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+6
40 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 93% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$231K (7)
Senior
$272K (8)
Staff
$335K (9)
Management pay by function
Product & Delivery
$275K (6)
Product & Strategy
$244K (3)
Commercial & Operations
$184K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
ai platform
$341K · $418K top (5)
vehicle sw engineering
$335K · $458K top (5)
product & delivery
$265K · $382K top (12)
hardware & supply chain
$238K · $333K top (5)
Highest-paying skills
Machine Learning $337KPyTorch $337KPython $288KDocker $275K

Highest-paying open roles at Wayve

Wayve salary by department

  • ai platform: $341K median · $418K top base — Principal Engineer, Data & Compute (view JD) (5 roles)
  • vehicle sw engineering: $335K median · $458K top base — Technical Director, Embedded Vehicle Software (view JD) (5 roles)
  • product & delivery: $265K median · $382K top base — Machine Learning Engineering Manager, App SW (view JD) (12 roles)
  • hardware & supply chain: $238K median · $333K top base — System Integration Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)

Wayve salary by seniority

  • Mid: $231K median · $382K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, App SW (view JD) (7)
  • Senior: $272K median · $380K top base — Research Scientist, Wayve Labs (view JD) (8)
  • Staff: $335K median · $418K top base — Principal Engineer, Data & Compute (view JD) (9)

Wayve salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $260K median · $382K top base — Machine Learning Engineering Manager, App SW (view JD) (14)

Remote work at Wayve

0% of Wayve's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Wayve looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (22) · PyTorch (6) · Docker (4) · CI/CD (4) · Kubernetes (2) · Product Roadmap (2) · Airflow (2) · Rust (2) · JavaScript (1) · Databricks (1).

Benefits & perks at Wayve

Commonly listed: mental-health (1) · medical (1) · parental (1).

About Wayve

Wayve is Series D stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2017 · HQ London, England. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Wayve

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 6 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; 93% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Wayve 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.

Wayve hiring activity

Wayve has 40 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 40 public job postings with disclosed pay. 6 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (40 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 2 contract roles in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs WayveStage
Zoox$217K↓ -23%Series B
Scale AI$231K↓ -17%Series F
OpenAI$308K↑ +10%Late Stage
Databricks$216K↓ -23%Series J
Anthropic$290K↑ +4%Series H
Fluidstack$196K↓ -30%Series D

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Common questions

What does Wayve pay?
The median pay is $280K, with a typical range of $231K–$333K, based on 40 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Wayve?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Technical Director, Embedded Vehicle Software, at $348K–$458K base.

Which team pays the most at Wayve?
The ai platform team, at a $341K 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 40 public Wayve 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 28, 2026.

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