Wayve Salary

💰 $200K–$333K salary range

Median: $298K  ·  Based on 49 public Wayve job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 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

Highest-paying open roles at Wayve

• Director AV Product Engineering — $440K–$580K · AV Engineering
• Principal Machine Learning Engineer, App SW — $370K–$466K · Product & Delivery
• Technical Director, Embedded Vehicle Software — $348K–$458K · Vehicle SW Engineering
• Machine Learning Engineering Manager, App SW — $336K–$382K · Product & Delivery
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AV Core — $336K–$370K · AV Engineering
• Staff ML Performance Engineer (Training Efficiency) — $336K–$359K · AI Platform

Wayve salary by department

• AV Engineering: $311K median (5 roles)
• Product & Delivery: $298K median (19 roles)
• Simulation, Evaluation, Validation: $267K median (4 roles)
• Hardware & Supply Chain: $248K median (5 roles)
• Commercial & Operations: $215K median (4 roles)
• Fleet Operations: $141K median (4 roles)
• People & Talent: $102K median (3 roles)

Wayve salary by seniority

• Mid: $260K median (24)
• Manager: $265K median (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 (18) · PyTorch (5) · CI/CD (3) · Rust (2) · Docker (2).

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 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 10 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; 88% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Wayve 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.

Wayve hiring activity

Wayve has 45 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 49 public job postings with disclosed pay. 30 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (49 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Wayve pay?
The median base salary is $298K, with a typical range of $200K–$333K, based on 49 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 Director AV Product Engineering, at $440K–$580K base.

Which team pays the most at Wayve?
The AV Engineering team, at a $311K 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 49 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 June 10, 2026.

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