Mercury
Large (~1,300)
Wayve
Mid (~850)
Best For
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
Wayve
Best for: ML and robotics engineers excited by embodied AI who want to work at the frontier of autonomous driving with a high-caliber research team in London
Ratings
MercuryWayve
4.3
4.4
Overall
3.8
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.5
Culture & Values
4.0
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.9
4.2
Career Opps
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (Amar Shah)
Culture Values
Mercury only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Wayve only
🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Shared
🎯 Direct Product Impact⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Mercury
- Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
- Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer
- Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
Wayve
- Great culture — smart, friendly people with a supportive and inclusive familial bond
- Immense creative freedom and autonomy; founders are humble and open to being challenged
- Career progression framework is unclear — salaries and promotions feel arbitrary
- Very ambitious demands create vulnerability to burnout; processes built on the fly
Bottom Line
Mercury
Choose Mercury if you want product ownership, fast growth, and to build banking infrastructure for startups — but expect growing pains and occasionally intense workloads.
Wayve
One of Europe's top deep-tech companies with excellent Glassdoor ratings (4.4) and a cutting-edge AV research environment — but expect an intense pace and most roles are London-based.
Open Roles
Mercury — 55 jobs
💻 Engineering
13
💼 Sales / GTM
11
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
👤 HR / People
2
📣 Marketing
2
📋 Product
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
⚙️ Operations
1
🎧 Support
1
Wayve — 83 jobs
💻 Engineering
47
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
6
📋 Product
5
📊 Data
3
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
Summary
Mercury scores 4.3/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Wayve scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Direct Product Impact, Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth. Mercury also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats. Wayve also emphasizes Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Mercury has 55 open roles and Wayve has 83 open roles.