Marketable Securities - Summary of Available for Sale Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Short-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 160,874	$ 94,868
Gross Unrealized Gains	2	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(693)	(92)
Fair Value	160,183	94,776
Long-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	49,092	67,983
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(730)	(331)
Fair Value	48,362	67,652
Commercial Paper \| Short-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	37,553	32,471
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(67)	(4)
Fair Value	37,486	32,467
Commercial Paper \| Long-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	5,113	5,089
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(42)	(21)
Fair Value	5,071	5,068
Corporate Bonds \| Short-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	67,180	57,315
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(386)	(79)
Fair Value	66,794	57,236
Corporate Bonds \| Long-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	28,987	37,821
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(398)	(193)
Fair Value	28,589	37,628
US Treasuries \| Short-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	56,141	5,082
Gross Unrealized Gains	2	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(240)	(9)
Fair Value	55,903	5,073
US Treasuries \| Long-term Marketable Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	14,992	25,073
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(290)	(117)
Fair Value	$ 14,702	$ 24,956

Amount, before tax, of unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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