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Stock-based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended			24 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2020 shares	Jun. 08, 2020 USD ($) employee	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) employee	Jul. 31, 2015 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $			$ 10.6	$ 4.3	$ 2.1
Proceeds from release of shares upon repayment \| $			1.3	0.0	$ 0.0
Executives
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Release of shares upon repayment \| $			$ 0.1
Release of shares upon repayment (shares)			105,487
Settlement of subscriptions receivable, number of executive employees \| employee		2
2020 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance (shares)	5,503,678
Common stock reserved for issuance, annual increase, percentage of outstanding shares	5.00%
Maximum shares that may be issued upon exercise of incentive stock options (shares)	3,650,000
Common stock available for grant (shares)			4,936,501
2020 ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance (shares)	1,000,000
Common stock reserved for issuance, annual increase, percentage of outstanding shares	1.00%
Number of shares available for issuance, annual increase (shares)	1,000,000
2015 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance (shares)							7,312,590
Common stock available for grant (shares)			0
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized expense \| $			$ 36.9
Unrecognized expense, period for recognition			1 year 6 months
Stock options \| Executives
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $			$ 0.2	$ 0.2
Unrecognized expense \| $			$ 0.1
Unrecognized expense, period for recognition			3 months 18 days
Subscriptions receivable, number of executive employees \| employee						2
Subscriptions receivable \| $						$ 1.5
Subscriptions receivable, weighted average interest rate						1.90%
Proceeds from release of shares upon repayment \| $		$ 1.3
Stock options \| 2015 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			4 years
Expiration period			10 years
Restricted stock \| Executives
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards outstanding (shares)				513,537