Research Scientist - Salesforce AI Research

Salesforce•Palo Alto, CA

2d•$117,200 - $285,800

About The Position

Salesforce AI Research is seeking entrepreneurial Research Scientists to build, ship, and scale enterprise AI. This role combines independent research with product development: identifying high-impact research directions, prototyping AI capabilities, validating ideas with customers, and translating successful concepts into production-ready solutions. The team works across research, product, engineering, go-to-market, and customer organizations to bring AI systems to enterprise use, while contributing to the broader research community through publications, open-source work, and academic collaborations. The role is open only to prior Salesforce interns.

Requirements

Must be a prior Salesforce intern.
Strong publication record at top AI venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ACL, EMNLP) and/or a proven track record of shipping AI research into real-world products.
Experience with Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or DeepSpeed.
Demonstrated expertise in one or more core focus areas: agentic AI and reasoning; multimodal AI and computer vision; speech intelligence; or core modeling and post-training.
Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research and translate ideas into impactful systems.
Motivated by real-world impact and seeing research reach users at scale.

Nice To Haves

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, or equivalent full-time industry experience in deep learning research or product.
Experience building and scaling ML models for real-world business applications.
Experience mentoring and advising other researchers.
Strong programming skills, such as competitive programming (e.g., ACM-ICPC) or open-source experience.
Thoughtfulness about responsible AI, trust, and the real-world impact of systems.
Excellent problem-solving ability, including tackling unsolved challenges.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
Track record of cultivating strong working relationships and driving cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

Identify research directions with the potential to transform Enterprise AI.
Turn promising ideas into zero-to-one AI product prototypes.
Work directly with customers to validate needs, test solutions, and refine product direction.
Build robust models, agents, and AI systems for real-world enterprise use.
Partner with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to bring solutions to market.