Research Scientist - Salesforce AI Research

Salesforce

Actively hiring
Remote (California - Palo Alto, US) Posted 106 days ago $117,200–$313,700 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

Join Salesforce AI Research as an AI Research Scientist or Engineer, contributing to cutting-edge projects in large-scale Generative AI, Agentic Systems, Speech Intelligence, and Multimodal Deep Learning. This high-impact role involves developing novel models and technical solutions for real-world enterprise challenges, designing production-ready services with scalable APIs, and collaborating closely with a team of researchers and engineers to deliver complex projects that enhance core AI products and customer experiences. Ideal candidates have expertise in areas like LLMs, multimodal vision-language models, or speech intelligence, along with strong skills in Python and deep learning libraries such as PyTorch or Jax. Experience in large-scale model training, cloud deployments, and MLOps is preferred, alongside a track record of impactful research or product development.

Skills

Python PyTorch Jax DeepSpeed AWS GCP Kubernetes MLOps CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Git Docker

What you'll do

  • Own and pursue ambitious research and engineering goals aligned with strategic initiatives.
  • Develop novel models and technical solutions for real-world, large-scale enterprise problems.
  • Design and build production-ready services including scalable APIs and agentic evaluators.
  • Collaborate to deliver complex projects that directly impact core AI products and customer experiences.
  • Maintain expertise in one or more focus areas like LLMs, Agentic Systems, Computer Vision/Multimodal, Speech Intelligence.

What we're looking for

  • PhD, Master’s, or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or related field.
  • Strong publication record in top AI venues or proven track record of shipping AI products to real users.
  • Expertise in LLMs, Agentic Systems, Computer Vision/Multimodal, Speech Intelligence, or Research Engineering.
  • Experience with Python and deep learning libraries/platforms like PyTorch, Jax, DeepSpeed.
  • Proven ability to implement, operate, and deliver results via innovation at a large scale.
  • Full-time industry experience in deep learning research and/or product development preferred.

Market check

Salary context

This $117,200–$313,700 range sits above 76% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$124,500–$225,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$143,962–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

Salesforce currently has 66 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,500–$260,100 across 59 roles with salary data.

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