Research Scientist – Salesforce AI Research

Salesforce

Research Scientist at Salesforce AI Research focusing on Generative AI and NLP technology development. Collaborate on innovative AI projects for millions of CRM users globally.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timePalo Alto • California, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $137,100 - $276,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonPyTorchTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and pursue ambitious, long-term research goals.
Develop solutions for real-world, large-scale problems.
As needed lead teams to deliver on more complex pure and applied research projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ph.D./Master's degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or a related technical field
Strong publication record in top AI venues like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ECCV, and ICCV.
Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages, including but not limited to C/C++ or Python.
Experience with one or more deep learning libraries and platforms (e.g., TensorFlow, Jax, or PyTorch).
Proven ability to implement, operate, and deliver results via innovation at a large scale.
Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM evaluation and benchmarking, multilingual LLMs, LLMs as foundation of agents

Benefits

Comp & perks

time off programs
medical
dental
vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

CC++PythonTensorFlowJaxPyTorchdeep learninglarge-scale problem solvingLLM evaluationLLM benchmarking

Soft Skills

leadershipinnovationteam collaborationcommunication

Certifications

Ph.D.Master's degree