Research Internship
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Job Description
About the Company:
Salesforce AI Research is a division of Salesforce dedicated to advancing AI techniques and developing innovative products and applications with a positive societal impact. The team comprises researchers, engineers, product managers, and designers who drive AI innovation across pure research, applied research, and new product incubation, all built on Salesforce’s AI platform. Their work emphasizes explainable, transparent, and accountable AI, focusing on ethical and fair AI practices.
Job Description: Research Internship
Salesforce Research is seeking outstanding research interns with a strong background in Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, or General Machine Learning. The internship offers the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking research and work alongside experienced researchers and engineers.
Research Focus Areas: The internship may involve research in one or more of the following areas:
• AI Agents
• AI for Software Developers
• AI for Operations/Time Series
• Responsible & Trusted AI
• AI for Knowledge Management
• Mobile AI
• Multimodal AI
• Large Language/Action Modeling
• Human-AI Interaction
• Automatic Evaluation
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with a team of research scientists and engineers on a project with the potential for publication in a top-tier conference.
• Expand research knowledge and explore applications outside of existing expertise.
• Conduct pure research that aligns with PhD focus and contributes to the broader AI community.
• Present research findings at conferences alongside Salesforce researchers.
Requirements:
• Currently pursuing a PhD or MS in a relevant research area.
• Excellent understanding of deep learning techniques (CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, GRUs, GANs, attention models, and optimization methods).
• Experience with at least one deep learning library/platform (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Caffe, Chainer).
• Strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, or reinforcement learning.
• Strong algorithmic problem-solving skills.
• Programming experience in Python, Java, C/C++, Lua, or a similar language.
• A minimum 12-week commitment.
• Publication record in top-tier conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, CHI) is preferred.
Location Note: For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Salesforce adheres to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, considering qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
