Salesforce
Summer 2027 Intern - AI Research
California - Palo Alto · Office Tech-Flexible · Internship · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- Not specified.
About the job
Conduct enterprise AI research, prototype models and systems, and help translate research ideas into customer-facing, production-ready products.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with research scientists and engineers on projects with real-world product impact, with potential to publish at top-tier conferences.
- Explore research directions and build models, agents, and AI product prototypes for enterprise use.
- Work with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to help bring research solutions to market.
What they ask for
- Strong publication record at top AI venues and/or experience building AI research into real-world systems.
- Experience with Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or DeepSpeed.
- Expertise in one or more stated focus areas: agentic AI and reasoning; multimodal AI and computer vision; speech intelligence; or core modeling and post-training.
- Able to conduct research with mentor guidance and develop ideas into impactful systems.
Nice to have
- Experience building and scaling ML models for real-world applications.
- Strong programming skills, such as competitive programming or open-source experience.
Pay
$49 - $68 per hour (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, JAX, DeepSpeed, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR
AI focus
Research and develop enterprise AI, including agents and reasoning, multimodal and vision systems, speech intelligence, and model training and post-training; prototype capabilities for real-world products.
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