Applied Research Engineer

Salesforce; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce AI is seeking software engineers to embed in our AI team, bridging frontier AI tech with customer-facing products at scale. You will build and deploy production services, APIs, UIs, and agentic evaluators, while collaborating with researchers to turn breakthroughs into real-world applications.

The role emphasizes strong coding practices, security awareness, and the ability to work across cloud environments like AWS or GCP. Join us to drive innovations that empower millions of users.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and Linux; experience with React is a plus.
• Experience with production cloud deployments (AWS or GCP); Kubernetes a plus.
• Experience field-debugging full-stack deployments.
• Solid understanding of security principles and best practices.
• UI and graphic design sensibilities are a plus.
• Author high-quality, fully-tested code - with- and without- AI assistance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with research engineers to apply theory to customer-facing tools.
• Build tools and pipelines to support ML and AI efforts.
• Design, build, deploy, and maintain production services like APIs and UIs.
• Roll out scalable cloud architectures.
• Gather end-user requirements and prepare executive presentations.

Skills

Python

Linux

React

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Full-stack debugging

Security basics

UI design

Graphic design

AI-assisted coding

Job description

Job Category

Software Engineering

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

About the Team

Salesforce AI is looking for talented software and platform engineers to embed in our AI team to bridge the gap between frontier AI technology and customer-facing reality. Do you want to build and deploy the next generation of services leveraging Generative AI and Agentic Systems? Do you thrive in an environment where your engineering skills directly enable world-class research and products used by millions?

At Salesforce, we are driving the development of Generative AI for CRM, focused on delivering AI-created content across every customer interaction at hyper-scale. This role is crucial to transforming our research breakthroughs into stable, secure, and production-ready applications.

The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep technical challenge and massive, real-world scale. We believe that building substantive, scalable infrastructure is what enables scientific breakthroughs to spawn entirely new applications.

Learn more about our work at salesforceairesearch.com .

What You'll Do

• Work alongside other motivated and talented research engineers to bring cutting-edge theory into customer-facing practice.
• Build tools and pipelines to support ML and AI efforts.
• Design, build, deploy, and maintain production services, like APIs, UIs, agentic evaluators, and more.
• Roll out scalable cloud architectures.
• Help with end-user requirements gathering and executive presentations.

What We're Looking For

• Strong abilities with Python and Linux, and some with React.
• Experience with production cloud deployments like AWS or GCP. Kubernetes is a plus.
• Experience field-debugging full-stack deployments.
• Solid understanding of security principles and best practices.
• UI and graphic design sensibilities are a plus.
• Author high-quality, low-cognitive-load, fully-tested code - with- and without- AI assistance.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best , and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best . Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form .

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