Research Intern: AI & Visualization Prototyping (12 Weeks)

Salesforce; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Research Intern to join Tableau Research for a 12-week internship in Palo Alto. You will work on a project you and your mentor agree on, designed to advance your research career and influence future product roadmaps.

You'll collaborate with researchers, engineers, designers, and product partners, explore topics like visual analytics and machine learning, and aim to co-author an academic paper that may extend beyond the internship.

Qualifications

• PhD student with at least two years of research and a publication record.
• Ability to quickly build research prototypes in JavaScript/React, Python, R, or C++.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Scope a research question with mentor and prototype quickly.
• Design and build research prototypes and run user studies.
• Share progress, present updates, and incorporate feedback.
• Deliver final presentation and a publishable paper summary.

Skills

Research experience

Publication record

Programming languages

Education

PhD program

Tools

JavaScript/React

Python

R

C++

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Research Intern to join Tableau Research for a 12-week internship in Palo Alto. You will work on a project you and your mentor agree on, designed to advance your research career and influence future product roadmaps.

You'll collaborate with researchers, engineers, designers, and product partners, explore topics like visual analytics and machine learning, and aim to co-author an academic paper that may extend beyond the internship.