Research Intern: Visual Analytics & AI Prototyping

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

Job summary

Salesforce's Tableau Research team is seeking a Research Intern for a 12-week internship in Palo Alto. You will work on a mentored project, advancing your research career and contributing to Tableau and Salesforce product roadmaps.

You will design and build prototypes, run user studies, and present findings with researchers, engineers, designers, and product partners. Mentorship is provided with frequent check-ins and opportunities to co-author papers.

Qualifications

• You are currently enrolled in a PhD program and have at least two years of research experience with a track record of publishing in respected venues.
• You can build functional research prototypes quickly in a language/framework of your choice (e.g., JavaScript/React, Python, R, or C++).
• You will scope problems, prioritize questions, and deliver results within fixed timelines.

Responsibilities

• Scope a research question with your mentor and move quickly from idea to prototype.
• Design and build research prototypes and run user studies or evaluations.
• Deliver a final presentation and a written summary, aiming for a publishable paper.

Skills

Research experience

Data visualization

Human-computer interaction

Machine learning

Programming languages

Education

PhD program enrollment

Tools

JavaScript/React

Python

R

C++

Job description

Salesforce's Tableau Research team is seeking a Research Intern for a 12-week internship in Palo Alto. You will work on a mentored project, advancing your research career and contributing to Tableau and Salesforce product roadmaps.

You will design and build prototypes, run user studies, and present findings with researchers, engineers, designers, and product partners. Mentorship is provided with frequent check-ins and opportunities to co-author papers.