Research Scientist, Enterprise AI & Foundational Models

Leadout Capital; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce AI Research in Palo Alto seeks entrepreneurial Research Scientists to build, ship, and scale Enterprise AI. You will identify high-impact directions, prototype cutting-edge capabilities, validate with customers, and turn concepts into production-ready solutions.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, publish at top AI conferences, and work with customers to ensure real-world adoption.

Qualifications

• Top AI venues publications or proven shipping AI research.
• Ability to propose and incubate impactful research ideas.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
• Experience translating research to real-world products.

Responsibilities

• Identify research directions with potential to transform Enterprise AI.
• Prototype zero-to-one AI capabilities and validate with customers.
• Build robust models and AI systems for enterprise use.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and GTM teams to ship solutions.
• Publish results at leading AI conferences.

Skills

Python

Deep Learning

Research Strategy

Communication

Education

PhD in Computer Science, AI or ML

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

DeepSpeed

Job description

Salesforce AI Research in Palo Alto seeks entrepreneurial Research Scientists to build, ship, and scale Enterprise AI. You will identify high-impact directions, prototype cutting-edge capabilities, validate with customers, and turn concepts into production-ready solutions.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, publish at top AI conferences, and work with customers to ensure real-world adoption.