Summer 2027 Intern - AI Foundry Incubation

Salesforce, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical

Paid parental leave

Employee stock purchase program

Time off programs

Mental health support

Job summary

Salesforce AI Research is seeking a Summer 2027 intern to help validate and shape next steps. The role sits in the Incubation team, bridging core tech and customer needs, translating research into product guidance for enterprise AI solutions. This is a 12+ week summer internship with real-world impact.

You will design user studies, conduct interviews, analyze data, and partner with cross-functional teams to inform product development and future experiments.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in a relevant field such as HCI, Information Science, Business, Economics, or Psychology.
• Experience conducting qualitative or quantitative research, including interviews, surveys, or studies.
• Ability to analyze and synthesize findings into actionable recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication suitable for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Interest in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design user research plans to validate pilots and experiments.
• Conduct discovery interviews and synthesize learnings.
• Produce reports of user studies and outcomes.
• Make recommendations for pilot direction and future experiments.
• Establish standardized research protocols and assessment frameworks.
• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate findings into product recommendations.

Skills

Qualitative Research

Quantitative Research

Communication Skills

AI Interest

Education

Graduate degree (HCI/Info Sci)

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

R

Survey Tools

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

About Futureforce University Recruiting

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Job Category

Fixed Term & Temporary

Job Details

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.

What You’ll Be Doing & Why It Matters

Salesforce AI Research is a global leader in Enterprise AI, driving innovations that advance the state of AI while powering enterprise products at worldwide scale. We take ideas from research to real-world impact, working closely with product teams and enterprise customers to translate cutting‑edge research into production AI capabilities used by millions of users. Learn more at Salesforce AI Research.

Within AI Research, our Incubation team bridges our foundational technology and our customers’ needs. We meet with customers to understand their biggest pain points, connect them to emerging technologies from our researchers’ work, and validate those technologies with real users to inform our future products.

We sit at the intersection of research and product innovation, combining AI research and applied AI to turn foundational innovation into real solutions for real customers. We are looking for a Summer 2027 intern to help us validate and shape what we build next.

Core Responsibilities & Scope

• Design user research plans to help validate pilots and experiments
• Conduct discovery interviews and synthesize learnings
• Produce reports of user studies and their outcome
• Make recommendations for pilot direction and future experiments
• Establish standardized research protocols, templates, and assessment frameworks for unified user evaluations
• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate research findings into recommendations for product development.

Minimum Requirements

• Currently pursuing a graduate degree in a relevant field, such as Human-Computer Interaction, Information Science, Business, Economics, Psychology, or a related discipline.
• Experience conducting qualitative or quantitative research, including interviews, surveys, or experimental studies.
• Ability to analyze and synthesize research findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Interest in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and understanding how people interact with technology.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting user research, usability testing, or customer discovery for software or AI-powered applications.
• Familiarity with research methods such as experimental design, A/B testing, longitudinal studies, or adoption analysis.
• Experience working with qualitative and quantitative research tools, including Excel, SQL, Python, R, or survey platforms.
• Understanding of product incubation, technology adoption, and business impact measurement.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams or conducting research in an industry setting.
• Ability to vibe-code tools that help in the synthesis and collection of data at scale.

Internship Details

This is a Summer 2027 internship with a minimum duration of 12 weeks.

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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Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including:

• time off programs
• medical
• dental
• vision
• mental health support
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• employee stock purchasing program

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At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $54 - $70 per hour. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.