2026 PhD Intern

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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.

Salesforce Research is looking for outstanding research interns. Ideal candidates have a strong background in one or more of the following fields:

• Conversational AI

• Multimodal Data Intelligence

• Multimodal Content Generation

• Fundamentals of Machine Learning and AI

• Responsible & Trusted AI

• Natural Language Processing

Areas of Application:

• Software Intelligence

• AI for Operations

• AI for Availability &  Security

• Environment & Sustainability

• Candidates that have published in top-tier conferences or journals (e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR,) are preferred.

As a research intern, you will:

Work with a team of research scientists and engineers on a project that ideally leads to a submission to a top-tier conference

Learn about exciting research and applications outside your expertise

Focus on pure research that incorporates into your PhD focus area and contributes to the AI Community

Attend conferences with our researchers to showcase your accepted papers

Requirements:

• PhD candidate in a relevant research area

• Excellent understanding of deep learning techniques, i.e., CNN, RNN, LSTM, GRU, GAN, attention models, and optimization methods

• Experience with one or more deep learning libraries and platforms, e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, Caffe, or Chainer

• Strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, or reinforcement learning

• Strong algorithmic problem solving skills

• Programming experience in Python, Java, C/C++, Lua, or a similar language

This internship is a minimum of 12 weeks

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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. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what's possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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