Applied Research Engineer
Austin, TX · On-site
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
Austin, TX · On-site
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
Austin, TX · On-site
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
Chicago, IL · On-site
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
Chicago, IL · On-site
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
Gaithersburg, MD · On-site
$85K/yr
NIST is seeking an Applied Research Engineer to perform complex calibration and experimental tasks. The role involves ensuring traceability of measurements and adherence to laboratory standards and ...
Gaithersburg, MD · On-site
$85K/yr
NIST is seeking an Applied Research Engineer to perform complex calibration and experimental tasks. The role involves ensuring traceability of measurements and adherence to laboratory standards and ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$225K/yr
The Applied Research Engineer will bridge research and application, focusing on enabling agentic capabilities across the Hebbia product suite and owning experiments to solve high-value customer ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$225K/yr
The Applied Research Engineer will bridge research and application, focusing on enabling agentic capabilities across the Hebbia product suite and owning experiments to solve high-value customer ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep ...
The Applied Research team exists to close that gap permanently. What This Team Works On Four ... Work on agent memory, retrieval, and context systems alongside elite and competitive engineering ...
The Applied Research team exists to close that gap permanently. What This Team Works On Four ... Work on agent memory, retrieval, and context systems alongside elite and competitive engineering ...
The Applied Research team exists to close that gap permanently. What This Team Works On Four ... Work on agent memory, retrieval, and context systems alongside elite and competitive engineering ...
The Applied Research team exists to close that gap permanently. What This Team Works On Four ... Work on agent memory, retrieval, and context systems alongside elite and competitive engineering ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$241K/yr
The Applied Research Engineer will bridge research and application, focusing on enabling agentic capabilities across the Hebbia product suite and owning experiments to solve high-value customer ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$241K/yr
The Applied Research Engineer will bridge research and application, focusing on enabling agentic capabilities across the Hebbia product suite and owning experiments to solve high-value customer ...
The Role As an Applied Research Engineer, you will be the bridge between research, industry, and application shaping the future of our core natural language processing systems. You will be ...
The Role As an Applied Research Engineer, you will be the bridge between research, industry, and application shaping the future of our core natural language processing systems. You will be ...
Sr. Applied Research Engineer - Biomechanics - Burlington What You'll Do: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced scientist or engineer to join our Applied Research team and contribute to ...
Sr. Applied Research Engineer - Biomechanics - Burlington What You'll Do: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced scientist or engineer to join our Applied Research team and contribute to ...
This is an applied research role. You will be expected to generate and investigate research ideas ... Engineers on our team touch everything from CUDA kernels to high-performance LLM tracing dashboards ...
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This is an applied research role. You will be expected to generate and investigate research ideas ... Engineers on our team touch everything from CUDA kernels to high-performance LLM tracing dashboards ...
Sr. Applied Research Engineer - Biomechanics - Burlington What You'll Do: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced scientist or engineer to join our Applied Research team and contribute to ...
Sr. Applied Research Engineer - Biomechanics - Burlington What You'll Do: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced scientist or engineer to join our Applied Research team and contribute to ...
Sr. Applied Research Engineer - Biomechanics - Burlington What You'll Do: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced scientist or engineer to join our Applied Research team and contribute to ...
Sr. Applied Research Engineer - Biomechanics - Burlington What You'll Do: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced scientist or engineer to join our Applied Research team and contribute to ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$160K - $300K/yr
An innovative AI firm in New York is looking for an Applied Research Engineer to enhance their natural language processing systems. The candidate will analyze complex data, develop models, and ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$160K - $300K/yr
An innovative AI firm in New York is looking for an Applied Research Engineer to enhance their natural language processing systems. The candidate will analyze complex data, develop models, and ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$160K - $300K/yr
An innovative AI firm in New York is looking for an Applied Research Engineer to enhance their natural language processing systems. The candidate will analyze complex data, develop models, and ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$160K - $300K/yr
An innovative AI firm in New York is looking for an Applied Research Engineer to enhance their natural language processing systems. The candidate will analyze complex data, develop models, and ...
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| Aspect | Applied Research Engineer | Data Scientist |
|---|---|---|
| Required Credentials | Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields; often requires experience in research or development | Bachelor's or Master's in Data Science, Statistics, or related fields; often requires strong analytical and programming skills |
| Work Environment | Research labs, R&D departments, technology companies focusing on product development | Business environments, analytics teams, consulting firms analyzing data for insights |
| Employer & Industry Usage | Tech companies, research institutions, manufacturing firms | Finance, healthcare, marketing, tech industries |
Applied Research Engineers focus on developing new technologies and prototypes through research, often working in R&D settings. Data Scientists analyze and interpret complex data to inform business decisions. While both roles require technical skills and programming knowledge, Applied Research Engineers are more involved in creating innovative solutions, whereas Data Scientists focus on data analysis and modeling.
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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.
About the Team
Salesforce AI is looking for talented software and platform engineers to embed in our AI team to bridge the gap between frontier AI technology and customer-facing reality. Do you want to build and deploy the next generation of services leveraging Generative AI and Agentic Systems? Do you thrive in an environment where your engineering skills directly enable world-class research and products used by millions?
At Salesforce, we are driving the development of Generative AI for CRM, focused on delivering AI-created content across every customer interaction at hyper-scale. This role is crucial to transforming our research breakthroughs into stable, secure, and production-ready applications.
The Research Engineering team works directly alongside Research Scientists to bring models to life. This position is dedicated to a high-impact systems role, providing the best of both worlds: deep technical challenge and massive, real-world scale. We believe that building substantive, scalable infrastructure is what enables scientific breakthroughs to spawn entirely new applications.
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What You'll Do
Work alongside other motivated and talented research
engineers to bring cutting-edge theory into customer-facing practice.
Build tools and pipelines to support ML and AI efforts.
Design, build, deploy, and maintain production services, like APIs, UIs, agentic evaluators, and more.
Roll out scalable cloud architectures.
Help with end-user requirements gathering and executive presentations.
What We're Looking For
Strong abilities with Python and Linux, and some with React.
Experience with production cloud deployments like AWS or GCP. Kubernetes is a plus.
Experience field-debugging full-stack deployments.
Solid understanding of security principles and best practices.
UI and graphic design sensibilities are a plus.
Author high-quality, low-cognitive-load, fully-tested code - with- and without- AI assistance.
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando 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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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. 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), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.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 $197,300 - $313,700 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $237,700 - $344,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.Get the full story on Breakroom