Applied Research Engineer
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 ...
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 ...
Palo Alto, CA · 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 ...
Palo Alto, CA · 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 ...
New York, NY · 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 ...
New York, NY · 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 ...
Seattle, WA · 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 ...
Seattle, WA · 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 ...
Seattle, WA · 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 ...
Seattle, WA · 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
$91K - $146K/yr
Summary APPLIED RESEARCH SCIENTIST II Coghill Lab | Cancer Epidemiology | Moffitt Cancer Center The Applied Research Scientist II will join Dr. Anna Coghill's research team in the Department of ...
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$91K - $146K/yr
Summary APPLIED RESEARCH SCIENTIST II Coghill Lab | Cancer Epidemiology | Moffitt Cancer Center The Applied Research Scientist II will join Dr. Anna Coghill's research team in the Department of ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
$115K - $147K/yr
We are seeking senior research scientists and engineers to push the frontier of large-scale ... as applied to drug discovery, genomics, proteomics, or medical chemistry. This is a hands-on role ...
$115K - $147K/yr
We are seeking senior research scientists and engineers to push the frontier of large-scale ... as applied to drug discovery, genomics, proteomics, or medical chemistry. This is a hands-on role ...
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 ...
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 ...
New York, NY · On-site
$125K - $150K/yr
Bridge Between Customers & Research: Translating customer needs and insights from applied data into clear technical requirements that guide product and research priorities. Collaborating closely with ...
New York, NY · On-site
$125K - $150K/yr
Bridge Between Customers & Research: Translating customer needs and insights from applied data into clear technical requirements that guide product and research priorities. Collaborating closely with ...
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| Aspect | Applied Research | Data Analyst |
|---|---|---|
| Required Credentials | Master's or PhD in relevant fields (e.g., science, engineering) | Bachelor's or Master's in data science, statistics, or related fields |
| Work Environment | Research labs, universities, R&D departments | Business, finance, healthcare, tech companies |
| Employer & Industry Usage | Academic, government, private research firms | Corporate sectors, consulting firms, tech companies |
| Common Search & Comparison Intent | Understanding research roles, academic careers | Data analysis, business insights, reporting |
Applied Research involves developing new knowledge or solutions through scientific methods, often in academic or research settings. Data Analysts focus on interpreting existing data to inform business decisions, typically within corporate environments. While both roles require analytical skills, Applied Research emphasizes experimental design and innovation, whereas Data Analysts concentrate on data interpretation and reporting.
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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 $148,500 - $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $285,800 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