Research Scientist - Salesforce AI Research
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Palo Alto, CA · $117k–$314k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Where Palo Alto, CA ranks
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November 2026
- #3Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills28% · of 100
- #3Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast28% · of 54
- #3Best cities for AI-skill jobs37% · of 100
- #3Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast37% · of 71
- #4Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living$207k · of 28
- #4Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals83 / 100 · of 100
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $215,450 a year. Across 73 open research scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $168,000 to $310,000 and the median is $240,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 10% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among medical scientists, except epidemiologists is little observed so far. Measured exposure for medical scientists, except epidemiologists: 4% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Salesforce has filed 2 layoff notices in the last twelve months, covering 133 workers, most recently August 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
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About the job
...About the Role Salesforce AI Research is seeking outstanding AI Research Scientists / Research Engineers to build and... ...LLM‑powered agents, reinforcement learning, autonomous workflows Multimodal... ...deployment Core Modeling – Machine learning methodology, pre‑training...