Salesforce · 14 hours ago
Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$172K/yr - $260K/yrSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. The Lead Machine Learning Engineer will work closely with research scientists, software engineers, product managers, and solution engineers to design and implement next-generation agentic AI systems, driving innovation and creating impactful solutions for Salesforce customers.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCRMSaaSSales EnablementSoftware
Responsibilities
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Salesforce AI Research is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to incubate next-generation agentic AI platform
You will work with research scientists, software engineers, product managers and solution engineers closely to design, implement and iterate agentic AI systems with customers
With your strong technical competence, strategic thinking and customer engagement, you will innovate at the frontier of the field, having the opportunity to create new solutions and define new categories of product with meaningful impact to Salesforce customers and beyond
We are looking for candidates who has exceptional engineering skills
Expert in at least one of programming languages such as python, c++, etc
Has deep ML knowledge with meaningful implementation track records, such as LLM, pre/post-training, RL, agentic system
Prioritize deep and strategic thinking
Has dedication, patience and resilience to build exceptional product experience
Collaborative and win with teams
Proactive and bias to action, comfortable in fast-pacing environment
Qualification
Required
Has exceptional engineering skills
Expert in at least one of programming languages such as python, c++, etc
Has deep ML knowledge with meaningful implementation track records, such as LLM, pre/post-training, RL, agentic system
Prioritize deep and strategic thinking
Has dedication, patience and resilience to build exceptional product experience
Collaborative and win with teams
Proactive and bias to action, comfortable in fast-pacing environment
Benefits
Time off programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
Employee stock purchasing program
Company
Salesforce
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
Founded in 1999
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.38MKey Investors
Starboard ValueEmergence CapitalHalsey Minor
2022-10-18Post Ipo Equity
2004-06-23IPO
2003-01-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Chairman & Ceo Salesforce India
Kendall Collins
CEO, GovCloud - Salesforce
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