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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.
The Experience
Slack Research partners with Product, Design, and Engineering to ground decisions in customer evidence. Rolling Research is our rapid research program for fast customer evidence at the pace product teams ship. It replaces guesswork with validated insight, protects revenue-critical roadmap decisions, and raises launch confidence and adoption.
You'll help expand Slack's established Rolling Research program, leading rapid, primarily evaluative studies across product areas. You'll partner with Product, Design, Engineering, and fellow researchers to turn time-sensitive questions into focused studies with clear recommendations. Beyond executing studies, you'll prioritize competing needs, exercise judgment about what rapid research can (and cannot) answer, and connect findings across studies. You'll also partner with Research Operations and recruiting to improve the program's methods, participant experience, and tooling.
You'll help teams learn quickly through focused studies, clear prioritization, and close partnership, making customer evidence useful before decisions are locked in, and helping partners act on what they learn.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
- Plan, run, and synthesize short-cycle studies across multiple product areas
- Triage incoming requests from PDE partners. Prioritize and route segment-specific questions to the correct audiences
- Write discussion guides
- Deliver insights fast, in formats that product teams can act on in the moment
- Partner with Research Operations and recruiting to manage screener profiles, panel health, and participant quality
- Improve the program's methods, templates, and tooling, including AI-assisted analysis and synthesis Keep studies consistent and compliant (consent, privacy, data handling)
You're Our Person If...
- 7-8+ years of relevant experience in UX or user research, ideally in very fast-paced product environments
- Strong command of qualitative methods, with comfort in mixed methods and lightweight quant
- A track record of influencing product decisions with time-sensitive research
- Skill at synthesizing quickly and communicating clearly to executives and cross-functional partners
- Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Experience with B2B/enterprise products, collaboration tools, or AI-powered workplace products (preferred)
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 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.
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form .
Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.
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Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.
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.To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.
Job Category
User ExperienceJob Details
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.
The Experience
Slack Research partners with Product, Design, and Engineering to ground decisions in customer evidence. Rolling Research is our rapid research program for fast customer evidence at the pace product teams ship. It replaces guesswork with validated insight, protects revenue-critical roadmap decisions, and raises launch confidence and adoption.
You'll help expand Slack's established Rolling Research program, leading rapid, primarily evaluative studies across product areas. You'll partner with Product, Design, Engineering, and fellow researchers to turn time-sensitive questions into focused studies with clear recommendations. Beyond executing studies, you'll prioritize competing needs, exercise judgment about what rapid research can (and cannot) answer, and connect findings across studies. You'll also partner with Research Operations and recruiting to improve the program's methods, participant experience, and tooling.
You'll help teams learn quickly through focused studies, clear prioritization, and close partnership, making customer evidence useful before decisions are locked in, and helping partners act on what they learn.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
- Plan, run, and synthesize short-cycle studies across multiple product areas
- Triage incoming requests from PDE partners. Prioritize and route segment-specific questions to the correct audiences
- Write discussion guides
- Deliver insights fast, in formats that product teams can act on in the moment
- Partner with Research Operations and recruiting to manage screener profiles, panel health, and participant quality
- Improve the program's methods, templates, and tooling, including AI-assisted analysis and synthesis Keep studies consistent and compliant (consent, privacy, data handling)
You're Our Person If...
- 7-8+ years of relevant experience in UX or user research, ideally in very fast-paced product environments
- Strong command of qualitative methods, with comfort in mixed methods and lightweight quant
- A track record of influencing product decisions with time-sensitive research
- Skill at synthesizing quickly and communicating clearly to executives and cross-functional partners
- Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Experience with B2B/enterprise products, collaboration tools, or AI-powered workplace products (preferred)
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 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.
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form .
Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.
Posting Statement
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.
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.Staff Research Engineer Jobs by Experience Level
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Who's Hiring
- Google12
- DeepMind9
- Scale AI8
- The Voleon8
- University of California - San Francisco8
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software30
- Science & Research8
- Education6
- Artificial Intelligence5
- Electronics & Hardware3
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in staff research engineer jobs.
- PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related field
- Demonstrated publication record at peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning framework such as PyTorch or JAX
- Experience designing and running large-scale experiments on distributed compute infrastructure
- Ability to collaborate across research and product engineering teams to bring work to deployment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting research findings to mixed audiences
Tips for Your Staff Research Engineer Job Search
Lead with publications and research impact
Your resume should list peer-reviewed publications, patents, and conference presentations near the top. Hiring committees for staff research engineer roles weight research output heavily, so name the venues and whether your work was cited or deployed in a product.
Distinguish research from engineering contributions
Many candidates blur research and engineering work into one bullet. Separate them clearly: name the novel method or finding you contributed to research projects, then describe the systems or infrastructure you built for engineering work. Reviewers look for both.
Target postings by research area, not just title
Staff research engineer openings in computer vision, NLP, and robotics each require different depth signals. Filter by the sub-area that matches your strongest work, then read the problem statements in each posting to confirm your expertise aligns before applying.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists staff research engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a research talk for technical screens
Staff-level interviews almost always include a research presentation round. Practice delivering a 20-minute talk on your most significant project, emphasizing the problem formulation, your specific contribution, and how results were validated or used downstream.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At the staff level, what you work on matters as much as pay. When you reach the offer stage, ask directly about research agenda ownership, publication rights, and access to compute resources. These terms are negotiable and rarely offered unless you ask.
Staff Research Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most staff research engineers?
The most active employers for staff research engineers right now are Google, DeepMind, and Scale AI, and the most openings are in California, New York, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is concentrated in organizations running large-scale AI and systems research programs.
How many staff research engineer jobs are remote?
About 60% of staff research engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the lab-dependent nature of much of the work. Sub-areas focused on software systems research, NLP, and machine learning tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible roles compared to hardware or robotics research positions.
How do you become a staff research engineer?
Most staff research engineers follow a path through a PhD program, build a publication record during graduate school or a postdoc, then join a research lab or industry team at a senior level. Demonstrating consistent research output, the ability to scope and lead projects independently, and experience mentoring other researchers are the main factors that drive promotion to the staff level.
Can you get hired as a staff research engineer without much experience?
Direct entry into a staff research engineer role without prior industry experience is uncommon, but a strong PhD dissertation with published results at top venues can substitute for years of industry tenure at some organizations. Candidates without a doctorate can reach the staff level by progressing through senior research engineer roles and accumulating a portfolio of shipped research or significant technical contributions over time.
What does the staff research engineer interview process look like?
The process typically includes an initial phone or video screen with a recruiter or research manager, followed by a technical coding or systems design round, a research presentation where you walk through a project in depth, and a series of interviews with members of the research team and cross-functional partners. Final rounds often include a conversation with a director or VP focused on research vision and team fit.
Where can I find and apply to staff research engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to staff research engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Find roles that match your research area and experience level, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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