Salesforce Summer Intern- Tableau Research 

United States, California, Palo Alto 

271328117

Fixed Term & TemporaryWhat you’ll be doing…

As a research intern you will work closely with a mentor who is a member of Tableau Research. You will typically meet daily with your mentor to coordinate, plan, and help set expectations. You will be asked to present and provide updates a few times at our team meetings. Research typically involves designing and/or prototyping, along with possible user studies. You will be expected to create a final presentation and write-up of the project. Often, the project evolves into co-authoring an academic paper that could extend beyond the internshipperiod.

Research topics include visual analytics, conversational analytics, semantics & data preparation, human-computer & multi-modal interaction, machine learning, AI/LLMs.

Who you are…

• Aligned with our mission.Your research passion aligns with Tableau’s mission to help people see and understand data.

• You are a PhD student in good academic standing with at least a couple years of research and publishing experience at high-quality conference and journal venues. In the past, interns have published at venues such as,, and, for example. Other venues could include CHI, CSCW, UIST, IUI, AAAI, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, and NeurIPS. Having previous internship experience is a plus, but not a requirement.

• Highly technical.If your project involves prototyping, you have strong technical skills to prototype in a language of your choice, e.g., D3/JavaScript, Python, R, C++, C#, Java, Go. If your project is study-focused, you have strong experience with setting up user studies, collecting, analyzing, and distilling qualitative and quantitative data. If your project is oriented towards statistics, you have strong computational skills and experience in statistical modeling, including data wrangling, model validation, and uncertainty assessment. If your project involves prototyping user interfaces, you have a portfolio of UX / interaction / visualization design examples.

• An effective communicator.You have clear written and oral communication skills.

• Demonstrates strong executive skills.You are diligent, take personal responsibility for your work, and manage your time effectively. You excel at balancing independent work with meeting deadlines, and you prioritize tasks efficiently to deliver high-quality results on time.

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For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $60 to $60. For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $65 to $65. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: