Position Details

Salary $63 – $68 USD / year

Type Internship

Experience intern

Exp. Years 0-4 years

Education PhD student in good academic standing

Category Science & Research

About this role

Tableau Research internship for 2026 focused on visual analytics, AI/LLMs, and UX research within Tableau/Salesforce ecosystem; involves prototyping, user studies, and possible academic publication.

Key Responsibilities

Project design and prototyping
Conduct user studies
Publish findings in top venues
Collaborate with Tableau Research team
Present updates to team

Technical Overview

PhD student-driven research with strong coding and prototyping abilities across data visualization tools and languages; projects may include multimodal interaction, semantics, and AI-enabled workflows.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a PhD student with several years of publishable research in data visualization or HCI, strong prototyping and coding skills (D3/JavaScript, Python, R), and experience conducting user studies and preparing conference-ready work.

Must-Have Skills

PhD student in good academic standing with at least a couple years of research and publishing experience

Nice-to-Have Skills

Previous internship experience

Tools & Platforms

D3/JavaScriptPythonRC++C#JavaGoTableau

Required Skills

UX designprototypinguser studiesdata visualizationD3/JavaScriptPythonRC++C#JavaGoTableau

Hard Skills

D3/JavaScriptPythonRC++C#JavaGoTableauUX / interaction / visualization designUser studiesPrototypingStatistical modelingData wranglingModel validationUncertainty assessment

Soft Skills

Strong written and oral communicationTime managementIndependent workCollaborationCreative thinking

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Advance Tableau Research through prototyping, user studies, and collaboration with Tableau/Salesforce teams.

Role Subtype UX Designer

Tech Domains Tableau, D3/JavaScript, Python, R, C++, C#, Java, Go, AI/ML, Data Visualization

Keywords for Your Resume

summer 2026 intern tableau researchphd studenttableau researchd3/javascriptpythonrc++c#javagoux designprototypinguser studiestableauvisual analyticsai/llmsmultimodal interactionresearch internshipconference publicationsd3javascriptml

Deal Breakers

Not a PhD student in good standing, Lack of published research experience, Insufficient prototyping or user-study experience

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