Company brief · updated 2026-10-18
mach9.ai · B2B · Turn reality capture into complete deliverables faster. Mach9 automatically drafts features from scans at centimeter-level accuracy and infrastructure scale.
Today: AI that auto-detects features (curbs, striping, poles, signs) in point clouds inside its web-based CAD software
Roles: ML Engineer, Product · ML Engineer, Research · Head of ML · Perception Intern
Requirements mention: point-cloud backbones · 3D detection/segmentation · 2D image and 3D point cloud models · quantization · pruning · distillation
Inference: the requirements for model compression (quantization, pruning, distillation) alongside 3D detection work suggest a push to make the existing perception models faster or lighter. Hiring runs from intern level to Head of ML.
Today: AI-generated first drafts of features from uploaded scans
Roles: ML Infrastructure Engineer
Requirements mention: model serving · inference optimization · real-time inference that integrates directly with CAD software · TensorRT · ONNX Runtime
Inference: the posting describes real-time inference integrated with CAD software, which may point to faster, interactive model output inside the editor. This rests on a single role.
Today: Web-based CAD software with built-in QC
Roles: Software Engineer - Test Automation (SDET) · QA Survey Technician
Requirements mention: browser-based 3D CAD platform · E2E test framework · CAD editor · QA checklists
No inference drawn; weak signal.
Today: AI CAD software for civil engineering, starting with surveying
Roles: Business Development Representative · Head of Sales · Head of Growth · Account Executive
Requirements mention: outbound pipeline generation · new customer acquisition · land and expand · expansion revenue · CRM setup · B2B demand generation
Inference: hiring a Head of Sales and a Head of Growth alongside a BDR suggests the company is adding outbound and expansion selling capacity. The Account Executive role has been open since 2024-03-20, much longer than the others.
Today: Digital Surveyor feature extraction delivered to survey and engineering teams
Roles: Solutions Engineer · Solutions Consultant
Requirements mention: Customer Success · customer onboarding and training · technical demonstrations · Bentley Microstation · Autodesk Civil 3D
Inference: customer-facing technical staff are being added to support demos, onboarding and usage growth. This rests on two roles.
Today: AI CAD software for civil engineering
Roles: Founding People Operations Lead · Founding Recruiting Lead · Business Operations Associate · Office Manager
Requirements mention: full-cycle recruiting · technical recruiting · benefits administration · immigration · quote-to-cash · billing · accounts receivable
Inference: the 'Founding' titles indicate people operations and recruiting are being set up as dedicated in-house functions for the first time, alongside billing and customer setup.
| Department | Open |
|---|---|
| Engineering | 8 |
| Commercial | 7 |
| Operations | 3 |
Hiring is split evenly between engineering and go-to-market: 7 Engineering, 7 Commercial and 4 founding-stage Operations roles, out of 18 open roles. 17 are in San Francisco, 5 opened in the last 30 days, 4 in the prior 30 days, and none closed.
Seniority: 6 mid, 4 manager, 2 director, 2 intern, 1 junior, 1 senior, 1 vp, 1 unknown.
Skills named most: Python (5), Digital Surveyor (5), PyTorch (4), TensorRT (3), LiDAR (3), Clay (2), CRM (2), HubSpot (2), ONNX Runtime (2), computer vision (2), feature extraction (2), surveying (2)
Locations: 17 roles are listed as San Francisco. 1 role, Solutions Consultant, is listed as Remote; the posting does not name a country for it.
If you're applying: If you are an ML or perception engineer, the San Francisco Engineering roles name PyTorch and point-cloud work. If you sell or support customers, Commercial has 7 roles, tied with Engineering; the only Remote role is Solutions Consultant. Three Operations roles post salaries: Office Manager $100k to $150k, Business Operations Associate $120k to $150k, Founding People Operations Lead $130k to $180k.
If you're selling or recruiting: Commercial and Engineering are tied at 7 open roles each, nearly all in San Francisco. A Founding Recruiting Lead is being hired, so in-house recruiting is being set up now. For sales tools, the Head of Sales posting lists CRM setup, and the postings name HubSpot, Apollo, Clay, Heyreach, Zapier and n8n. The Account Executive role has been open since March 2024.
| Title | Department | Location | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer - 3D Graphics | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-10-21 |
| Business Development Representative | Commercial | San Francisco | 2026-10-14 |
| Perception Intern | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-10-08 |
| ML Infrastructure Engineer | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-10-02 |
| ML Engineer, Product | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-10-01 |
| Head of Sales | Commercial | San Francisco | 2026-09-29 |
| Business Operations Associate | Operations | San Francisco | 2026-09-15 |
| Software Engineer - Test Automation (SDET) | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-09-04 |
| Head of Growth | Commercial | San Francisco | 2026-08-21 |
| Community Marketing Manager | Commercial | San Francisco | 2026-07-24 |
| Founding People Operations Lead | Operations | San Francisco | 2026-06-25 |
| Founding Recruiting Lead | Operations | San Francisco | 2026-06-18 |
| Solutions Engineer | Commercial | San Francisco | 2026-06-12 |
| Head of ML | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-06-03 |
| ML Engineer, Research | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-06-03 |
| Solutions Consultant | Commercial | Remote (remote) | 2026-03-26 |
| QA Survey Technician | Engineering | San Francisco | 2026-03-19 |
| Account Executive | Commercial | San Francisco | 2024-03-20 |