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title: 'General Interest at Backflip'
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# General Interest at Backflip

- **Company:** Backflip
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/backflip.ai/ccb27287-7c90-4f39-b085-cbba77d98285

## Job description

## About Backflip

Mechanical design, the work done in CAD, is the rate-limiter for progress in the physical world. However, there are only 2-4 million people on Earth who know how to CAD. But what if hundreds of millions could? What if creating something in the real world were as easy as imagining the use case, or sketching it on paper? Backflip is building a foundation model for mechanical design: unifying the world’s scattered engineering knowledge into an intelligent, end-to-end design environment. Our goal is to enable anyone to imagine a solution and hit “print.” Founded by a second-time CEO in the same space (first company: Markforged, exited for $2.1B), Backflip combines deep industry insight with breakthrough AI research. With investor Ashish Vaswani (transformer inventor), and backed by a16z and NEA, we raised a $30M Series A and built a deeply technical, mission-driven team.

## The Role

We’re always looking for exceptional people who are passionate about our mission and want to shape the future of 3D design. Even if we don’t have the right role open today, we encourage you to apply so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities.

## What We’re Looking For

- A track record of delivering results in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.
- Passion for building products that empower creativity and transform workflows.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Comfort working in an in-person, startup environment with shifting priorities.

## Why Backflip

- Repeat founders in 3D printing/CAD with a prior $2.1B exit.
- Backed by a16z and NEA; small, senior team with outsized impact.
- The chance to shape a category-defining product from the earliest stages.

## About Backflip

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Backflip is building AI-powered 3D design tools that transform scans, text, and sketches into parametric CAD models for the physical world.
- **Entity Type**: Private, Series A
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2022 (conflicting reports suggest 2020) [builtin.com]
- **Founders**: Gregory Mark (CEO) and David Benhaim (CTO) [tracxn.com]

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-powered 3D design / CAD software
- **Target customers**: B2B and B2C – designers, mechanical engineers, manufacturers, 3D printing enthusiasts, and creators of physical and digital assets
- **Mission or purpose**: “Transform the frontend of the 3D design process” and “build a foundation model for mechanical design” to make expert-level CAD skills accessible to hundreds of millions of people.

## Products & Services
- **Backflip AI Platform**: A suite of AI tools that convert 3D scans, text prompts, or hand sketches into editable, parametric CAD models (currently native in Onshape or .STEP export). Includes scan-to-CAD, text-to-3D, and mesh-to-CAD capabilities. _Type: SaaS / AI Model_

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – **$30M** (Series A, December 2024) [techcrunch.com via tracxn.com, linkedin.com]
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), New Enterprise Associates (NEA) [linkedin.com, tracxn.com]
- **Growth Signals**: +33.3% headcount growth year-over-year (now ~10 employees); major product launches in early 2025 (scan-to-CAD, text-to-physical reality); founders previously built and took Markforged (NYSE: MKFG) public.

## Competitive Advantages
- Founders’ deep domain expertise from building Markforged, a publicly traded 3D printing leader deployed on all seven continents.
- Proprietary foundation model trained on mechanical engineering data – not just a wrapper on existing LLMs.
- Direct integration with Onshape and the broader manufacturing ecosystem (STEP file export, 3D printing workflows).
- Small, elite team enabling rapid iteration and a tight feedback loop with users.

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate mechanical design by making AI the default interface for CAD, targeting both professional engineers and novice makers.
- Unify scattered engineering knowledge into an intelligent copilot that “gives everyone the superpower of expert mechanical design skills.”
- Expand from scan-to-CAD to broader text-to-3D and eventually full generative design for physical products.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Creative, passionate and curious” – emphasizes the joy of solving tough problems with robust, well-written code and seeing real-world impact. [backflip.ai]
- **Work policy**: Hybrid – employees work from physical offices in San Francisco (HQ) or Miami; “OnSite Workspace” with typical on-site presence. [builtin.com]
- **Team size**: ~10 employees – offers significant ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and influence on product direction.
- **Notable perks**: IPO experience at Markforged; backed by top-tier VCs (a16z, NEA); focus on cutting-edge AI applications in manufacturing and design.

## Sources
1. [backflip.ai](https://www.backflip.ai/)
2. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/backflip-ai)
3. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/backflip-backflipai)
4. [Tracxn](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/backflipai/__geoWQBhwm2f837EFQgZ1xmVQv5WR6UGwXCHKPTHG1-8)

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