About Us
Our Trajectory
Vision
Mission
Delivering easy to use & affordable spatial info for property developers to make great architecture harmonious & affordable.
Values
- Efficiency – We speed up surveying, design & planning, to make great architecture affordable.
- Success – We are customer success obsessed.
- Growth – We grow the pie for partners & us.
- Pro team – We are professional, reliable & accountable team players.
- Innovative – We are constantly testing, learning, & optimizing.
- Go-getters – We are bold, enthusiastic & unshakable.
- Builders – We make cool tools & 3D models that people love.
- Harmony – We help communities & the environment thrive.
Our People
Simon Cookes
CEO
Twenty years experience in architecture. Past Director of DBA. Architecture award winner & judge. 3D surveying expert.
B Planning & Design, B Property & Construction,
B Architecture (Hons), M Research (3D surveys). Architect Vic #17120
Daniel Moore
CTO
Twenty years experience in software engineering. Leader and manager of deep tech teams. Past Blackmagic Design. Past CSIRO eng.
B Computer Science (Hons)
Tony Duong
3D Site Capture Lead
Architecture grad. Expert in site access, 3D scanning, drone pilot, 3D modeling, BIM, admin & customer support.
B Env (Architecture), M Arch, RePL
Yufan Zhang
3D Processing Lead
Experienced surveyor in 3D scanning, LiDAR data processing, photogrammetry & RTK GPS.
M Spatial Eng, B Survey & Mapping Eng
Harsh Baheti
3D Scanner & Modeler
Architecture grad. 3D laser scanner operator. BIM modelling & drafting.
B Arch, M Project Management
Gabriele Angeletti
Senior Software Engineer
Research & Development – Deep Tech.
MSc AI & Robotics, B Computer &
Control Engineering
Tou Lee
Senior Software Engineer
Full stack web engineering.
M IT, Computing
Clark Tozer
Senior Software Engineer
Full stack web engineering.
B Science (Computer Science)
Emily Walsh
Experience Design Lead
User Experience design and
communication specialist.
B Design (Visual Communication)
Luca Costanza
Customer Solutions Lead
Sales contact for Vic, SA, WA, & Tas.
20 yrs in sales & customer success for architects.
BA Philosophy (Hons), Executive MBA
Richard Israel
Customer Solutions Lead
Sales contact for NSW.
10 yrs experience nurturing client relationships.
B Design (Architecture),
B Construction Management, M Architecture
Our Community
Nightingale Housing
Nightingale Housing is leading a housing revolution in our cities by constructing multi-residential buildings that are financially, socially and environmentally sustainable.
LARKI has had the pleasure of providing heavily discounted services and other support to Nightingale.
Sacred Heart Mission
Meals, shelter and support for people who are experiencing homelessness and disadvantage in Melbourne and surrounds.
LARKI team have worked in Sacred Heart soup kitchens, helping to feed to homeless in St Kilda.
Melbourne City Mission
Supporting the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in Melbourne, advocating for social change. Including service provision in: disability, homelessness, training, training, justice & palliative care.
LARKI Founder did the CEO Sleepout – trying to sleep a whole night on concrete in 5 degrees – to raise money for Melbourne City Mission.
Our Environment
Green Peace
The leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
LARKI team regularly give money to this great cause to fight for environmental justice campaigns like: Stop Adani Coal Mine.
Carbon Neutral
Creating bio diversification through reforestation as a ‘carbon sink’ to offset our carbon use.
LARKI offset the carbon produced by planting trees with Greenfleet.
Victoria Eco Innovation Lab
An interdisciplinary design research group focused on innovation for more sustainable and resilient future cities. The aim is to shift thinking about both what is possible and what is needed using scenarios, modelling, and visualisations of alternative futures to help communicate these ideas.
LARKI Founder has been a contributor, teacher, guest critic, designer on various VEIL initiatives.
Your Career
3D Scanner & Modeler - Sydney
Dive into the cutting edge of 3D laser scanning technology and 3D existing condition modeling to help make great architecture more affordable.
This you?
- Keen interest in 3D laser scanning & BIM software;
- You think apps, drones & tech in general is super cool;
- Work experience in a architecture or land surveying office;
- Self-learner, proactive & outcomes focused;
- Like a mix of work outdoors in the field as well as office work;
- Team player but also happy to work independently & remotely;
- On-board with the idea of working in an excting high growth tech startup.
You’ll be working with Simon Cookes (CEO), Daniel Moore (CTO), and the rest of the awesome team of 15 pre-design experts.
Simon worked for architects in Tokyo, the best architects in Australia (ARM) and ran his own architecture firm for 10 years. He judged the Architecture Awards, taught final year architectural design at Uni Melb, and presents at conferences about 3D surveys.
LARKI has managed to get some of the best project managers and architects in this part of the world using LARKI 3D Surveys – such as JLL, Vic State Govt, Deakin Uni, John Wardle, FJMT, 6 Degrees, and FKA. To help them design better buildings and work more efficiently. They are loving it, quotes from customers:
“Whoa – this point cloud survey is next level!… They are an essential tool in any architects workflow… Nice job. Thanks LARKI.” James Murray – Director, Tandem
“LARKI’s work on Nightingale Village has been exceptional… So good to see an entrepreneurial architect see a problem in our industry, design a solution, then roll that solution out as a smart new product tailored specifically for us.” Jeremy McLeod, Director – Breathe Architecture, Co-founder – Nightingale Housing.
Time to take this project to the next level with your help!
Position title: 3D Scanner, Sydney.
The successful applicant will be working in a dynamic co-working space in Wynyard, Sydney, NSW with other tech startups.
This sound cool for now:
- Casual, part-time or full-time.
- $50k to $75k base salary, plus
- 5% possible bonuses.
- And, if you rock, a possible equity opportunity (yep you can own part of the company!)
OK then, you sound like the next key player to rocket our startup & help change the world, literally!
Give Simon a holler at: info@larki.com.au
Accountant, Bookkeeper & Office Admin - Sydney
Join the cutting edge of 3D laser scanning technology and 3D existing condition modeling to help make great architecture more harmonious and affordable.
Is this you?
- Strong background in bookkeeping and office admin.
- Skills in advanced MS Excel/Google Sheets for financial modelling.
- Basic corporate governance.
- Self-learner, proactive and outcome focused.
- Team player but also happy to work independently and remotely.
- You’re excited by the idea of working at a high growth, high achieving tech start up.
You’ll be working with Simon Cookes (CEO), Daniel Moore (CTO), and the rest of the awesome team of 15 pre-design experts.
Simon worked for architects in Tokyo, the best architects in Australia and ran his own architecture firm for 10 years. He judged the Architecture Awards, taught final year architectural design at Uni Melb, and he presents at conferences about 3D surveys.
LARKI has managed to get some of the best project managers and architects in this part of the world using LARKI 3D Surveys – such as JLL, Vic State Govt, Deakin Uni, John Wardle, and many more. To help them design better buildings and work more efficiently. They are loving it, quotes from our customers:
“Whoa – this point cloud survey is next level!… They are an essential tool in any architects workflow… Nice job. Thanks LARKI.” James Murray – Director, Tandem
“LARKI’s work on Nightingale Village has been exceptional… So good to see an entrepreneurial architect see a problem in our industry, design a solution, then roll that solution out as a smart new product tailored specifically for us.” Jeremy McLeod, Director – Breathe Architecture, Co-founder – Nightingale Housing.
Time to take this project to the next level with your help!
Position title: Accountant, Bookkeeper & Office Admin
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in bookkeeping and office administration. You will be comfortable with financial modelling as well as managing corporate compliance. You will also enjoy getting involved in workings of the office and HR as well as being a key driver in the operational plan and strategy of the business.
This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity for someone looking to grow into a senior financial and governance role in a high-growth technology company with global aspirations. The successful candidate will work closely with the Board, CEO, CTO and senior team to make decisions and recommendations regarding the company’s financial strategy, team and operations.
As part of this role, you will be responsible for:
Bookkeeping using Xero, including invoicing, asset register, assisting accountants and partner sales reports.
Own the full P&L and understand all the levers to optimise our approach to balancing growth vs profitability.
Management accounting and assisting with the creation and maintenance of financial models.
Company secretarial tasks including share registers and ASIC.
Administer payroll, staff expenses, PAYG, super, bonuses and other basic HR duties like staff onboarding and culture building activities.
Office administration including rent, insurance, and general executive assistance.
Be the finance voice at the decision-making table and work closely with the CEO to drive budgets and operational performance.
Drive ROI by deep-diving into complex operational questions across the business and collaborating with Operations, Sales, Product and Marketing.
Be the source of truth for weekly financial reporting and forecasting, and quarterly financial planning for the business.
This sound cool for now:
3 or 4 days per week part-time.
Salary range: $70k to $100k (including super, full-time equivalent pro-rata).
5% possible bonuses.
And, if you rock, a possible equity opportunity (yep, you can own part of the company!)
The successful applicant will be working in a dynamic co-working space in Wynyard, Sydney CBD, NSW with other tech startups (with the possibility of working remotely some of the time as well).
Next steps:
If you are keen, then email Simon at info@larki.com.au with the following:
CV showing work experience doing the above and references.
Your preference of 3 or 4 days per week (pick one)?
What full-time equivalent (5 days per week) salary expectation do you have including super (to be pro-rata for part-time)?
Uni transcript showing accounting subjects (and CPA or equivalent, if you have one.)
Uni grade average out of 100?
Available start date?
- If we are happy with the above then we will book in a time to meet.
Wonderful. Looking forward to hearing from you, so we can make great architecture more harmonious and affordable through 3D tech.
