“Sherlok has the opportunity to fundamentally shift home loans in Australia. Forever.”
Sherlok
Sherlok is on a mission to fundamentally shift the home loan industry in Australia. They are Australia’s first & only retention and refinance platform using AI to predict loan book churn and provide mortgage brokers with single click repricing and refinancing. This helps mortgage brokers build larger loan books, by keeping their existing clients engaged, happy and retained for longer.
Watch the video to hear from the CEO of Sherlok
Key Points
- Role
- CTO
- Location
- Remote within Australia
- Tech stack
- React / AWS / PHP
- Salary
- Market salary + equity
- Company size
- 22+ people
- Funding Stage
- Raised $3.4 million seed round
What Sherlok is all about
Sherlok was founded in 2019 by Adam Grocke. The idea came to him when he was doing work as an Australian leading mortgage broker. He thought there must be a better way.
They are currently at an exciting growth stage as they look to tackle and completely disrupt the Australian home loan market
Sherlok puts their success down to two things.
Firstly, a highly innovative product. Sherlok is Australia’s first & only retention and refinance platform using AI to predict loan book churn and provide mortgage brokers with single click repricing and refinancing. This helps mortgage brokers build larger loan books by keeping their existing clients engaged, happy and retained for longer.
Secondly, and most importantly, is Sherlok’s world-class team. The 22 passionate and exceptionally talented people behind the truly world-class product.
CTO Role
As the company moves from startup to scale-up, Sherlok is looking for its next CTO.
Of the 22 team members, 12 work in engineering across React, AWS, and PHP stack.
As CTO, you’ll work together with Adam, leading Sherlok’s technical direction. This includes shaping the tech team, overseeing architectural changes, and navigating Sherlok’s expansion.
Adam deep dives into the role in this video.
What’s special about this role?
Make a
difference
A product that can totally transform a massive industry and you can play a large part in that
Agency and
autonomy
As CTO, you’ll get a lot of autonomy to lead and shape the technology function as you see fit.
Do what hasn’t
been done before
Have the opportunity the push the boundaries of what has been done in an industry
The details
The team
Some of the smartest and friendliest people in the industry make up the Sherlok team, and all of them are on a mission to make a best-in-market product. As CTO, you’ll be taking charge of a collaborative, high-performing team, and helping upskilling and mentoring
Culture & values
Sherlok’s values are: Think big (10), Start Small. Excellence, not perfection. Play the long game quickly. Courage to be bold and different. And you can tell that they inform the attitude and culture of the organisation as soon interact with the team.
There are hundreds of SaaS companies out there but finding one that can make fundamental shifts in the landscape and has an incredible culture is rare. And that’s what makes coming to work at Sherlok not only fun, but also deeply satisfying.
Financials
Sherlok raised a $3.4m seed round led by Rampersand and co-invested by investible, dovetail, and commonsense.