Signal Advisors is on a mission to solve the retirement crisis. 69% of Americans do not work with a financial advisor today, and only a quarter have a financial plan. Our team is reimagining a 60-year-old industry—bringing new technologies, comprehensive services, and an inspired vision to financial advisors. Supported by our incredible investors, we’ve grown from a small Detroit-based team in 2020 to over 120 team members dispersed across the country.

We are: Empowering Leaders. Client Advocates. Entrepreneurial Champions.

Our team is a blend of industry experts and technologists building a better business, together. We’re in it for the long haul. Are you looking to be part of a dedicated, dispersed team where you can architect your impact and shape the company’s vision? Join us at Signal!

THE JOB

Join Signal Advisors to build and maintain cutting-edge web applications on our platform. You'll be instrumental in crafting an industry-leading user experience using technologies like React to rapidly deliver highly available software for our fast-growing financial services business. Our Independent Financial Advisor platform securely handles sensitive data and offers features such as real-time commission information, secure document uploads, and notifications. While experience in financial services is a plus, it's not required.

WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and designers to deliver user-friendly and highly available platform features.
• Identify potential third-party integrations to streamline frontend development.
• Take ownership of the platform and drive continuous improvement of the user interface for a best-in-class experience.
• Design and develop React components within a single-page application architecture.
• Document components and design patterns for easy adoption by the team.
• Manage frontend infrastructure on cloud providers like AWS, Heroku, and GCP.
• Implement observability across frontend systems for efficient debugging and issue diagnosis.
  

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN TEAM MEMBERS

• Product-Minded: You're passionate about building great user experiences and understand the impact of your work on business goals.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: You're self-directed, take ownership, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Engineering Experience & Passion: You're dedicated to creating elegant and effective solutions and have demonstrated competency in frontend technologies.

WHAT YOU HAVE

• 3+ years of experience with frontend frameworks (preferably React), including component library creation and application architecture.
• Strong understanding of JSX, TypeScript, and asynchronous client-side software.
• Experience with unit and end-to-end testing frameworks.
• A user-centered approach to identify and address user pain points.
• Solid understanding of CSS, JSS, or other styling solutions.
• Experience with design tools (preferably Figma).
• Comfort working with NodeJS REST APIs.
• Experience with GCP and AWS managed services (e.g., Cloud Run, Cloud Datastore, Lambda/Cloud Functions, Firebase).
• Familiarity with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
  

WHAT WE VALUE @ SIGNAL

These are the values that drive how we operate and make decisions.

🌔 We’re obsessed with finding a better way. Never settle for less.
🪄 We amaze every client, every time. A great company is built one client at a time.
🏃 We act with a sense of urgency. We use our best judgment to act urgently on the right things at the right time.
👀 We raise our level of awareness. Everything starts with awareness. We’re curious and alert to what is happening around us.
🏈 We find inches everywhere around us. There are thousands of opportunities to make an impact. We take those opportunities and act.
🧭 We do the right thing. Sticking to the highest standard of integrity is not optional.
💪 We have strong opinions, loosely held. It’s not about WHO is right, it’s about WHAT is right.
❓ Simplicity is Genius. Simplicity doesn’t just clarify; it makes things better for everyone. It’s that simple.
🙏 Ideas are valued, execution is worshiped. Great ideas get you to the 50-yard line; outstanding execution gets you into the end zone.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data.

In addition to salary, our team members benefits include:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• FSA or HSA-eligible health plans
• 3% 401k company contribution with no vesting period
• Paid parental leave
• Learning & Development stipend
• Wellness Programs
• Flexible vacation policy
• 10 company-wide holidays
• $500 for your home office setup
• Remote-first company
• Annual all-company retreat
• Competitive equity package based on on role and level

Our company is committed to building a team that represents people from many different backgrounds and professional, educational, and life experiences. We strongly encourage you to apply. Think of our job postings as just the start of the conversation. Take the leap — you might just be the perfect person for one of our open roles, even if you don’t fully match every requirement on the job description.