Senior Frontend Software Developer

About Us:

Planworth makes it possible for advisors to deliver tailored financial, tax and estate planning guidance to more clients across a broader spectrum of wealth than ever before.

Planworth is a B2B SaaS platform transforming the wealth planning experience and democratizing access to the best planning insights. Our Platform puts a virtual family office in the hands of every advisor so they can seamlessly and cost-effectively move up and down the wealth-complexity curve and provide every client (regardless of net worth) with the same service typically reserved for high-net-worth clientele.

Our mission is to help firms and advisors throughout Canada and across industries (investment advisory, wealth planning, insurance, law, accounting) drive high value client interactions through pointed and ongoing wealth planning guidance.

Planworth has been recognized as a Rising Star by Advocis and as one of Canada’s Best Wealth Tech Providers by Wealth Professional.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. You will work with the our team and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.

You’ll play a key role in improving the frontend architecture for scalability, performance, and maintainability. As the technical lead for frontend development, you'll work closely with the existing team, mentor developers, and set best practices to ensure a high-quality user experience. This is a hands-on role where you'll guide the evolution of our React app and drive the frontend technology strategy forward. We strive to build a strong culture of belonging so that every person feels included and have an equal opportunity to shine! In the short term, this is a REMOTE position – laptop is provided. However, you must reside in Canada.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical direction of the frontend architecture and codebase modernization
• Drive improvements to our standards of security, reliability, performance, tooling, and quality
• Mentor and support other frontend developers, fostering a culture of learning and excellence
• Plan technical roadmaps to simultaneously deliver features and manage technical debt and testing
• Actively own features or systems and define their long-term health, while also improving the health of surrounding systems
• Will work with the following technologies: React, JavaScript, TypeScript, NPM, GraphQL, Cypress

Who You Are:

• Extensive experience with React and modern frontend development
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance optimization, and code quality
• Experience with mentoring, coaching, and pair programming with team members
• Feel comfortable working in a non-structured, agile development environment with short release cycles
• Lead technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions within your team
• Experience with mobile web development (responsive, adaptive) and mobile first website development principles

Nice to Have:

• Experience with web accessibility (a11y) and building inclusive, accessible user interfaces
• Experience working with PDFs in web applications such as rendering, generating, or integrating PDF-related functionality
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
• Experience with AI coding tools such as Copilot or Cursor

If you are eager to make a meaningful impact on Planworth's growth journey, we invite you to apply for this position. Join us in reshaping the future of financial planning!