SignalArc is the decision engine that runs every read. It does something a keyword scanner can't: it reads the job posting to understand what the role actually demands — the real problem being solved, the risk the hiring manager is managing, the kind of person who actually gets the offer.
SignalArc parses what the job really wants — beneath the requirements list and the corporate phrasing. What problem is this hire solving? What does a safe hire look like?
When you add your resume, it scores your actual experience against those real demands — not a list of matching words, but the underlying requirements the posting was written around.
A VP candidate and a Director candidate applying to the same job have different evidence, different angles, different strengths. SignalArc reads both — separately, precisely.
A Lens is how you tell ArcLens which version of your career you're presenting for a given role. Moving up a level. Moving sideways into something adjacent. Stretching into something bigger.
Without a Lens, ArcLens scores the role against your general background. With a Lens, it scores through the specific angle you're applying from — so the read reflects what matters for that move, not every move you've ever made.
A Lens takes five minutes to build. It asks what kind of role you're targeting, what level, and what direction. Once built, every fit read runs through it.
Three candidates apply to the same Helix Therapeutics posting. Each opens it through the Lens that fits their move. Maren's reads as a Pursue. Jules's as a Conditional. Theo's as a Pass. The role didn't change — the Lens did.
Your Lens decides what you're looking at.
Add your resume and the role read becomes a fit read. Your first three are free — just your name and email, resume not stored. The read runs through your Lens and tells you what the role really needs, whether you match it, and exactly what you'd have to prove in an interview.
Sample Fit Read. Maren Voss is a fictional test candidate; the output is what ArcLens produced through the Operator Pivot Lens.