Helion Energy
Software Engineer, Front End
Everett, Washington, USA · full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$21,086 more — $206,086 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $206,086 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised over $1 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors SoftBank and Lightspeed to propel us forward.
Requirements
- Experience with prototyping and design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.).
- Desired Skills: Experience with real-time or streaming data visualization.
Skills
- Strong experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, or Angular).
- Proficiency in JavaScript/Typescript, HTML, and CSS.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
- Comfortable embedding with end-users and adapting to a fast-paced engineering environment.
- Experience with real-time or streaming data visualization.
- Familiarity with UX research methods (interviews, shadowing, usability testing).
- Experience with alerting/monitoring tools and designing for critical operations.
- Background in human factors engineering or industrial HMI (Human-Machine Interfaces).
- Experience with visualization libraries (D3.js, Plotly, Recharts).
- Familiarity with backend APIs, WebSockets, or GraphQL for data integration.
- Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.
- Our last prototype, Trenta, completed 10,000 high-power pulses and reached plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV).
Compensation
- $185k-$240k
Benefits
- We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Company info
- We are now operating Polaris, our next prototype on the path to the world's first fusion power plant.
Equal opportunity
- If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.
This listing is sourced directly from Helion Energy's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.