Front End Developer - AI Economics Unit

Overview

Whiteshield combines artificial intelligence with economic expertise to solve real policy challenges. Our AI Economics unit transforms complex data into actionable insights that shape how governments and businesses design policies, manage resources, and plan for growth. Whiteshield's AI Economics Unit sits at the intersection of economic policy, data engineering, and applied AI. We design and deploy tools that help public-sector leaders understand economic systems, monitor outcomes, allocate budgets, and simulate policy scenarios using advanced analytics and machine learning.

As a Front-End Developer in Whiteshield's AI Economics Unit, you will build and ship modern, high-performance user experiences for data-intensive policy platforms. You will own the implementation of analytical dashboards, decision tools, and workflow-driven interfaces, collaborating closely with product, design, economists, and backend engineers to translate complex policy concepts into clear, reliable, and elegant front-end experiences. A key part of the role is building robust integrations with API-driven backends, including clean data-binding patterns, resilient asynchronous UX, and strong contract alignment with teams publishing OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.

You will also contribute to a new generation of chat-enabled and AI-assisted product experiences, where conversational interfaces support exploration, explanation, and guided workflows on top of structured policy data.

• Front end:
  Next.js, React, Type Script, modern CSS (Tailwind
  
  CSS or equivalent)
• Backend integration:
  Python APIs (FastAPI) documented via Swagger/OpenAPI
• Data layer:
  Postgre
  
  SQL, SQL-based analytics surfaces
• Dev Ops:
  Docker-first development, Azure Dev Ops CI/CD pipelines
• Nice-to-have:
  Mapbox/Map Libre for geospatial UX, .NET/C# exposure for middleware contexts

• Interactive dashboards and decision platforms for ministries and public entities
• Data-driven interfaces built on administrative and alternative data sources
• Policy indices, forecasting models, and scenario simulators
• AI-enabled workflows, including LLM-assisted insights, with strong governance and security

• Build high-quality front ends using Next.js and React, delivering responsive, accessible, and maintainable UI components
• Implement modern React patterns including hooks, composable components, and predictable state management
• Translate Figma designs into pixel-accurate, production-ready UI with consistent spacing, typography, and interaction design
• Integrate front-end applications with backend services through well-structured API bindings, including data fetching, caching, pagination, and robust error handling
• Work effectively with Swagger/OpenAPI contracts, collaborating with backend teams to ensure consistent schemas, versioning, and predictable payloads
• Contribute to chat-enabled interfaces and AI-assisted UX patterns, including streaming responses, conversation state management, and tool/action-driven UI flows where relevant
• Ensure strong performance across data-heavy screens through rendering optimization, code splitting, and sensible loading strategies
• Contribute to a Docker-first workflow for local development and environment parity
• Work within Azure Dev Ops, with familiarity expected for pipelines, build/release processes, and standard CI/CD practices
• Uphold engineering standards through code reviews, testing practices, and clear documentation

• 2 to 5 years of professional experience delivering front-end applications in production environments
• Strong proficiency with React and Next.js, including modern routing patterns and core rendering concepts
• Solid experience using React hooks and building reusable component abstractions
• Proven experience integrating and binding to REST APIs, including authentication flows, request lifecycle management, and resilient UI states
• Practical familiarity with Swagger/OpenAPI as a basis for integration and contract-driven development
• Excellent CSS and layout skills with a strong grasp of responsive design and accessibility fundamentals
• Demonstrated ability to translate Figma designs into accurate,…