diff --git a/frontend/jest.config.js b/frontend/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7a6340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const nextJest = require('next/jest')
+
+const createJestConfig = nextJest({
+  // Provide the path to your Next.js app to load next.config.js and .env files in your test environment
+  dir: './',
+})
+
+// Add any custom config to be passed to Jest
+const customJestConfig = {
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/jest.setup.js'],
+  testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-jsdom',
+  moduleNameMapper: {
+    '^@/(.*)$': '<rootDir>/src/$1',
+  },
+}
+
+// createJestConfig is exported this way to ensure that next/jest can load the Next.js config which is async
+module.exports = createJestConfig(customJestConfig)
diff --git a/frontend/jest.setup.js b/frontend/jest.setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29ae8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/jest.setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom'
+
+// Mock fetch globally
+global.fetch = jest.fn()
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index b486e93..2183fb5 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "dev": "next dev",
     "build": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
-    "lint": "next lint"
+    "lint": "next lint",
+    "test": "jest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@hookform/resolvers": "^3.10.0",
@@ -63,12 +64,18 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@tailwindcss/postcss": "^4.1.9",
+    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.9.1",
+    "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.0",
+    "@types/jest": "^30.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^22",
     "@types/react": "^18",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18",
     "eslint": "^9.39.1",
+    "jest": "^30.2.0",
+    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^30.2.0",
     "postcss": "^8.5",
     "tailwindcss": "^4.1.9",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "tw-animate-css": "1.3.3",
     "typescript": "^5"
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/__tests__/api.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/__tests__/api.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0e3184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/__tests__/api.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+let jobsApi: any
+let companiesApi: any
+let usersApi: any
+
+// Mock environment variable
+const ORIGINAL_ENV = process.env
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules()
+    process.env = { ...process.env, NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL: 'http://test-api.com/api/v1' }
+
+    // Re-require modules to pick up new env vars
+    const api = require('../api')
+    jobsApi = api.jobsApi
+    companiesApi = api.companiesApi
+    usersApi = api.usersApi
+
+    global.fetch = jest.fn()
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+})
+
+afterAll(() => {
+    process.env = ORIGINAL_ENV
+})
+
+describe('API Client', () => {
+    describe('jobsApi', () => {
+        it('should fetch jobs with correct parameters', async () => {
+            const mockJobs = {
+                data: [{ id: 1, title: 'Dev Job' }],
+                pagination: { total: 1 }
+            }
+                ; (global.fetch as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+                    ok: true,
+                    json: async () => mockJobs,
+                })
+
+            const response = await jobsApi.list({ page: 1, limit: 10, companyId: 5 })
+
+            expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                'http://test-api.com/api/v1/jobs?page=1&limit=10&companyId=5',
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                    headers: expect.objectContaining({
+                        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+                    })
+                })
+            )
+            expect(response).toEqual(mockJobs)
+        })
+
+        it('should handle API errors correctly', async () => {
+            ; (global.fetch as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+                ok: false,
+                status: 404,
+                text: async () => 'Not Found',
+            })
+
+            await expect(jobsApi.list()).rejects.toThrow('Not Found')
+        })
+    })
+
+    describe('companiesApi', () => {
+        it('should create company correctly', async () => {
+            const mockCompany = { id: '123', name: 'Test Corp' }
+                ; (global.fetch as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+                    ok: true,
+                    json: async () => mockCompany,
+                })
+
+            const newCompany = { name: 'Test Corp', slug: 'test-corp' }
+            await companiesApi.create(newCompany)
+
+            expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                'http://test-api.com/api/v1/companies',
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                    method: 'POST',
+                    body: JSON.stringify(newCompany)
+                })
+            )
+        })
+    })
+
+    describe('URL Construction', () => {
+        it('should handle double /api/v1 correctly', async () => {
+            ; (global.fetch as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+                ok: true,
+                json: async () => ([]),
+            })
+
+            // We need to import the raw apiRequest function to test this properly, 
+            // but since it's not exported, we simulate via an exported function
+            await usersApi.list()
+
+            // The apiRequest logic handles URL cleaning.
+            // Expected: base http://test-api.com/api/v1 + endpoint /api/v1/users -> http://test-api.com/api/v1/users
+            // NOT http://test-api.com/api/v1/api/v1/users
+
+            expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                'http://test-api.com/api/v1/users',
+                expect.any(Object)
+            )
+        })
+    })
+})