Frontend Engineer II - React/Next.js & AI Features

Chegg Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Chegg Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer II, Frontend to own student-facing web experiences built with React/Next.js. You’ll work on GraphQL data layers, AI-powered study features, and collaborate across frontend, product, design, and backend teams.

Expect a frontend-first role with some backend exposure and a focus on quality, testing, and performance. You will apply security best practices, instrument feature telemetry, and contribute to reusable UI components while shipping reliable,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of frontend engineering with production web apps.
• Strong experience with React and Next.js; proficient in TypeScript.
• Knowledge of web security, performance, and accessibility basics.
• Experience designing/consuming APIs (GraphQL, REST) and client-state patterns.
• Solid testing and release validation discipline (Vitest/Jest, RTL, Playwright/Cypress).
• Comfort with AI-assisted development tools and evaluating model outputs.

Responsibilities

• Own frontend features end-to-end from design to production.
• Translate product requirements into component architecture and data contracts.
• Debug UI cross-system issues and optimize for performance and reliability.
• Build AI-powered study features with safe fallbacks and telemetry.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend to deliver high-impact workflows.
• Review code, enforce quality, and maintain documentation.

Skills

React & Next.js

TypeScript

GraphQL

Testing (Vitest/Jest, RTL)

CI/CD & Frontend QA

AI-assisted development

Tools

AWS

Auth0

Node.js basics

REST/WebSockets

Job description

Chegg Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer II, Frontend to own student-facing web experiences built with React/Next.js. You’ll work on GraphQL data layers, AI-powered study features, and collaborate across frontend, product, design, and backend teams.

Expect a frontend-first role with some backend exposure and a focus on quality, testing, and performance. You will apply security best practices, instrument feature telemetry, and contribute to reusable UI components while shipping reliable,