diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
index d790c58..04f290d 100644
--- a/.env.test
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DATABASE_URI="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/whisper_api_test"
 ENVIRONMENT="development"
 API_SECRET="foo"
+REDIS_URI="redis://localhost:6379/0"
diff --git a/app/alembic/versions/c43a1ddae8b7_add_job_and_artifact_tables.py b/app/alembic/versions/c43a1ddae8b7_add_job_and_artifact_tables.py
index 02fac72..b8d0a71 100644
--- a/app/alembic/versions/c43a1ddae8b7_add_job_and_artifact_tables.py
+++ b/app/alembic/versions/c43a1ddae8b7_add_job_and_artifact_tables.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Revises:
 Create Date: 2023-01-05 12:00:58.824773
 
 """
-from alembic import op
 import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
 from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
 
 # revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ def upgrade() -> None:
             sa.Enum("Create", "Error", "Success", name="jobstatus"),
             nullable=False,
         ),
-        sa.Column(
-            "type", sa.Enum("Transcript", name="jobtype"), nullable=False
-        ),
+        sa.Column("type", sa.Enum("Transcript", name="jobtype"), nullable=False),
         sa.Column(
             "created_at",
             sa.DateTime(),
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 114b610..d5e618b 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@ from pydantic import BaseSettings
 
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    API_SECRET: str
     DATABASE_URI: str
     ENVIRONMENT: str
-    API_SECRET: str
-
-    class Config:
-        env_file = ".env"
-        env_file_encoding = "utf-8"
+    REDIS_URI: str
 
 
 if "ENVIRONMENT" in os.environ and os.environ["ENVIRONMENT"] == "test":
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index c47d7b4..c2e99af 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ from uuid import UUID
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Path
 from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
-from app.db.base import get_session
 
-from app.db.dtos import Job, JobStatus, JobType
+import app.db.dtos as dtos
 import app.db.models as models
-
-from .security import authenticate_api_key
+from app.db.base import get_session
+from app.utils.security import authenticate_api_key
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
@@ -25,29 +24,35 @@ class TranscriptPayload(BaseModel):
     url: AnyHttpUrl
 
 
-@api_router.post("/transcripts", response_model=Job)
+@api_router.post("/transcripts", response_model=dtos.Job)
 def create_transcript(
     payload: TranscriptPayload, session: Session = Depends(get_session)
 ) -> models.Job:
-    job = models.Job(url=payload.url, status=JobStatus.Create, type=JobType.Transcript)
+    job = models.Job(
+        url=payload.url, status=dtos.JobStatus.Create, type=dtos.JobType.Transcript
+    )
     session.add(job)
     session.flush()
     return job
 
 
-@api_router.get("/transcripts", response_model=List[Job])
+@api_router.get("/transcripts", response_model=List[dtos.Job])
 def get_transcripts(session: Session = Depends(get_session)) -> List[models.Job]:
-    return session.query(models.Job).filter(models.Job.type == JobType.Transcript).all()
+    return (
+        session.query(models.Job)
+        .filter(models.Job.type == dtos.JobType.Transcript)
+        .all()
+    )
 
 
-@api_router.get("/transcripts/{id}", response_model=Job)
+@api_router.get("/transcripts/{id}", response_model=dtos.Job)
 def get_transcript(
     id: UUID = Path(), session: Session = Depends(get_session)
-) -> Optional[Job]:
+) -> Optional[dtos.Job]:
     job = (
         session.query(models.Job)
         .filter(models.Job.id == id)
-        .filter(models.Job.type == JobType.Transcript)
+        .filter(models.Job.type == dtos.JobType.Transcript)
         .one_or_none()
     )
     if not job:
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ def delete_transcript(
     id: UUID = Path(), session: Session = Depends(get_session)
 ) -> None:
     session.query(models.Job).filter(models.Job.id == id).filter(
-        models.Job.type == JobType.Transcript
+        models.Job.type == dtos.JobType.Transcript
     ).delete()
     return None
 
diff --git a/app/tests/test_api.py b/app/tests/test_api.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 22c59a5..0000000
--- a/app/tests/test_api.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
-
-from app.main import app
-import app.db.models as models
-
-client = TestClient(app)
-
-
-def test_create_task(db_session: Session) -> None:
-    jobs = db_session.query(models.Job).all()
-    assert len(jobs) == 0
diff --git a/app/utils/__init__.py b/app/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/security.py b/app/utils/security.py
similarity index 100%
rename from app/security.py
rename to app/utils/security.py
diff --git a/app/worker.py b/app/worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7827237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from celery import Celery
+
+from .config import settings
+
+celery = Celery(__name__)
+
+celery.conf.broker_url = settings.REDIS_URI
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index 0866c5b..0fb117c 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -11,5 +11,3 @@ RUN pip install -U pip
 RUN pip install .[test]
 
 # The source code is mounted as a volume at /code, no need to copy.
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "./app/start.sh"]
diff --git a/dev.docker-compose.yml b/dev.docker-compose.yml
index 7d8b19e..590e2c2 100644
--- a/dev.docker-compose.yml
+++ b/dev.docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,12 @@
 version: "3.8"
 
-services:
-  app:
-    container_name: whisper_api_app
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: dev.Dockerfile
-    environment:
-      DATABASE_URI: postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgres/whisper_api
-      ENVIRONMENT: development
-      API_SECRET: foobar
-    ports:
-      - "8000:80"
-    networks:
-      - app
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/code
-    depends_on:
-      postgres:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      redis:
-        condition: service_started
+x-app-variables: &app-variables
+  API_SECRET: a_very_secret_token
+  DATABASE_URI: postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgres/whisper_api
+  ENVIRONMENT: development
+  REDIS_URI: redis://redis:6379/0
 
+services:
   postgres:
     container_name: whisper_api_postgres
     image: postgres:15-alpine
@@ -44,6 +29,53 @@ services:
   redis:
     container_name: whisper_api_redis
     image: redis:7-alpine
+    ports:
+      - 6379:6379
+    networks:
+      - app
+
+  app:
+    container_name: whisper_api_app
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: dev.Dockerfile
+    command: bash ./app/start.sh
+    environment: *app-variables
+    ports:
+      - "8000:80"
+    networks:
+      - app
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/code
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_started
+
+  worker:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: dev.Dockerfile
+    container_name: whisper_api_worker
+    command: celery --app=app.worker.celery worker --loglevel=info
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/code
+    environment: *app-variables
+    depends_on:
+      - app
+      - redis
+    networks:
+      - app
+
+  flower:
+    container_name: whisper_api_flower
+    image: mher/flower
+    command: celery --broker redis://redis:6379/0 flower --port=5555
+    ports:
+      - 5555:5555
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
     networks:
       - app
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a5980f8..0cf12a8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 
 dependencies=[
   "alembic ==1.9.0",
+  "celery[redis] ==5.2.7",
   "fastapi ==0.88.0",
   "psycopg2 ==2.9.5",
   "python-dotenv ==0.21.0",