diff --git a/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/decoder.go b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/decoder.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14dbd2165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/decoder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Copyright © 2023 Meroxa, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package schemaregistry
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/cerrors"
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/log"
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/record"
+	"github.com/lovromazgon/franz-go/pkg/sr"
+)
+
+type Decoder struct {
+	client *Client
+	serde  *sr.Serde
+	logger log.CtxLogger
+}
+
+func NewDecoder(client *Client, logger log.CtxLogger, serde *sr.Serde) *Decoder {
+	return &Decoder{
+		client: client,
+		serde:  serde,
+		logger: logger.WithComponent("schemaregistry.Decoder"),
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) Decode(ctx context.Context, b record.RawData) (record.StructuredData, error) {
+	var out record.StructuredData
+	err := d.serde.Decode(b.Raw, &out)
+	if cerrors.Is(err, sr.ErrNotRegistered) {
+		err = d.findAndRegisterSchema(ctx, b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// retry decoding
+		err = d.serde.Decode(b.Raw, &out)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, cerrors.Errorf("failed to decode raw data: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) findAndRegisterSchema(ctx context.Context, b record.RawData) error {
+	id, _, _ := d.serde.Header().DecodeID(b.Raw) // we know this won't throw an error since Decode didn't return ErrBadHeader
+	s, err := d.client.SchemaByID(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cerrors.Errorf("failed to get schema: %w", err)
+	}
+	sf, ok := DefaultSchemaFactories[s.Type]
+	if !ok {
+		return cerrors.Errorf("unknown schema type %q (%d)", s.Type.String(), s.Type)
+	}
+	schema, err := sf.Parse(s.Schema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cerrors.Errorf("failed to parse schema: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	d.serde.Register(
+		id,
+		record.StructuredData{},
+		sr.EncodeFn(encodeFn(schema, sr.SubjectSchema{ID: id})),
+		sr.DecodeFn(decodeFn(schema, sr.SubjectSchema{ID: id})),
+	)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func decodeFn(schema Schema, ss sr.SubjectSchema) func(b []byte, a any) error {
+	return func(b []byte, a any) error {
+		err := schema.Unmarshal(b, a)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cerrors.Errorf("failed to unmarshal data with schema (ID: %v, subject: %v, version: %v): %w", ss.ID, ss.Subject, ss.Version, err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/encoder.go b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/encoder.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f69a5a66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/encoder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// Copyright © 2023 Meroxa, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package schemaregistry
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/cerrors"
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/log"
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/record"
+	"github.com/lovromazgon/franz-go/pkg/sr"
+)
+
+type Encoder struct {
+	client *Client
+	serde  *sr.Serde
+	logger log.CtxLogger
+
+	SchemaStrategy
+}
+
+type SchemaStrategy interface {
+	GetSchema(context.Context, *Client, log.CtxLogger, record.StructuredData) (Schema, sr.SubjectSchema, error)
+}
+
+func NewEncoder(client *Client, logger log.CtxLogger, serde *sr.Serde, strategy SchemaStrategy) *Encoder {
+	return &Encoder{
+		client:         client,
+		serde:          serde,
+		logger:         logger.WithComponent("schemaregistry.Encoder"),
+		SchemaStrategy: strategy,
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) Encode(ctx context.Context, sd record.StructuredData) (record.RawData, error) {
+	s, ss, err := e.GetSchema(ctx, e.client, e.logger, sd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return record.RawData{}, cerrors.Errorf("failed to get schema: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	b, err := e.serde.Encode(sd, sr.ID(ss.ID))
+	if cerrors.Is(err, sr.ErrNotRegistered) {
+		// TODO note that we need to register specific indexes when adding support for protobuf
+		e.serde.Register(
+			ss.ID,
+			record.StructuredData{},
+			sr.EncodeFn(encodeFn(s, ss)),
+			sr.DecodeFn(decodeFn(s, ss)),
+		)
+
+		// try to encode again
+		b, err = e.serde.Encode(sd, sr.ID(ss.ID))
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return record.RawData{}, cerrors.Errorf("failed to encode data: %w", err)
+	}
+	return record.RawData{Raw: b}, nil
+}
+
+type ExtractAndUploadSchemaStrategy struct {
+	Type    sr.SchemaType
+	Subject string
+}
+
+func (str ExtractAndUploadSchemaStrategy) GetSchema(ctx context.Context, client *Client, _ log.CtxLogger, sd record.StructuredData) (Schema, sr.SubjectSchema, error) {
+	sf, ok := DefaultSchemaFactories[str.Type]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, sr.SubjectSchema{}, cerrors.Errorf("unknown schema type %q (%d)", str.Type.String(), str.Type)
+	}
+
+	s, err := sf.SchemaForType(sd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sr.SubjectSchema{}, cerrors.Errorf("could not extract avro schema: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	ss, err := client.CreateSchema(ctx, str.Subject, sr.Schema{
+		Schema:     s.String(),
+		Type:       str.Type,
+		References: nil,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sr.SubjectSchema{}, cerrors.Errorf("could not create schema: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return s, ss, nil
+}
+
+type DownloadSchemaStrategy struct {
+	Subject string
+	// TODO add support for specifying "latest"
+	Version int
+}
+
+func (str DownloadSchemaStrategy) GetSchema(ctx context.Context, client *Client, _ log.CtxLogger, _ record.StructuredData) (Schema, sr.SubjectSchema, error) {
+	// fetch schema from registry
+	ss, err := client.SchemaBySubjectVersion(ctx, str.Subject, str.Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sr.SubjectSchema{}, cerrors.Errorf("could not fetch schema with subject %q and version %q: %w", str.Subject, str.Version, err)
+	}
+
+	sf, ok := DefaultSchemaFactories[ss.Type]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, sr.SubjectSchema{}, cerrors.Errorf("unknown schema type %q (%d)", ss.Type.String(), ss.Type)
+	}
+
+	s, err := sf.Parse(ss.Schema.Schema)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sr.SubjectSchema{}, err
+	}
+	return s, ss, nil
+}
+
+func encodeFn(schema Schema, ss sr.SubjectSchema) func(v any) ([]byte, error) {
+	return func(v any) ([]byte, error) {
+		b, err := schema.Marshal(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, cerrors.Errorf("failed to marshal data with schema (ID: %v, subject: %v, version: %v): %w", ss.ID, ss.Subject, ss.Version, err)
+		}
+		return b, nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/encoder_test.go b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/encoder_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9200a0d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/encoder_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// Copyright © 2023 Meroxa, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package schemaregistry
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/foundation/log"
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/record"
+	"github.com/lovromazgon/franz-go/pkg/sr"
+	"github.com/matryer/is"
+)
+
+func TestEncodeDecode_ExtractAndUploadSchemaStrategy(t *testing.T) {
+	is := is.New(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	logger := log.Nop()
+
+	var serde sr.Serde
+	client, err := NewClient(logger, sr.URLs(testSchemaRegistryURL(t)))
+	is.NoErr(err)
+
+	have := record.StructuredData{
+		"myString": "bar",
+		"myInt":    1,
+		"myFloat":  2.3,
+		"myMap": map[string]any{
+			"foo": true,
+			"bar": 2.2,
+		},
+		"myStruct": record.StructuredData{
+			"foo": 1,
+			"bar": false,
+		},
+		"mySlice": []int{1, 2, 3},
+	}
+	want := record.StructuredData{
+		"myString": "bar",
+		"myInt":    1,
+		"myFloat":  2.3,
+		"myMap": map[string]any{
+			"foo": true,
+			"bar": 2.2,
+		},
+		"myStruct": map[string]any{ // records are unmarshaled into a map
+			"foo": 1,
+			"bar": false,
+		},
+		"mySlice": []any{1, 2, 3}, // slice without type
+	}
+
+	for schemaType := range DefaultSchemaFactories {
+		t.Run(schemaType.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
+			is := is.New(t)
+			enc := NewEncoder(client, logger, &serde, ExtractAndUploadSchemaStrategy{
+				Type:    schemaType,
+				Subject: "test1" + schemaType.String(),
+			})
+			dec := NewDecoder(client, logger, &serde)
+
+			bytes, err := enc.Encode(ctx, have)
+			is.NoErr(err)
+
+			got, err := dec.Decode(ctx, bytes)
+			is.NoErr(err)
+
+			is.Equal(want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncodeDecode_DownloadStrategy_Avro(t *testing.T) {
+	is := is.New(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	logger := log.Nop()
+
+	var serde sr.Serde
+	client, err := NewClient(logger, sr.URLs(testSchemaRegistryURL(t)))
+	is.NoErr(err)
+
+	have := record.StructuredData{
+		"myString": "bar",
+		"myInt":    1,
+	}
+	want := record.StructuredData{
+		"myString": "bar",
+		"myInt":    1,
+	}
+	ss, err := client.CreateSchema(ctx, "test2", sr.Schema{
+		Type: sr.TypeAvro,
+		Schema: `
+{
+  "type":"record",
+  "name":"record",
+  "fields":[
+    {"name":"myString","type":"string"},
+    {"name":"myInt","type":"int"}
+  ]
+}`,
+	})
+	is.NoErr(err)
+
+	enc := NewEncoder(client, logger, &serde, DownloadSchemaStrategy{
+		Subject: ss.Subject,
+		Version: ss.Version,
+	})
+	dec := NewDecoder(client, logger, &serde)
+
+	bytes, err := enc.Encode(ctx, have)
+	is.NoErr(err)
+
+	got, err := dec.Decode(ctx, bytes)
+	is.NoErr(err)
+
+	is.Equal(want, got)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/schema.go b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/schema.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69b276d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/schema.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright © 2023 Meroxa, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package schemaregistry
+
+import (
+	"github.com/conduitio/conduit/pkg/processor/schemaregistry/avro"
+	"github.com/lovromazgon/franz-go/pkg/sr"
+)
+
+type Schema interface {
+	// Marshal returns the encoded representation of v.
+	Marshal(v any) ([]byte, error)
+	// Unmarshal parses encoded data and stores the result in the value pointed
+	// to by v. If v is nil or not a pointer, Unmarshal returns an error.
+	Unmarshal(b []byte, v any) error
+	// String returns the textual representation of the schema.
+	String() string
+}
+
+type SchemaFactory struct {
+	// Parse takes the textual representation of the schema and parses it into
+	// a Schema.
+	Parse func(string) (Schema, error)
+	// SchemaForType returns a Schema that matches the structure of v.
+	SchemaForType func(v any) (Schema, error)
+}
+
+var DefaultSchemaFactories = map[sr.SchemaType]SchemaFactory{
+	avro.Type: {
+		Parse:         func(s string) (Schema, error) { return avro.Parse(s) },
+		SchemaForType: func(v any) (Schema, error) { return avro.SchemaForType(v) },
+	},
+}