diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 48d5723..c5def5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 .env
-/target
-/Cargo.lock
+target
+Cargo.lock
diff --git a/< b/<
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..808dc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/<
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+pub mod context;
+mod db;
+pub mod errors;
+pub mod migrate;
+mod migrations;
+mod utils;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct WorkerContext {
+    pool: sqlx::PgPool,
+}
+
+type WorkerFn =
+    Box<dyn Fn(WorkerContext, &str) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<(), String>> + Send>>>;
+
+pub struct Worker {
+    concurrency: usize,
+    poll_interval: u32,
+    jobs: HashMap<String, WorkerFn>,
+}
+
+impl Worker {
+    pub fn builder() -> WorkerBuilder {
+        WorkerBuilder {
+            concurrency: None,
+            poll_interval: None,
+            jobs: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct WorkerBuilder {
+    concurrency: Option<usize>,
+    poll_interval: Option<u32>,
+    jobs: Option<HashMap<String, WorkerFn>>,
+}
+
+impl WorkerBuilder {
+    pub fn build(self) -> Worker {
+        Worker {
+            concurrency: self.concurrency.unwrap_or_else(num_cpus::get),
+            poll_interval: self.poll_interval.unwrap_or(1000),
+            jobs: self.jobs.unwrap_or_else(|| HashMap::new()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn concurrency(&mut self, value: usize) -> &mut Self {
+        self.concurrency = Some(value);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn poll_interval(&mut self, value: u32) -> &mut Self {
+        self.poll_interval = Some(value);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn jobs<T, E, Fut, F>(&mut self, identifier: &str, job: F) -> &mut Self
+    where
+        T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>,
+        E: Debug,
+        Fut: Future<Output = Result<(), E>>,
+        F: Fn(WorkerContext, T) -> Fut,
+    {
+        let worker_fn = |ctx, payload| -> Result<(), String> {
+            Box::pin(async move {
+                let p = serde_json::from_str(payload).map_err(|e| format!("{:?}", e))?;
+                job(ctx, p).await.map_err(|e| format!("{:?}", e))?;
+                Ok(())
+            })
+        };
+
+        let job_map = self.jobs.unwrap_or_else(|| HashMap::new());
+        job_map.insert(identifier.to_string(), Box::new(worker_fn));
+        self
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 46d6319..de09b22 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ runtime-async-std-rustls = ["sqlx/runtime-async-std-rustls"]
 runtime-async-std-native-tls = ["sqlx/runtime-async-std-native-tls"]
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.66"
 async-trait = "0.1.58"
+cargo-insta = "1.21.1"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.23", features = ["serde"] }
 futures = "0.3.25"
 getset = "0.1.2"
+num_cpus = "1.14.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.147", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.89"
 sqlx = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["postgres", "json"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f18e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[toolchain]
+profile = "default"
+components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
+channel = "nightly"
diff --git a/src/db/job.rs b/src/db/job.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63d6c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/job.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use chrono::prelude::*;
+use getset::Getters;
+use sqlx::FromRow;
+
+#[derive(FromRow, Getters)]
+#[getset(get = "pub")]
+pub struct Job {
+    id: i32,
+    job_queue_id: i32,
+    task_id: i32,
+    payload: Vec<u8>,
+    priority: i32,
+    run_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    max_attempts: i16,
+    last_error: String,
+    created_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    updated_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    key: String,
+    locked_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    locked_by: String,
+    revision: i32,
+    flags: serde_json::Value,
+    is_available: bool,
+}
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5eb5348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod job;
diff --git a/src/job.rs b/src/job.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df0d374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/job.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use std::{fmt::Debug, future::ready, marker::PhantomData, pin::Pin};
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use futures::{future::LocalBoxFuture, Future, FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
+use getset::Getters;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+#[derive(Getters)]
+#[getset(get = "pub")]
+pub struct JobCtx {
+    pool: sqlx::PgPool,
+}
+
+pub struct Payload<T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>>(T);
+
+impl<T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>> Payload<T> {
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> serde_json::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self(serde_json::from_str(s)?))
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait JobHandler<O, E: Debug + From<serde_json::Error>, Fut: Future<Output = Result<O, E>>> {
+    fn handler(&self, ctx: JobCtx, payload: &str) -> Fut;
+}
+
+struct JobFn<T, O, E, Fut, F>
+where
+    E: Debug + From<serde_json::Error>,
+    Fut: Future<Output = Result<O, E>>,
+    T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>,
+    F: Fn(JobCtx, Payload<T>) -> Fut,
+{
+    job_fn: F,
+    t: PhantomData<T>,
+    o: PhantomData<O>,
+    e: PhantomData<E>,
+    fut: PhantomData<Fut>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, T, O, E, Fut2, F> JobHandler<O, E, LocalBoxFuture<'a, Result<O, E>>> for JobFn<T, O, E, Fut2, F>
+where
+    E: Debug + From<serde_json::Error>,
+    T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de>,
+    Fut2: Future<Output = Result<O, E>>,
+    F: Fn(JobCtx, Payload<T>) -> Fut2,
+{
+    fn handler(&self, ctx: JobCtx, payload: &str) -> LocalBoxFuture<'a, Result<O, E>> {
+        ready(Payload::from_str(payload).map_err(|e| E::from(e)))
+            .and_then(|de_payload| (self.job_fn)(ctx, de_payload))
+            .boxed_local()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7c5899f..c7ecad1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,96 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use futures::FutureExt;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
 pub mod context;
+mod db;
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod migrate;
 mod migrations;
 mod utils;
 
-pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
-    left + right
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct WorkerContext {
+    pool: sqlx::PgPool,
+}
+
+type WorkerFn =
+    Box<dyn Fn(WorkerContext, &str) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<(), String>> + Send>>>;
+
+pub struct Worker {
+    concurrency: usize,
+    poll_interval: u32,
+    jobs: HashMap<String, WorkerFn>,
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
+impl Worker {
+    pub fn builder() -> WorkerBuilder {
+        WorkerBuilder {
+            concurrency: None,
+            poll_interval: None,
+            jobs: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct WorkerBuilder {
+    concurrency: Option<usize>,
+    poll_interval: Option<u32>,
+    jobs: Option<HashMap<String, WorkerFn>>,
+}
+
+impl WorkerBuilder {
+    pub fn build(self) -> Worker {
+        Worker {
+            concurrency: self.concurrency.unwrap_or_else(num_cpus::get),
+            poll_interval: self.poll_interval.unwrap_or(1000),
+            jobs: self.jobs.unwrap_or_else(|| HashMap::new()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn concurrency(&mut self, value: usize) -> &mut Self {
+        self.concurrency = Some(value);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn poll_interval(&mut self, value: u32) -> &mut Self {
+        self.poll_interval = Some(value);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn jobs<T, E, Fut, F>(&mut self, identifier: &str, job_fn: F) -> &mut Self
+    where
+        T: for<'de> Deserialize<'de> + Send,
+        E: Debug,
+        Fut: Future<Output = Result<(), E>> + Send,
+        F: Fn(WorkerContext, T) -> Fut + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
+    {
+        let worker_fn = |ctx, payload| {
+            async {
+                let de_payload = serde_json::from_str(payload).cloned();
+
+                match de_payload {
+                    Err(e) => Err(format!("{:?}", e)),
+                    Ok(p) => {
+                        let job_result = job_fn.clone()(ctx, p).await;
+                        match job_result {
+                            Err(e) => Err(format!("{:?}", e)),
+                            Ok(v) => Ok(v),
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            .boxed()
+        };
 
-    #[test]
-    fn it_works() {
-        let result = add(2, 2);
-        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+        let job_map = self.jobs.unwrap_or_else(|| HashMap::new());
+        job_map.insert(identifier.to_string(), Box::new(worker_fn));
+        self
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 934be98..266eea8 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-use sqlx::{query, Executor, Postgres};
+use sqlx::{query_as, Executor, FromRow, Postgres};
 
 use crate::errors::Result;
 
+#[derive(FromRow)]
+struct EscapeIdentifierRow {
+    escaped_identifier: String,
+}
+
 pub async fn escape_identifier<'e, E: Executor<'e, Database = Postgres>>(
     executor: E,
     identifier: &str,
 ) -> Result<String> {
-    let escaped_identifier = query!(
-        "select format('%I', $1::text) as escaped_identifier",
-        identifier
-    )
-    .fetch_one(executor)
-    .await?
-    .escaped_identifier
-    .unwrap();
+    let result: EscapeIdentifierRow =
+        query_as("select format('%I', $1::text) as escaped_identifier")
+            .bind(identifier)
+            .fetch_one(executor)
+            .await?;
 
-    Ok(escaped_identifier)
+    Ok(result.escaped_identifier)
 }