diff --git a/app/queue.py b/app/queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65e33c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import asyncio
+
+
+class JobQueue:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._queue: asyncio.Queue[str] = asyncio.Queue()
+
+    async def enqueue(self, job_id: str) -> None:
+        await self._queue.put(job_id)
+
+    async def dequeue(self) -> str:
+        return await self._queue.get()
+
+    def size(self) -> int:
+        return self._queue.qsize()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1c8b01d..00c394f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ fastapi==0.123.0
 uvicorn[standard]==0.38.0
 pydantic==2.12.5
 pytest==8.3.0
+pytest-asyncio==0.24.0
 httpx==0.28.1
diff --git a/tests/test_queue.py b/tests/test_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77e283b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import pytest
+import asyncio
+
+from app.queue import JobQueue
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_enqueue_and_dequeue():
+    queue = JobQueue()
+
+    await queue.enqueue("job_123")
+    job_id = await queue.dequeue()
+
+    assert job_id == "job_123"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_queue_ordering():
+    queue = JobQueue()
+
+    await queue.enqueue("job_1")
+    await queue.enqueue("job_2")
+    await queue.enqueue("job_3")
+
+    assert await queue.dequeue() == "job_1"
+    assert await queue.dequeue() == "job_2"
+    assert await queue.dequeue() == "job_3"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_queue_size():
+    queue = JobQueue()
+
+    assert queue.size() == 0
+    await queue.enqueue("job_1")
+    assert queue.size() == 1
+    await queue.enqueue("job_2")
+    assert queue.size() == 2
+    await queue.dequeue()
+    assert queue.size() == 1