diff --git a/src/bin/crawler.rs b/src/bin/crawler.rs
index ca9dd51..60b9412 100644
--- a/src/bin/crawler.rs
+++ b/src/bin/crawler.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ use apalis_cron::{CronStream, Schedule};
 use apalis_redis::RedisStorage;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use clap::Parser;
-use lib::jobs::AsyncJob;
-use lib::models::feed::{Feed, GetFeedsOptions};
+use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
 use sqlx::PgPool;
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -14,9 +13,10 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing::{info, instrument};
 
-use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use lib::config::Config;
+use lib::jobs::{AsyncJob, CrawlFeedJob};
 use lib::log::init_worker_tracing;
+use lib::models::feed::{Feed, GetFeedsOptions};
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
 struct Crawl(DateTime<Utc>);
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ pub async fn crawl_fn(job: Crawl, state: Data<Arc<State>>) -> Result<(), CrawlEr
 
         for feed in feeds.into_iter() {
             // self.spawn_crawler_loop(feed, respond_to.clone());
+            // TODO: implement uniqueness on jobs per feed for ~1 minute
             apalis
-                .push(AsyncJob::HelloWorld(feed.feed_id.to_string()))
+                .push(AsyncJob::CrawlFeed(CrawlFeedJob { feed }))
                 .await
                 .map_err(|err| CrawlError::QueueJobError(err.to_string()))?;
         }
diff --git a/src/bin/worker.rs b/src/bin/worker.rs
index d92939b..b8884d2 100644
--- a/src/bin/worker.rs
+++ b/src/bin/worker.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use apalis::layers::retry::RetryPolicy;
 use apalis::layers::tracing::TraceLayer;
 use apalis::prelude::*;
 use apalis_redis::RedisStorage;
 use clap::Parser;
-
 use dotenvy::dotenv;
-use lib::config::Config;
-use lib::jobs::AsyncJob;
-use lib::log::init_worker_tracing;
+use tower::retry::RetryLayer;
 
-pub async fn worker_fn(job: AsyncJob) {
-    tracing::info!(job = ?job, "Hello, world!");
-}
+use lib::config::Config;
+use lib::jobs::{handle_async_job, AsyncJob};
+use lib::log::init_worker_tracing;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -28,9 +26,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     Monitor::<TokioExecutor>::new()
         .register_with_count(2, {
             WorkerBuilder::new("worker")
+                .layer(RetryLayer::new(RetryPolicy::default()))
                 .layer(TraceLayer::new())
                 .backend(apalis_storage)
-                .build_fn(worker_fn)
+                .build_fn(handle_async_job)
         })
         .run()
         .await
diff --git a/src/jobs/crawl_feed.rs b/src/jobs/crawl_feed.rs
index b05a241..812a5ca 100644
--- a/src/jobs/crawl_feed.rs
+++ b/src/jobs/crawl_feed.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tracing::{info, instrument};
 
 use crate::models::feed::Feed;
 
@@ -6,3 +8,9 @@ use crate::models::feed::Feed;
 pub struct CrawlFeedJob {
     pub feed: Feed,
 }
+
+#[instrument(skip_all, fields(feed_id = %feed.feed_id))]
+pub async fn crawl_feed(CrawlFeedJob { feed }: CrawlFeedJob) -> Result<()> {
+    info!("Crawling feed: {:?}", feed.feed_id);
+    Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Not implemented"))
+}
diff --git a/src/jobs/mod.rs b/src/jobs/mod.rs
index 290a1af..43a9cd4 100644
--- a/src/jobs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/jobs/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,47 @@
+use apalis::prelude::*;
+use apalis_redis::RedisStorage;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use thiserror::Error;
+use tracing::{error, info, instrument};
 
 mod crawl_feed;
 
+pub use crawl_feed::CrawlFeedJob;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Clone)]
 pub enum AsyncJob {
     HelloWorld(String),
+    CrawlFeed(CrawlFeedJob),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum AsyncJobError {
+    #[error("error executing job")]
+    JobError(#[from] anyhow::Error),
+}
+
+#[instrument(skip(job, worker_id), fields(worker_id = %worker_id))]
+pub async fn handle_async_job(
+    job: AsyncJob,
+    worker_id: WorkerId,
+    // TODO: add task_id to tracing instrumentation context
+    // it casuses a panic in 0.6.0 currently, see: https://github.com/geofmureithi/apalis/issues/398
+    // task_id: Data<TaskId>,
+) -> Result<(), AsyncJobError> {
+    let result = match job {
+        AsyncJob::HelloWorld(name) => {
+            info!("Hello, {}!", name);
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        AsyncJob::CrawlFeed(job) => crawl_feed::crawl_feed(job).await,
+    };
+
+    match result {
+        Ok(_) => info!("Job completed successfully"),
+        Err(err) => {
+            error!("Job failed: {err:?}");
+            return Err(AsyncJobError::JobError(err));
+        }
+    };
+    Ok(())
 }