Background Jobs

Overview

Background jobs enable asynchronous processing of tasks outside the request-response cycle. This skill covers job queue patterns, scheduling, worker management, retry strategies, and monitoring for reliable task execution across different frameworks and languages.

Key Concepts

Job Queue Patterns

Bull Queue (Node.js/Redis):

import Queue, { Job, JobOptions } from "bull";
import { Redis } from "ioredis";

// Queue configuration
interface QueueConfig {
  name: string;