diff --git a/Envfile b/Envfile
index 1a812559d..1adf35299 100644
--- a/Envfile
+++ b/Envfile
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ variable :REDIS_SESSIONS_URL, :String, default: "redis://localhost:6379"
 variable :SESSION_KEY, :String, default: "_Dev_Community_Session"
 variable :SESSION_EXPIRY_SECONDS, :Integer, default: 1209600 # two weeks in seconds
 
+# Redis Sidekiq storage
+variable :REDIS_SIDEKIQ_URL, :String, default: "redis://localhost:6379"
+
 ################################################
 ############## 3rd Party Services ##############
 ################################################
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8c2d6dd18..25fd32647 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ gem "rouge", "~> 3.14" # A pure-ruby code highlighter
 gem "rubyzip", "~> 2.0" # Rubyzip is a ruby library for reading and writing zip files
 gem "s3_direct_upload", "~> 0.1" # Direct Upload to Amazon S3
 gem "sass-rails", "~> 6.0" # Sass adapter for the Rails asset pipeline
+gem "sidekiq", "~> 6.0.4" # Sidekiq is used to process background jobs with the help of Redis
 gem "sitemap_generator", "~> 6.0" # SitemapGenerator is a framework-agnostic XML Sitemap generator
 gem "skylight", "~> 4.2" # Skylight is a smart profiler for Rails, Sinatra, and other Ruby apps
 gem "slack-notifier", "~> 2.3" # A slim ruby wrapper for posting to slack webhooks
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 70d27059c..9403b2c88 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -723,6 +723,11 @@ GEM
     shellany (0.0.1)
     shoulda-matchers (4.1.2)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
+    sidekiq (6.0.4)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.2.2)
+      rack (>= 2.0.0)
+      rack-protection (>= 2.0.0)
+      redis (>= 4.1.0)
     signet (0.12.0)
       addressable (~> 2.3)
       faraday (~> 0.9)
@@ -966,6 +971,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sass-rails (~> 6.0)
   sdoc (~> 1.0)
   shoulda-matchers (= 4.1.2)
+  sidekiq (~> 6.0.4)
   simplecov (~> 0.17)
   sitemap_generator (~> 6.0)
   skylight (~> 4.2)
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 2fd56bb5f..67c796ecb 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 release: STATEMENT_TIMEOUT=180000 bundle exec rails db:migrate
 web: bin/start-pgbouncer bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb
 worker: bundle exec rails jobs:work
+sidekiq_worker: bundle exec sidekiq -t 25
diff --git a/Procfile.dev b/Procfile.dev
index f60935238..3e104f1a1 100644
--- a/Procfile.dev
+++ b/Procfile.dev
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 web: bin/rails s -p 3000
 webpacker: ./bin/webpack-dev-server
 job: bin/rake jobs:work
+sidekiq: bundle exec sidekiq
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..baa6e56d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+  sidekiq_url = ApplicationConfig["REDIS_SIDEKIQ_URL"] || ApplicationConfig["REDIS_URL"]
+  config.redis = { url: sidekiq_url }
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e32421603..793d390a2 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     registrations: "registrations"
   }
 
+  require "sidekiq/web"
   authenticated :user, ->(user) { user.tech_admin? } do
     mount DelayedJobWeb, at: "/delayed_job"
+    mount Sidekiq::Web => "/sidekiq"
   end
 
   devise_scope :user do
diff --git a/docs/technical-overview/stack.md b/docs/technical-overview/stack.md
index 3806be0f6..3869002e6 100644
--- a/docs/technical-overview/stack.md
+++ b/docs/technical-overview/stack.md
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ For the Dev.to tech stack we use:
 - [_Honeybadger_](https://www.honeybadger.io/) for error monitoring
 - [_Timber_](https://timber.io/) for logging
 - [_Delayed Job_](https://github.com/collectiveidea/delayed_job) and
-  [_Active Job_](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_job_basics.html) for
-  background workers
+- [_Sidekiq_](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq) (will be replacing delayed
+  job) and [_Active Job_](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_job_basics.html)
+  for background workers
 - [_Algolia_](https://www.algolia.com/) for search
 - [_Redcarpet_](https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet) and
   [_Rouge_](https://github.com/jneen/rouge) to parse Markdown
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 54d828d81..f1f046be6 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require "webmock/rspec"
 require "test_prof/recipes/rspec/before_all"
 require "test_prof/recipes/rspec/let_it_be"
 require "test_prof/recipes/rspec/sample"
+require "sidekiq/testing"
 
 # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc, in
 # spec/support/ and its subdirectories. Files matching `spec/**/*_spec.rb` are