diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2de99d5..f81087b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ not installed by default, so you'll need to do that too.
 
 ```bash
 # Install the testing and linting dependencies
-
-docker compose exec app pip install --no-cache-dir -e .[test,lint]
+docker compose exec app pip install --no-cache-dir -e '.[test,lint]'
 
 # Run all the tests
 docker compose exec app pytest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dabba13..78af6b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "flask",
     "flower",
     "gunicorn",
-    "psycopg2",
+    "psycopg[c]",
     "redis",
     "sqlalchemy"
 ]
diff --git a/quiabo/__init__.py b/quiabo/__init__.py
index fb46a17..2453f41 100644
--- a/quiabo/__init__.py
+++ b/quiabo/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from flask import Flask
 
-from quiabo import health, root
+from quiabo import health, jobs, root
 from quiabo.celery import celery_init_app
 
 def create_app() -> Flask:
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def create_app() -> Flask:
 
     flask_app.register_blueprint(root.bp)
     flask_app.register_blueprint(health.bp)
+    flask_app.register_blueprint(jobs.bp)
 
     return flask_app
 
diff --git a/quiabo/jobs.py b/quiabo/jobs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8af4310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quiabo/jobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""Routes for submitting and managing OCR jobs."""
+
+import traceback
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from flask import Blueprint, request
+
+from quiabo.tasks import run_tesseract_job
+
+
+bp = Blueprint("jobs", __name__, url_prefix="/jobs")
+
+
+@bp.post("")
+def create_job():
+    """Submit a new OCR job."""
+    job = request.get_json()
+
+    try:
+        for field in ("filelist", "languages", "output"):
+            if field not in job:
+                raise ValueError(f"{field} is required")
+
+        if not isinstance(job["languages"], list):
+            raise ValueError("languages must be a list")
+
+        if not job["languages"]:
+            raise ValueError("languages must not be empty")
+
+        filelist = Path(job["filelist"])
+
+        if not filelist.is_file():
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"{filelist} does not exist or is not a file")
+
+    except (ValueError, FileNotFoundError) as error:
+        return _error_response(error, 422)
+
+
+    try:
+        celery_result = run_tesseract_job.delay(
+            job["filelist"],
+            job["languages"],
+            job["output"],
+        )
+    except Exception as error:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+        return _error_response(error, 500)
+
+    return {
+        "job_id": celery_result.id,
+        "status": "PENDING",
+        "job_status": f"/jobs/{celery_result.id}",
+    }, 202
+
+
+def _error_response(error: Exception, status_code: int):
+    """Build error response."""
+    return {
+        "status": "ERROR",
+        "result": str(error),
+        "traceback": traceback.format_exc(),
+    }, status_code
diff --git a/test/fixtures/files/files.txt b/test/fixtures/files/files.txt
index 0e2a2d3..e3ddc23 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/files/files.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/files/files.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/app/test/fixture/files/testocr.png
+/app/test/fixtures/files/testocr.png
diff --git a/test/unit/test_jobs.py b/test/unit/test_jobs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e3d5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_jobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+"""Tests for the jobs endpoints."""
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+
+def test_create_job(client, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """POST /jobs returns an accepted response."""
+    fake_result = Mock()
+    fake_result.id = "12345"
+    delay = Mock(return_value=fake_result)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("quiabo.jobs.run_tesseract_job.delay", delay)
+
+    filelist = tmp_path / "filelist.txt"
+    filelist.touch()
+
+    job = {
+        "filelist": str(filelist),
+        "languages": ["eng"],
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    delay.assert_called_once_with(
+        str(filelist),
+        ["eng"],
+        "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 202
+    assert response.json == {
+        "job_id": "12345",
+        "status": "PENDING",
+        "job_status": "/jobs/12345",
+    }
+
+def test_create_job_requires_filelist(client):
+    """POST /jobs returns 422 when filelist is missing."""
+    job = {
+        "languages": ["eng"],
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "filelist is required" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_create_job_requires_existing_filelist(client):
+    """POST /jobs returns 422 when a filelist does not exist."""
+    job = {
+        "filelist": "/srv/test/does-not-exist.txt",
+        "languages": ["eng"],
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "does not exist" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_create_job_requires_languages(client, tmp_path):
+    """POST /jobs returns 422 when languages is missing."""
+    filelist = tmp_path / "filelist.txt"
+    filelist.touch()
+
+    job = {
+        "filelist": str(filelist),
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "languages is required" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_create_job_requires_output(client, tmp_path):
+    """POST /jobs returns 422 when output is missing."""
+    filelist = tmp_path / "filelist.txt"
+    filelist.touch()
+
+    job = {
+        "filelist": str(filelist),
+        "languages": ["eng"],
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "output is required" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_create_job_requires_languages_not_empty(client, tmp_path):
+    """POST /jobs returns 422 when languages is empty."""
+    filelist = tmp_path / "filelist.txt"
+    filelist.touch()
+
+    job = {
+        "filelist": str(filelist),
+        "languages": [],
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "languages must not be empty" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_create_job_requires_languages_list(client, tmp_path):
+    """POST /jobs returns 422 when languages is not a list."""
+    filelist = tmp_path / "filelist.txt"
+    filelist.touch()
+
+    job = {
+        "filelist": str(filelist),
+        "languages": "eng",
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "languages must be a list" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_create_job_returns_500_when_queue_fails(client, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """POST /jobs returns 500 when queue fails."""
+    filelist = tmp_path / "filelist.txt"
+    filelist.touch()
+
+    delay = Mock(side_effect=RuntimeError("queue unavailable"))
+    monkeypatch.setattr("quiabo.jobs.run_tesseract_job.delay", delay)
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json={
+        "filelist": str(filelist),
+        "languages": ["eng"],
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    })
+
+    assert response.status_code == 500
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "queue unavailable" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_create_job_requires_filelist_to_be_file(client, tmp_path):
+    """POST /jobs returns 422 when filelist is not a file."""
+    filelist = tmp_path / "filelist"
+    filelist.mkdir()
+
+    job = {
+        "filelist": str(filelist),
+        "languages": ["eng"],
+        "output": "/srv/test/output.pdf",
+    }
+
+    response = client.post("/jobs", json=job)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 422
+    assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
+    assert "does not exist or is not a file" in response.json["result"]
+    assert "traceback" in response.json