diff --git a/src/queues/email-send.queue.test.ts b/src/queues/email-send.queue.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+
+const mockAdd = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'job-1' }))
+
+vi.mock('bullmq', () => ({
+  Queue: vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    add: mockAdd,
+  })),
+}))
+
+import { enqueueEmailSend, type EmailSendJobData, resetQueueForTesting } from './email-send.queue'
+import { Queue } from 'bullmq'
+
+describe('enqueueEmailSend', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+    resetQueueForTesting()
+  })
+
+  it('enqueued Job mit korrekten Daten', async () => {
+    const data: EmailSendJobData = {
+      tenantId: 'tenant1',
+      campaignId: 'campaign-uuid',
+      recipientEmail: 'empfaenger@example.com',
+      recipientHash: 'abc123hash',
+    }
+    const result = await enqueueEmailSend(data)
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(mockAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith('send', data, expect.objectContaining({ attempts: 3 }))
+  })
+
+  it('gibt Job-ID zurück', async () => {
+    const data: EmailSendJobData = {
+      tenantId: 'tenant1',
+      campaignId: 'c1',
+      recipientEmail: 'x@example.com',
+      recipientHash: 'hash1',
+    }
+    const result = await enqueueEmailSend(data)
+    if (result.ok) expect(result.data).toBe('job-1')
+  })
+
+  it('gibt err zurück wenn Queue.add wirft', async () => {
+    mockAdd.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Redis down'))
+    const result = await enqueueEmailSend({
+      tenantId: 't1', campaignId: 'c1', recipientEmail: 'x@x.com', recipientHash: 'h1',
+    })
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false)
+    if (!result.ok) expect(result.error.message).toBe('Redis down')
+  })
+
+  it('nutzt exponentielles Backoff', async () => {
+    await enqueueEmailSend({
+      tenantId: 't1', campaignId: 'c1', recipientEmail: 'x@x.com', recipientHash: 'h1',
+    })
+    expect(mockAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'send',
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        backoff: expect.objectContaining({ type: 'exponential' }),
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('Queue wird mit Queue-Name "email:send" initialisiert', async () => {
+    await enqueueEmailSend({ tenantId: 't1', campaignId: 'c1', recipientEmail: 'x@x.com', recipientHash: 'h1' })
+    const { Queue: MockQueue } = await import('bullmq')
+    expect(MockQueue).toHaveBeenCalledWith('email:send', expect.anything())
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/queues/email-send.queue.ts b/src/queues/email-send.queue.ts
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+import { Queue } from 'bullmq'
+import { ok, err, type Result } from '../lib/result'
+
+export interface EmailSendJobData {
+  tenantId: string
+  campaignId: string
+  recipientEmail: string
+  recipientHash: string
+}
+
+const connection = {
+  host: process.env.REDIS_HOST ?? 'localhost',
+  port: Number(process.env.REDIS_PORT ?? 6379),
+}
+
+let _queue: Queue<EmailSendJobData> | null = null
+
+function getQueue(): Queue<EmailSendJobData> {
+  if (!_queue) {
+    _queue = new Queue<EmailSendJobData>('email:send', { connection })
+  }
+  return _queue
+}
+
+/** Nur für Tests — setzt den Queue-Singleton zurück */
+export function resetQueueForTesting(): void {
+  _queue = null
+}
+
+export async function enqueueEmailSend(data: EmailSendJobData): Promise<Result<string>> {
+  try {
+    const job = await getQueue().add('send', data, {
+      attempts: 3,
+      backoff: { type: 'exponential', delay: 2000 },
+      removeOnComplete: 100,
+      removeOnFail: { count: 500 },
+    })
+    return ok(job.id ?? 'unknown')
+  } catch (e) {
+    return err(e instanceof Error ? e : new Error(String(e)))
+  }
+}