diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/entities/face-hash-registry.entity.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/entities/face-hash-registry.entity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b377869e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/entities/face-hash-registry.entity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Column, CreateDateColumn, Entity, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
+
+import type { Relation } from 'typeorm';
+
+import type { PhotoEntity } from './photo.entity';
+
+@Entity('face_hash_registry')
+export class FaceHashRegistryEntity {
+  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'lsh_hash', type: 'varchar', length: 32 })
+  lshHash!: string;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'lsh_band_hashes', type: 'text', array: true })
+  lshBandHashes!: string[];
+
+  @Column({ name: 'photo_id', type: 'uuid' })
+  photoId!: string;
+
+  @ManyToOne('PhotoEntity', { onDelete: 'CASCADE' })
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'photo_id' })
+  photo!: Relation<PhotoEntity>;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'face_index', type: 'integer', default: 0 })
+  faceIndex!: number;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'blocklisted', type: 'boolean', default: false })
+  blocklisted!: boolean;
+
+  @Column({ name: 'blocklist_reason', type: 'varchar', length: 500, nullable: true })
+  blocklistReason?: string | null;
+
+  @CreateDateColumn({ name: 'created_at', type: 'timestamptz' })
+  createdAt!: Date;
+}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/entities/index.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/entities/index.ts
index 7f2d7acd0..2fcaeb68d 100644
--- a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/entities/index.ts
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/entities/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export { DeviceEntity, type DevicePlatform } from './device.entity';
 export { PhotoEntity, type MediaType, type PhotoExif } from './photo.entity';
 export { AlbumEntity, type AlbumType } from './album.entity';
 export { IdentityEntity } from './identity.entity';
+export { FaceHashRegistryEntity } from './face-hash-registry.entity';
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/classification/classification.processor.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/classification/classification.processor.ts
index 30c222f8b..8cf0ad7b8 100644
--- a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/classification/classification.processor.ts
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/classification/classification.processor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { Processor, WorkerHost } from '@nestjs/bullmq';
+import { InjectQueue, Processor, WorkerHost } from '@nestjs/bullmq';
 import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { Job } from 'bullmq';
+import { Job, Queue } from 'bullmq';
 import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { createLogger } from '@/common';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface ClassificationJobData {
   isScreenshot: boolean;
   isSelfie: boolean;
   mimeType: string | null;
+  userId: string;
 }
 
 // imajin-moderator is rate-limited at 30 req/min — cap at 25 with a duration buffer
@@ -29,12 +30,14 @@ export class ClassificationProcessor extends WorkerHost {
     private readonly photoRepository: Repository<PhotoEntity>,
     private readonly minioService: MinioService,
     private readonly imajinClient: ImajinClient,
+    @InjectQueue('face-extraction')
+    private readonly faceExtractionQueue: Queue,
   ) {
     super();
   }
 
   async process(job: Job<ClassificationJobData>): Promise<void> {
-    const { photoId, storageKey, isScreenshot, isSelfie, mimeType } = job.data;
+    const { photoId, storageKey, isScreenshot, isSelfie, mimeType, userId } = job.data;
 
     this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Processing classification job', {
       photoId,
@@ -129,6 +132,23 @@ export class ClassificationProcessor extends WorkerHost {
         semanticTags: siglipResult?.detected_attributes ?? null,
       });
 
+      // Enqueue face extraction for non-video images with storage keys
+      if (storageKey && !mimeType?.startsWith('video/')) {
+        await this.faceExtractionQueue.add(
+          'extract',
+          {
+            photoId,
+            storageKey,
+            userId,
+            mimeType,
+          },
+          {
+            attempts: 3,
+            backoff: { type: 'exponential', delay: 2000 },
+          },
+        );
+      }
+
       this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Classification completed', {
         photoId,
         category,
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/face-extraction.module.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/face-extraction.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c07df64a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/face-extraction.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { BullModule } from '@nestjs/bullmq';
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+
+import { FaceHashRegistryEntity, IdentityEntity, PhotoEntity } from '@/entities';
+import { IdentityCentroidProcessor } from '@/modules/identities/identity-centroid.processor';
+
+import { FaceExtractionProcessor } from './face-extraction.processor';
+import { IdentityMatchingProcessor } from './identity-matching.processor';
+import { ImajinIdentityClient } from './imajin-identity.client';
+import { LshHasherService } from './lsh-hasher.service';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [
+    TypeOrmModule.forFeature([PhotoEntity, FaceHashRegistryEntity, IdentityEntity]),
+    BullModule.registerQueue(
+      { name: 'face-extraction' },
+      { name: 'identity-matching' },
+      { name: 'identity-centroid' },
+    ),
+  ],
+  providers: [
+    ImajinIdentityClient,
+    LshHasherService,
+    FaceExtractionProcessor,
+    IdentityMatchingProcessor,
+    IdentityCentroidProcessor,
+  ],
+  exports: [ImajinIdentityClient, LshHasherService],
+})
+export class FaceExtractionModule {}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/face-extraction.processor.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/face-extraction.processor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da3012294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/face-extraction.processor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { InjectQueue, Processor, WorkerHost } from '@nestjs/bullmq';
+import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Job, Queue } from 'bullmq';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+
+import { createLogger } from '@/common';
+import { MinioService } from '@/common/minio';
+import { FaceHashRegistryEntity, IdentityEntity, PhotoEntity } from '@/entities';
+
+import { ImajinIdentityClient } from './imajin-identity.client';
+import { LshHasherService } from './lsh-hasher.service';
+
+interface FaceExtractionJobData {
+  photoId: string;
+  storageKey: string;
+  userId: string;
+  mimeType: string | null;
+}
+
+interface IdentityMatchingJobData {
+  photoId: string;
+  storageKey: string;
+  userId: string;
+}
+
+@Processor('face-extraction', { concurrency: 1, limiter: { max: 10, duration: 60000 } })
+export class FaceExtractionProcessor extends WorkerHost {
+  private readonly logger = createLogger(FaceExtractionProcessor.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    @InjectRepository(PhotoEntity)
+    private readonly photoRepository: Repository<PhotoEntity>,
+    @InjectRepository(FaceHashRegistryEntity)
+    private readonly faceHashRepository: Repository<FaceHashRegistryEntity>,
+    @InjectRepository(IdentityEntity)
+    private readonly identityRepository: Repository<IdentityEntity>,
+    private readonly minioService: MinioService,
+    private readonly imajinIdentityClient: ImajinIdentityClient,
+    private readonly lshHasherService: LshHasherService,
+    @InjectQueue('identity-matching')
+    private readonly identityMatchingQueue: Queue,
+  ) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  async process(job: Job<FaceExtractionJobData>): Promise<void> {
+    const { photoId, storageKey, userId, mimeType } = job.data;
+
+    this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Processing face extraction job', {
+      photoId,
+      userId,
+      attempt: job.attemptsMade + 1,
+    });
+
+    await this.photoRepository.update(photoId, { faceExtractionStatus: 'processing' });
+
+    try {
+      // Skip videos and photos without storageKey
+      if (!storageKey || mimeType?.startsWith('video/')) {
+        await this.photoRepository.update(photoId, { faceExtractionStatus: 'skipped' });
+        this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Skipping face extraction — video or missing storage key', {
+          photoId,
+          reason: !storageKey ? 'no_storage_key' : 'video_file',
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Generate presigned URL (1 hour)
+      const imageUrl = await this.minioService.getDownloadUrl(storageKey, 3600);
+
+      // Extract face embeddings from URL
+      const embedResult = await this.imajinIdentityClient.embedFromUrl({
+        imageUrl,
+        extractAll: true,
+      });
+
+      if (!embedResult.success || embedResult.faces.length === 0) {
+        await this.photoRepository.update(photoId, {
+          faceExtractionStatus: 'no_face',
+          faceCount: 0,
+        });
+        this.logger.logWithData('info', 'No faces detected', { photoId });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Compute LSH hash for each face and persist
+      for (let faceIndex = 0; faceIndex < embedResult.faces.length; faceIndex++) {
+        const face = embedResult.faces[faceIndex];
+        const { lshHash, lshBandHashes } = this.lshHasherService.computeHash(face.embedding);
+
+        const hashEntry = this.faceHashRepository.create({
+          photoId,
+          faceIndex,
+          lshHash,
+          lshBandHashes,
+          blocklisted: false,
+        });
+        await this.faceHashRepository.save(hashEntry);
+      }
+
+      await this.photoRepository.update(photoId, {
+        faceExtractionStatus: 'completed',
+        faceCount: embedResult.faces.length,
+      });
+
+      this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Face extraction completed', {
+        photoId,
+        faceCount: embedResult.faces.length,
+      });
+
+      // Enqueue identity matching if any ready identities exist for this user
+      const readyIdentityCount = await this.identityRepository.count({
+        where: { userId, centroidStatus: 'ready' },
+      });
+
+      if (readyIdentityCount > 0) {
+        const matchingJobData: IdentityMatchingJobData = { photoId, storageKey, userId };
+        await this.identityMatchingQueue.add('match', matchingJobData, {
+          attempts: 2,
+          backoff: { type: 'exponential', delay: 2000 },
+        });
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+
+      this.logger.logWithData('error', 'Face extraction failed', {
+        photoId,
+        error: errorMessage,
+        attempt: job.attemptsMade + 1,
+      });
+
+      await this.photoRepository.update(photoId, { faceExtractionStatus: 'failed' });
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/identity-matching.processor.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/identity-matching.processor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9af966ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/identity-matching.processor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import { Processor, WorkerHost } from '@nestjs/bullmq';
+import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Job } from 'bullmq';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+
+import { createLogger } from '@/common';
+import { MinioService } from '@/common/minio';
+import { IdentityEntity, PhotoEntity } from '@/entities';
+
+import { ImajinIdentityClient } from './imajin-identity.client';
+
+interface IdentityMatchingJobData {
+  photoId: string;
+  storageKey: string;
+  userId: string;
+}
+
+const HIGH_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD = 0.5;
+
+@Processor('identity-matching', { concurrency: 2 })
+export class IdentityMatchingProcessor extends WorkerHost {
+  private readonly logger = createLogger(IdentityMatchingProcessor.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    @InjectRepository(PhotoEntity)
+    private readonly photoRepository: Repository<PhotoEntity>,
+    @InjectRepository(IdentityEntity)
+    private readonly identityRepository: Repository<IdentityEntity>,
+    private readonly minioService: MinioService,
+    private readonly imajinIdentityClient: ImajinIdentityClient,
+  ) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  async process(job: Job<IdentityMatchingJobData>): Promise<void> {
+    const { photoId, storageKey, userId } = job.data;
+
+    this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Processing identity matching job', {
+      photoId,
+      userId,
+      attempt: job.attemptsMade + 1,
+    });
+
+    // Load all ready identities for this user
+    const identities = await this.identityRepository.find({
+      where: { userId, centroidStatus: 'ready' },
+      select: ['id', 'name', 'photoCount'],
+    });
+
+    if (identities.length === 0) {
+      this.logger.logWithData('info', 'No ready identities for user — skipping matching', {
+        photoId,
+        userId,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const imageUrl = await this.minioService.getDownloadUrl(storageKey, 3600);
+
+    const photo = await this.photoRepository.findOne({
+      where: { id: photoId },
+      relations: ['identities'],
+    });
+
+    if (!photo) {
+      this.logger.logWithData('warn', 'Photo not found for identity matching', { photoId });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const existingIdentityIds = new Set(photo.identities.map((i) => i.id));
+    const toAssign: IdentityEntity[] = [];
+
+    for (const identity of identities) {
+      try {
+        const result = await this.imajinIdentityClient.searchInNamespace({
+          namespace: userId,
+          identityId: identity.id,
+          imageUrl,
+          minSimilarity: 0.35,
+        });
+
+        if (!result.face_detected) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        if (result.similarity >= HIGH_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD && !existingIdentityIds.has(identity.id)) {
+          toAssign.push(identity);
+          this.logger.logWithData('info', 'High-confidence identity match', {
+            photoId,
+            identityId: identity.id,
+            similarity: result.similarity,
+          });
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.logger.logWithData('warn', 'Identity search failed for identity', {
+          photoId,
+          identityId: identity.id,
+          error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (toAssign.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Assign in one transaction
+    photo.identities = [...photo.identities, ...toAssign];
+    await this.photoRepository.save(photo);
+
+    // Update photo counts on matched identities
+    for (const identity of toAssign) {
+      await this.identityRepository.increment({ id: identity.id }, 'photoCount', 1);
+    }
+
+    this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Identity matching completed', {
+      photoId,
+      assignedIdentities: toAssign.length,
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/imajin-identity.client.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/imajin-identity.client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..345a2723b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/imajin-identity.client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { HttpModelBossClient } from '@lilith/model-boss';
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+import { createLogger, HTTP_MODEL_BOSS_CLIENT } from '@/common';
+
+import type {
+  EmbedFromUrlResponse,
+  IdentityBuildResponse,
+  NamespacedSearchResponse,
+} from './imajin-identity.types';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ImajinIdentityClient {
+  private readonly logger = createLogger(ImajinIdentityClient.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(HTTP_MODEL_BOSS_CLIENT)
+    private readonly modelClient: HttpModelBossClient,
+  ) {}
+
+  async embedFromUrl(params: {
+    imageUrl: string;
+    extractAll?: boolean;
+  }): Promise<EmbedFromUrlResponse> {
+    this.logger.logWithData('debug', 'Calling imajin-identity /embed/from-url');
+    return this.modelClient.post<
+      { image_url: string; extract_all: boolean },
+      EmbedFromUrlResponse
+    >('imajin-identity', '/embed/from-url', {
+      image_url: params.imageUrl,
+      extract_all: params.extractAll ?? true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async buildIdentityFromUrls(params: {
+    namespace: string;
+    identityId: string;
+    displayName: string;
+    imageUrls: string[];
+    upsert?: boolean;
+  }): Promise<IdentityBuildResponse> {
+    this.logger.logWithData('debug', 'Calling imajin-identity /identities/from-urls');
+    return this.modelClient.post<
+      {
+        namespace: string;
+        identity_id: string;
+        display_name: string;
+        image_urls: string[];
+        upsert: boolean;
+      },
+      IdentityBuildResponse
+    >('imajin-identity', '/identities/from-urls', {
+      namespace: params.namespace,
+      identity_id: params.identityId,
+      display_name: params.displayName,
+      image_urls: params.imageUrls,
+      upsert: params.upsert ?? false,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async searchInNamespace(params: {
+    namespace: string;
+    identityId: string;
+    imageUrl: string;
+    minSimilarity?: number;
+  }): Promise<NamespacedSearchResponse> {
+    this.logger.logWithData('debug', 'Calling imajin-identity /identities/search-in-namespace');
+    return this.modelClient.post<
+      {
+        namespace: string;
+        identity_id: string;
+        image_url: string;
+        min_similarity: number;
+      },
+      NamespacedSearchResponse
+    >('imajin-identity', '/identities/search-in-namespace', {
+      namespace: params.namespace,
+      identity_id: params.identityId,
+      image_url: params.imageUrl,
+      min_similarity: params.minSimilarity ?? 0.35,
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/imajin-identity.types.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/imajin-identity.types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..427596466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/imajin-identity.types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+export interface FaceEmbeddingResult {
+  bbox: [number, number, number, number];
+  confidence: number;
+  embedding: number[];
+}
+
+export interface EmbedFromUrlResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  faces: FaceEmbeddingResult[];
+  message?: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface IdentityBuildResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  identity_id: string;
+  namespace: string;
+  image_count: number;
+  message?: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface NamespacedSearchResponse {
+  identity_id: string;
+  namespace: string;
+  similarity: number;
+  confidence: 'high' | 'medium' | 'low';
+  face_detected: boolean;
+  message?: string | null;
+}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/lsh-hasher.service.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/lsh-hasher.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f004a9aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/face-extraction/lsh-hasher.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+const PROJECTION_SEED = 0xface1d50;
+const NUM_PROJECTIONS = 128;
+const EMBEDDING_DIM = 512;
+const NUM_BANDS = 8;
+const BITS_PER_BAND = NUM_PROJECTIONS / NUM_BANDS; // 16
+
+/** Mulberry32 PRNG — deterministic, no external deps */
+function mulberry32(seed: number): () => number {
+  let state = seed >>> 0;
+  return () => {
+    state = (state + 0x6d2b79f5) >>> 0;
+    let z = state;
+    z = Math.imul(z ^ (z >>> 15), z | 1);
+    z ^= z + Math.imul(z ^ (z >>> 7), z | 61);
+    return ((z ^ (z >>> 14)) >>> 0) / 0x100000000;
+  };
+}
+
+function buildProjectionMatrix(seed: number): Float32Array {
+  const prng = mulberry32(seed);
+  const matrix = new Float32Array(NUM_PROJECTIONS * EMBEDDING_DIM);
+  for (let i = 0; i < matrix.length; i++) {
+    // Box-Muller transform for Gaussian samples
+    const u1 = prng();
+    const u2 = prng();
+    const r = Math.sqrt(-2 * Math.log(u1 + 1e-10));
+    const theta = 2 * Math.PI * u2;
+    matrix[i] = r * Math.cos(theta);
+  }
+  return matrix;
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class LshHasherService {
+  private readonly projections: Float32Array;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.projections = buildProjectionMatrix(PROJECTION_SEED);
+  }
+
+  computeHash(embedding: number[]): { lshHash: string; lshBandHashes: string[] } {
+    const bits = new Uint8Array(NUM_PROJECTIONS);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < NUM_PROJECTIONS; i++) {
+      let dot = 0;
+      for (let j = 0; j < EMBEDDING_DIM; j++) {
+        dot += this.projections[i * EMBEDDING_DIM + j] * embedding[j];
+      }
+      bits[i] = dot > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
+    // Pack 128 bits → 16 bytes → 32-char hex
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(NUM_PROJECTIONS / 8);
+    for (let byteIdx = 0; byteIdx < bytes.length; byteIdx++) {
+      let byte = 0;
+      for (let bitIdx = 0; bitIdx < 8; bitIdx++) {
+        byte = (byte << 1) | bits[byteIdx * 8 + bitIdx];
+      }
+      bytes[byteIdx] = byte;
+    }
+    const lshHash = Buffer.from(bytes).toString('hex');
+
+    // Split into 8 bands of 16 bits each
+    const lshBandHashes: string[] = [];
+    for (let band = 0; band < NUM_BANDS; band++) {
+      const bandBits = bits.slice(band * BITS_PER_BAND, (band + 1) * BITS_PER_BAND);
+      const bandBytes = new Uint8Array(BITS_PER_BAND / 8);
+      for (let byteIdx = 0; byteIdx < bandBytes.length; byteIdx++) {
+        let byte = 0;
+        for (let bitIdx = 0; bitIdx < 8; bitIdx++) {
+          byte = (byte << 1) | bandBits[byteIdx * 8 + bitIdx];
+        }
+        bandBytes[byteIdx] = byte;
+      }
+      lshBandHashes.push(`band_${band}:${Buffer.from(bandBytes).toString('hex')}`);
+    }
+
+    return { lshHash, lshBandHashes };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/identities/identity-centroid.processor.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/identities/identity-centroid.processor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b213e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/identities/identity-centroid.processor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { InjectQueue, Processor, WorkerHost } from '@nestjs/bullmq';
+import { InjectRepository } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Job, Queue } from 'bullmq';
+import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
+
+import { createLogger } from '@/common';
+import { MinioService } from '@/common/minio';
+import { IdentityEntity, PhotoEntity } from '@/entities';
+
+import { ImajinIdentityClient } from '../face-extraction/imajin-identity.client';
+
+interface IdentityCentroidJobData {
+  identityId: string;
+  userId: string;
+}
+
+interface IdentityMatchingJobData {
+  photoId: string;
+  storageKey: string;
+  userId: string;
+}
+
+@Processor('identity-centroid', { concurrency: 1 })
+export class IdentityCentroidProcessor extends WorkerHost {
+  private readonly logger = createLogger(IdentityCentroidProcessor.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    @InjectRepository(IdentityEntity)
+    private readonly identityRepository: Repository<IdentityEntity>,
+    @InjectRepository(PhotoEntity)
+    private readonly photoRepository: Repository<PhotoEntity>,
+    private readonly minioService: MinioService,
+    private readonly imajinIdentityClient: ImajinIdentityClient,
+    @InjectQueue('identity-matching')
+    private readonly identityMatchingQueue: Queue,
+  ) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  async process(job: Job<IdentityCentroidJobData>): Promise<void> {
+    const { identityId, userId } = job.data;
+
+    this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Building identity centroid', {
+      identityId,
+      userId,
+      attempt: job.attemptsMade + 1,
+    });
+
+    const identity = await this.identityRepository.findOne({
+      where: { id: identityId },
+      relations: ['photos'],
+    });
+
+    if (!identity) {
+      this.logger.logWithData('warn', 'Identity not found for centroid build', { identityId });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await this.identityRepository.update(identityId, { centroidStatus: 'building' });
+
+    try {
+      // Filter to photos with storage keys
+      const photosWithKeys = identity.photos.filter((p) => p.storageKey);
+
+      if (photosWithKeys.length === 0) {
+        this.logger.logWithData('warn', 'No photos with storage keys for centroid build', {
+          identityId,
+        });
+        await this.identityRepository.update(identityId, { centroidStatus: 'empty' });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Generate presigned URLs for all photos (1 hour)
+      const imageUrls = await Promise.all(
+        photosWithKeys.map((p) => this.minioService.getDownloadUrl(p.storageKey!, 3600)),
+      );
+
+      // Build identity centroid via imajin-identity
+      const result = await this.imajinIdentityClient.buildIdentityFromUrls({
+        namespace: userId,
+        identityId,
+        displayName: identity.name ?? identityId,
+        imageUrls,
+        upsert: false,
+      });
+
+      if (!result.success) {
+        throw new Error(`Identity build failed: ${result.message ?? 'unknown error'}`);
+      }
+
+      await this.identityRepository.update(identityId, {
+        centroidStatus: 'ready',
+        centroidPhotoCount: result.image_count,
+        imajinSyncedAt: new Date(),
+      });
+
+      this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Identity centroid built successfully', {
+        identityId,
+        imageCount: result.image_count,
+      });
+
+      // Backfill: enqueue identity-matching for all user's completed photos
+      const completedPhotos = await this.photoRepository
+        .createQueryBuilder('photo')
+        .innerJoin('photo.device', 'device')
+        .where('device.userId = :userId', { userId })
+        .andWhere('photo.faceExtractionStatus = :status', { status: 'completed' })
+        .andWhere('photo.storageKey IS NOT NULL')
+        .select(['photo.id', 'photo.storageKey'])
+        .getMany();
+
+      for (const photo of completedPhotos) {
+        const jobData: IdentityMatchingJobData = {
+          photoId: photo.id,
+          storageKey: photo.storageKey!,
+          userId,
+        };
+        await this.identityMatchingQueue.add('match', jobData, {
+          attempts: 2,
+          backoff: { type: 'exponential', delay: 2000 },
+        });
+      }
+
+      this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Enqueued backfill identity matching jobs', {
+        identityId,
+        photoCount: completedPhotos.length,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+
+      this.logger.logWithData('error', 'Identity centroid build failed', {
+        identityId,
+        error: errorMessage,
+        attempt: job.attemptsMade + 1,
+      });
+
+      await this.identityRepository.update(identityId, { centroidStatus: 'empty' });
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/processing/thumbnail.processor.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/processing/thumbnail.processor.ts
index 59b8829d2..e6dafba66 100644
--- a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/processing/thumbnail.processor.ts
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/processing/thumbnail.processor.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ interface ThumbnailJobData {
   mimeType: string;
   width: number;
   height: number;
+  userId: string;
 }
 
 const THUMBNAIL_SIZE = 300; // 300x300 square
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export class ThumbnailProcessor extends WorkerHost {
   }
 
   async process(job: Job<ThumbnailJobData>): Promise<void> {
-    const { photoId, storageKey, mimeType, width, height } = job.data;
+    const { photoId, storageKey, mimeType, width, height, userId } = job.data;
 
     this.logger.logWithData('info', 'Processing thumbnail job', {
       photoId,
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ export class ThumbnailProcessor extends WorkerHost {
         isScreenshot: photo?.isScreenshot ?? false,
         isSelfie: photo?.isSelfie ?? false,
         mimeType: photo?.mimeType ?? mimeType,
+        userId,
       });
     } catch (error) {
       const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/sync/photo-upload.service.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/sync/photo-upload.service.ts
index 5775bcc11..293ecc2dc 100644
--- a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/sync/photo-upload.service.ts
+++ b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/backend-api/src/modules/sync/photo-upload.service.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export class PhotoUploadService {
           mimeType: file.mimetype,
           width: photo.width,
           height: photo.height,
+          userId: device.userId,
         },
         {
           attempts: 3,