diff --git a/apps/api/app/git/credential_storage.py b/apps/api/app/git/credential_storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6159a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/app/git/credential_storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import uuid
+
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from app.git.credentials import CredentialStorage, GitCredential
+from app.models.credential import Credential
+
+
+class DatabaseCredentialStorage(CredentialStorage):
+    def __init__(self, session: AsyncSession) -> None:
+        self.session = session
+
+    async def create(self, credential: GitCredential) -> uuid.UUID:
+        row = Credential(
+            id=credential.id,
+            kind=str(credential.kind),
+            encrypted_payload=credential.encrypted_payload,
+        )
+        self.session.add(row)
+        await self.session.flush()
+        return row.id
+
+    async def get(self, credential_id: uuid.UUID) -> GitCredential | None:
+        row = await self.session.get(Credential, credential_id)
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        return GitCredential(
+            id=row.id,
+            kind=row.kind,
+            encrypted_payload=row.encrypted_payload,
+            created_at=row.created_at,
+            updated_at=row.updated_at,
+        )
+
+    async def delete(self, credential_id: uuid.UUID) -> None:
+        row = await self.session.get(Credential, credential_id)
+        if row is not None:
+            await self.session.delete(row)
+            await self.session.flush()
diff --git a/apps/api/app/git/credentials.py b/apps/api/app/git/credentials.py
index 52c9eff..f93dd1e 100644
--- a/apps/api/app/git/credentials.py
+++ b/apps/api/app/git/credentials.py
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ class CredentialStorage(abc.ABC):
     """Abstract storage backend for :class:`GitCredential` records."""
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def create(self, credential: GitCredential) -> uuid.UUID:
+    async def create(self, credential: GitCredential) -> uuid.UUID:
         """Persist *credential* and return its ID."""
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def get(self, credential_id: uuid.UUID) -> GitCredential | None:
+    async def get(self, credential_id: uuid.UUID) -> GitCredential | None:
         """Retrieve a credential by ID, or ``None`` if not found."""
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def delete(self, credential_id: uuid.UUID) -> None:
+    async def delete(self, credential_id: uuid.UUID) -> None:
         """Remove a credential by ID."""
diff --git a/apps/api/app/git/ssh_key.py b/apps/api/app/git/ssh_key.py
index 6b26367..af7ceb5 100644
--- a/apps/api/app/git/ssh_key.py
+++ b/apps/api/app/git/ssh_key.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Security rules:
 - The ``encrypted_private_key`` field uses ``repr=False``.
 """
 
-import base64
 import uuid
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
@@ -16,11 +15,9 @@ from app.git.types import SshKeyStatus
 
 
 def encrypt_private_key(raw: bytes) -> str:
-    """Placeholder encryption helper.
+    from app.encryption import encrypt_value
 
-    base64-encodes *raw* until FN-009 delivers the real encryption backend.
-    """
-    return base64.b64encode(raw).decode("ascii")
+    return encrypt_value(raw.decode("utf-8"))
 
 
 class SshKeyPair(BaseModel):
diff --git a/apps/api/app/models/credential.py b/apps/api/app/models/credential.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9a1545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/app/models/credential.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from sqlalchemy import String, Text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
+
+from app.models.base import Base, TimestampMixin, UUIDMixin
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    pass
+
+
+class Credential(Base, UUIDMixin, TimestampMixin):
+    __tablename__ = "credential"
+
+    kind: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(50))
+    encrypted_payload: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text)