diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsdeploy.yml b/.github/workflows/awsdeploy.yml
index bc4351911..9d73404ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsdeploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsdeploy.yml
@@ -1,117 +1,30 @@
 # Based on https://docs.github.com/en/actions/deployment/deploying-to-your-cloud-provider/deploying-to-amazon-elastic-container-service
 
-name: aws ecs deploy
+name: aws ecs deploy - blake
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
 
-env:
-  AWS_REGION: us-east-1                       # set this to your preferred AWS region, e.g. us-west-1
-  ECR_REPOSITORY: pubpub-v7           # set this to your Amazon ECR repository name
-  ECS_SERVICE: blake-core               # set this to your Amazon ECS service name
-  ECS_CLUSTER: blake-ecs-cluster-staging                 # set this to your Amazon ECS cluster name
-  ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_TEMPLATE: blake-core    # set this to the FAMILY of your task definition
-  CONTAINER_NAME: core           # set this to the name of the container in the
-                                               # containerDefinitions section of your task definition
-
 jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: production
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Get short sha
-        id: shortsha
-        run: echo "sha_short=$(git describe --always --abbrev=40 --dirty)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
-        id: login-ecr
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
-
-      - name: Build, tag, and push image to Amazon ECR
-        id: build-image
-        env:
-          ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ steps.shortsha.outputs.sha_short }}
-        run: |
-          # Build a docker container and
-          # push it to ECR so that it can
-          # be deployed to ECS.
-          docker build \
-            --platform linux/amd64 \
-            --build-arg PACKAGE=core \
-            --build-arg PACKAGE_DIR=core \
-            -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG \
-            .
-          docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
-          echo "image=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  deploy:
-    name: Deploy
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: production
-    needs:
-      - build
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Get short sha
-        id: shortsha
-        run: echo "sha_short=$(git describe --always --abbrev=40 --dirty)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
-        id: login-ecr
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
-
-      - name: Retrieve Task Definition contents from template
-        id: get-taskdef
-        run: |
-          aws ecs describe-task-definition \
-            --task-definition $ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_TEMPLATE \
-            --query taskDefinition >> template_task_def.json
-
-      - name: Interpolate image tag
-        id: write-tag
-        env:
-          ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ steps.shortsha.outputs.sha_short }}
-        run: |
-          echo "image=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Fill in the new image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition
-        id: task-def
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@c804dfbdd57f713b6c079302a4c01db7017a36fc
-        with:
-          task-definition: template_task_def.json
-          container-name: ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
-          image: ${{ steps.write-tag.outputs.image }}
-
-      - name: Deploy Amazon ECS task definition
-        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@df9643053eda01f169e64a0e60233aacca83799a
-        with:
-          task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def.outputs.task-definition }}
-          service: ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}
-          cluster: ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }}
-          wait-for-service-stability: true
+  deploy-core:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/deploy-template.yml
+    with:
+      service-name: core
+      environment: staging
+      env-proper-name: blake
+    secrets:
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+
+  deploy-jobs:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/deploy-template.yml
+    needs: deploy-core
+    with:
+      service-name: jobs
+      environment: staging
+      env-proper-name: blake
+    secrets:
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-template.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17daa25c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Based on https://docs.github.com/en/actions/deployment/deploying-to-your-cloud-provider/deploying-to-amazon-elastic-container-service
+
+name: aws ecs deploy template
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      service-name: # example: core
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      env-proper-name: # example: blake
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      environment: # example: staging
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+        required: true
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+        required: true
+
+env:
+  AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+  ECR_REPOSITORY: pubpub-v7-${{ inputs.service-name }}
+  ECS_SERVICE: ${{ inputs.env-proper-name }}-${{inputs.service-name}}
+  ECS_CLUSTER: ${{inputs.env-proper-name}}-ecs-cluster-${{inputs.environment}}
+  ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_TEMPLATE: ${{ inputs.env-proper-name }}-${{inputs.service-name}}
+  CONTAINER_NAME: ${{inputs.service-name}}
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: production
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+
+      - name: Get short sha
+        id: shortsha
+        run: echo "sha_short=$(git describe --always --abbrev=40 --dirty)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+        id: login-ecr
+        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
+
+      - name: Retrieve Task Definition contents from template
+        id: get-taskdef
+        run: |
+          aws ecs describe-task-definition \
+            --task-definition $ECS_TASK_DEFINITION_TEMPLATE \
+            --query taskDefinition >> template_task_def.json
+
+      - name: Interpolate image tag
+        id: write-tag
+        env:
+          ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
+          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ steps.shortsha.outputs.sha_short }}
+        run: |
+          echo "image=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Fill in the new image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition
+        id: task-def
+        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@c804dfbdd57f713b6c079302a4c01db7017a36fc
+        with:
+          task-definition: template_task_def.json
+          container-name: ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+          image: ${{ steps.write-tag.outputs.image }}
+
+      - name: Deploy Amazon ECS task definition
+        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@df9643053eda01f169e64a0e60233aacca83799a
+        with:
+          task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def.outputs.task-definition }}
+          service: ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}
+          cluster: ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }}
+          wait-for-service-stability: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-all.yml b/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-all.yml
index 5b1b6545e..c281434ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-all.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-all.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,13 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+
+  build-jobs:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ecrbuild-template.yml
+    with:
+      target: jobs
+      package-name: jobs
+      package-src: jobs
+    secrets:
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-template.yml b/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-template.yml
index 271247b56..00d4aa544 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ecrbuild-template.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ name: aws ecr build template
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      target:
+        required: true
+        default: "main"
+        type: string
       package-name:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
             --platform linux/amd64 \
             --build-arg PACKAGE=$PACKAGE \
             --build-arg PACKAGE_DIR=$PACKAGE_DIR \
+            --target ${{ inputs.target }} \
             -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY_PREFIX-$PACKAGE:$IMAGE_TAG \
             .
           docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY_PREFIX-$PACKAGE:$IMAGE_TAG
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a7d0a467..e40203a5f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ARG PNPM_VERSION=8.14.3
 
 ARG PACKAGE_DIR=core
 ARG PACKAGE=core
+ARG PORT=3000
 
 ################################################################################
 # Use node image for base image for all stages.
@@ -64,8 +65,11 @@ RUN ./bin/render-build.sh ${PACKAGE}
 ################################################################################
 # Create a new stage to run the application with minimal runtime dependencies
 # where the necessary files are copied from the build stage.
-FROM base as final
-ARG PACKAGE_DIR PACKAGE
+FROM base as shared
+ARG PACKAGE_DIR PACKAGE PORT
+
+# needed so that the CMD can use this var
+ENV PACKAGE=$PACKAGE
 
 # Use production node environment by default.
 ENV NODE_ENV production
@@ -86,11 +90,18 @@ COPY ./${PACKAGE_DIR}/package.json \
 
 COPY --from=deps /usr/src/app/node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/${PACKAGE_DIR}/node_modules ./${PACKAGE_DIR}/node_modules
-COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/${PACKAGE_DIR}/.next ./${PACKAGE_DIR}/.next
-
 
 # Expose the port that the application listens on.
-EXPOSE 3000
-
+EXPOSE $PORT
 # Run the application.
 CMD pnpm --filter ${PACKAGE} start
+
+# add an optional target to use for the jobs package only
+FROM shared AS jobs
+ARG PACKAGE_DIR
+COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/${PACKAGE_DIR}/index.ts ./${PACKAGE_DIR}/index.ts
+
+# But most packages are built in this standard next.js way.
+FROM shared AS main
+ARG PACKAGE_DIR
+COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/${PACKAGE_DIR}/.next ./${PACKAGE_DIR}/.next