diff --git a/databuild/BUILD.bazel b/databuild/BUILD.bazel
index 7ae21b7..2c9cc73 100644
--- a/databuild/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/databuild/BUILD.bazel
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ rust_library(
     name = "databuild",
     srcs = [
         "build_event_log.rs",
+        "job.rs",
+        "job_run.rs",
         "lib.rs",
+        "orchestrator.rs",
         ":generate_databuild_rust",
     ],
     edition = "2021",
diff --git a/databuild/build_event_log.rs b/databuild/build_event_log.rs
index a0aaee6..9d3573f 100644
--- a/databuild/build_event_log.rs
+++ b/databuild/build_event_log.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ use crate::{BuildState, DataBuildEvent, WantDetail};
 use prost::Message;
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
-trait BELStorage {
+pub trait BELStorage {
     fn append_event(&mut self, event: Event) -> Result<u64, Box<dyn Error>>;
     fn list_events(
         &self,
@@ -15,12 +16,17 @@ trait BELStorage {
     ) -> Result<Vec<DataBuildEvent>, Box<dyn Error>>;
 }
 
-struct MemoryBELStorage {
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MemoryBELStorage {
     events: Vec<DataBuildEvent>,
 }
 
+impl Default for MemoryBELStorage {
+    fn default() -> Self { Self::new() }
+}
+
 impl MemoryBELStorage {
-    fn create() -> MemoryBELStorage {
+    pub fn new() -> MemoryBELStorage {
         MemoryBELStorage { events: vec![] }
     }
 }
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ impl BELStorage for MemoryBELStorage {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 struct SqliteBELStorage {
     connection: Connection,
 }
@@ -142,20 +149,21 @@ impl BELStorage for SqliteBELStorage {
     }
 }
 
-struct BuildEventLog<B: BELStorage> {
-    storage: B,
-    state: Arc<RwLock<BuildState>>,
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct BuildEventLog<B: BELStorage + Debug> {
+    pub storage: B,
+    pub state: Arc<RwLock<BuildState>>,
 }
 
-impl<B: BELStorage> BuildEventLog<B> {
-    fn create(storage: B) -> BuildEventLog<B> {
+impl<B: BELStorage + Debug> BuildEventLog<B> {
+    pub fn new(storage: B) -> BuildEventLog<B> {
         BuildEventLog {
             storage,
             state: Arc::new(Default::default()),
         }
     }
 
-    fn append_event(&mut self, event: Event) -> Result<u64, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pub fn append_event(&mut self, event: Event) -> Result<u64, Box<dyn Error>> {
         self.reduce(event.clone())?;
         let idx = self.storage.append_event(event)?;
         Ok(idx)
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ impl<B: BELStorage> BuildEventLog<B> {
             Event::WantCreateV1(e) => {
                 state
                     .wants
-                    .insert(e.want_id.clone(), WantDetail { want_id: e.want_id });
+                    .insert(e.want_id.clone(), WantDetail { want_id: e.want_id, refs: e.partitions });
             }
             Event::WantCancelV1(e) => {}
             Event::TaintCreateV1(e) => {}
@@ -183,6 +191,10 @@ impl<B: BELStorage> BuildEventLog<B> {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn schedulable_wants(&self) -> Vec<WantDetail> {
+        todo!()
+    }
 }
 
 mod tests {
@@ -197,8 +209,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_append_event() {
-        let storage = MemoryBELStorage::create();
-        let mut log = BuildEventLog::create(storage);
+        let storage = MemoryBELStorage::new();
+        let mut log = BuildEventLog::new(storage);
         // Initial state
         assert_eq!(log.storage.events.len(), 0);
         let want_id = "1234".to_string();
@@ -241,7 +253,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_sqlite_append_event() {
         let storage = SqliteBELStorage::create(":memory:").expect("Failed to create SQLite storage");
-        let mut log = BuildEventLog::create(storage);
+        let mut log = BuildEventLog::new(storage);
 
         let want_id = "sqlite_test_1234".to_string();
 
diff --git a/databuild/databuild.proto b/databuild/databuild.proto
index 649603b..08213f8 100644
--- a/databuild/databuild.proto
+++ b/databuild/databuild.proto
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ message BuildState {
 
 message WantDetail {
   string want_id = 1;
+  repeated PartitionRef refs = 2;
   // TODO
 }
 
diff --git a/databuild/job.rs b/databuild/job.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1ce6f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databuild/job.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+use crate::job_run::JobRun;
+use crate::{PartitionRef, WantDetail};
+
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct JobConfiguration {
+    pub label: String,
+    pub pattern: String,
+    pub entrypoint: String,
+}
+
+impl JobConfiguration {
+    /** Launch job to build the partitions specified by the provided wants. */
+    pub fn spawn(&self, wants: Vec<WantDetail>) -> Result<JobRun, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let wanted_refs: Vec<PartitionRef> = wants.iter().flat_map(|want| want.refs.clone()).collect();
+        let args: Vec<String> = wanted_refs.iter().map(|pref| pref.r#ref.clone()).collect();
+        JobRun::spawn(self.entrypoint.clone(), args)
+    }
+    
+    pub fn matches(&self, refs: &PartitionRef) -> bool {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/databuild/job_run.rs b/databuild/job_run.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a776b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databuild/job_run.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+use crate::build_event_log::{BELStorage, MemoryBELStorage};
+use crate::data_build_event::Event;
+use crate::{DataBuildEvent, JobRunHeartbeatEventV1};
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct JobRun {
+    job_run_id: Uuid,
+    events: MemoryBELStorage,
+    child: Child,
+    unhandled_lines: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+const EVENT_SIZE_LIMIT: u64 = 1000000;
+
+impl JobRun {
+    pub fn spawn(command: String, args: Vec<String>) -> Result<JobRun, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(JobRun {
+            job_run_id: Default::default(),
+            events: Default::default(),
+            child: Command::new(command).args(args).stdout(Stdio::piped())
+                .spawn()?,
+            unhandled_lines: Default::default(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn visit(&mut self, since_idx: u64) -> Result<Vec<DataBuildEvent>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        // Collect new lines from child process
+        let stdout = self.child.stdout.take().expect("stdout not piped");
+        let reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
+        for line in reader.lines() {
+            self.unhandled_lines.push(line?);
+        }
+
+        // Parse BEL events from child process
+        let new_events = Self::process_lines(self.job_run_id, &self.unhandled_lines);
+        for event in new_events { self.events.append_event(event)?; }
+        self.unhandled_lines.drain(..);
+
+        // Return BEL events since provided idx
+        self.events.list_events(since_idx, EVENT_SIZE_LIMIT).and_then(|events| {
+            if events.len() as u64 == EVENT_SIZE_LIMIT {
+                Err(format!("Returned {} events - that's way too many.", EVENT_SIZE_LIMIT).into())
+            } else {
+                Ok(events)
+            }
+        } )
+    }
+
+    pub fn event_for_line(line: String) -> Option<Event> {
+        // TODO parse missing data dep event
+        // TODO parse job state
+        None
+    }
+
+    pub fn process_lines(job_run_id: Uuid, lines: &Vec<String>) -> Vec<Event> {
+        let mut events: Vec<Event> = Default::default();
+
+        if lines.len() > 0 {
+            // If any lines were written to stdout, we should heartbeat
+            events.push(Event::JobRunHeartbeatV1(
+                JobRunHeartbeatEventV1 { job_run_id: job_run_id.clone().into() }
+            ));
+        }
+
+        for event in lines.iter().flat_map(|line| Self::event_for_line(line.clone())) {
+            events.push(event);
+        }
+
+        events
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_complete(&mut self) -> bool {
+        self.child.try_wait().expect("Failed to wait on child").is_some()
+    }
+}
+
+mod tests {
+    use crate::job_run::JobRun;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_process_lines_empty() {
+        let lines = Vec::<String>::new();
+        let events = JobRun::process_lines(Default::default(), &lines);
+        assert_eq!(events.len(), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_process_lines_heartbeat() {
+        let lines_1 = vec!("Hello, salem".to_string());
+        let events_1 = JobRun::process_lines(Default::default(), &lines_1);
+        assert_eq!(events_1.len(), 1);
+
+        let lines_2 = vec!("Hello, salem".to_string(), "Hello, pippin".to_string());
+        let events_2 = JobRun::process_lines(Default::default(), &lines_2);
+        assert_eq!(events_2.len(), 1);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/databuild/lib.rs b/databuild/lib.rs
index a3fd2aa..b7a5000 100644
--- a/databuild/lib.rs
+++ b/databuild/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 mod build_event_log;
+mod orchestrator;
+mod job_run;
+mod job;
 
 // Include generated protobuf code
 include!("databuild.rs");
diff --git a/databuild/orchestrator.rs b/databuild/orchestrator.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..898fda6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databuild/orchestrator.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use crate::build_event_log::{BELStorage, BuildEventLog};
+use crate::job::JobConfiguration;
+use crate::job_run::JobRun;
+use crate::{PartitionRef, WantDetail};
+
+/**
+Orchestrator turns wants, config, and BEL state into scheduled jobs. It uses lightweight threads +
+the visitor pattern to monitor job exec progress and liveness, and adds
+*/
+
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Orchestrator<B: BELStorage + Debug> {
+    bel: BuildEventLog<B>,
+    job_runs: Vec<JobRunHandle>,
+    config: OrchestratorConfig,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct JobRunHandle {
+    job_run: JobRun,
+    bel_idx: u64,
+}
+
+impl From<JobRun> for JobRunHandle {
+    fn from(job_run: JobRun) -> Self { Self { job_run, bel_idx: 0 } }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct OrchestratorConfig {
+    jobs: Vec<JobConfiguration>,
+}
+
+impl OrchestratorConfig {
+    fn job_configuration_for_label(&self, label: &str) -> Option<JobConfiguration> {
+        self.jobs.iter().find(|job| job.label == label).cloned()
+    }
+
+    fn match_job_partition(&self, pref: &PartitionRef) -> Option<JobConfiguration> {
+        self.jobs.iter().find(|job| job.matches(pref)).cloned()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct WantGroup {
+    job: JobConfiguration,
+    wants: Vec<WantDetail>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct GroupedWants {
+    want_groups: Vec<WantGroup>,
+    unhandled_wants: Vec<WantDetail>,
+}
+
+impl<B: BELStorage + Debug> Orchestrator<B> {
+    fn new(storage: B, config: OrchestratorConfig) -> Self { Self { bel: BuildEventLog::new(storage), job_runs: Vec::new(), config } }
+
+    /** Continuously invoked function to watch job run status */
+    fn poll_jobs(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        // Visit existing jobs, remove completed
+        self.job_runs.retain_mut(|jr| {
+            // Append emitted events
+            let events = jr.job_run.visit(jr.bel_idx.clone()).expect("Job visit failed");
+            events.iter().filter_map(|event| event.event.clone()).for_each(|event| {
+                self.bel.append_event(event.clone()).expect("Failed to append event");
+            });
+
+            jr.job_run.is_complete()
+        });
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /** Continuously invoked function to watch wants and schedule new jobs */
+    fn poll_wants(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        // Collect unhandled wants, group by job that handles each partition,
+        let grouped_wants = Orchestrator::<B>::group_wants(&self.config, &self.bel.schedulable_wants());
+
+        if !grouped_wants.want_groups.is_empty() {
+            // All wants must be mapped to jobs that can be handled
+            // TODO we probably want to handle this gracefully in the near future
+            Err(format!("Unable to map following wants: {:?}", &grouped_wants.want_groups).into())
+        } else {
+            for wg in grouped_wants.want_groups {
+                let job_run = wg.job.spawn(wg.wants)?;
+                self.job_runs.push(JobRunHandle::from(job_run));
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn group_wants(config: &OrchestratorConfig, wants: &Vec<WantDetail>) -> GroupedWants {
+        let mut want_groups: HashMap<String, Vec<WantDetail>> = Default::default();
+        let mut unhandled_wants: Vec<WantDetail> = Default::default();
+        wants.iter().for_each(|want| {
+            want.refs.iter().for_each(|pref| {
+                let matched_job = config.match_job_partition(pref);
+                match matched_job {
+                    None => unhandled_wants.push(want.clone()),
+                    Some(jc) => want_groups.entry(jc.label).or_default().push(want.clone()),
+                }
+            });
+        });
+        GroupedWants {
+            want_groups: want_groups.iter().map(|(k, v)| {
+                WantGroup {
+                    job: config.job_configuration_for_label(k).expect(&format!("Job configuration not found for label `{}`", k)),
+                    wants: v.to_owned(),
+                }
+            }).collect(),
+            unhandled_wants,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Entrypoint for running jobs */
+    pub fn join(mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        loop {
+            self.poll_jobs()?;
+            self.poll_wants()?;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+mod tests {
+
+}
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