diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index 061f6ca814..5a8ebddce5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "helmet": "^3.22.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
     "nodegit": "0.26.5",
+    "uuid": "^8.2.0",
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/index.ts
index 4cc3f21a9d..f2f7d3dad3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 export * from './templater';
 export * from './prepare';
 export * from './templater/cookiecutter';
+export * from './jobs';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/templater/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/templater/index.ts
index 8885e65308..d0bbb0aa6c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/templater/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/templater/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import type { Writable } from 'stream';
 import Docker from 'dockerode';
+import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/config';
 
 export interface RequiredTemplateValues {
   component_id: string;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export interface RequiredTemplateValues {
 
 export interface TemplaterRunOptions {
   directory: string;
-  values: RequiredTemplateValues & object;
+  values: RequiredTemplateValues & Record<string, JsonValue>;
   logStream?: Writable;
   dockerClient: Docker;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index ab39864e76..a0e31718aa 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
 import express from 'express';
-import { PreparerBuilder, TemplaterBase } from '../scaffolder';
+import { PreparerBuilder, TemplaterBase, JobProcessor } from '../scaffolder';
 import { TemplateEntityV1alpha1 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import Docker from 'dockerode';
-
+import {} from '@backstage/backend-common';
 export interface RouterOptions {
   preparers: PreparerBuilder;
   templater: TemplaterBase;
@@ -35,10 +35,32 @@ export async function createRouter(
   const { preparers, templater, logger: parentLogger, dockerClient } = options;
   const logger = parentLogger.child({ plugin: 'scaffolder' });
 
+  const jobProcessor = new JobProcessor({
+    preparers,
+    templater,
+    logger,
+    dockerClient,
+  });
+
+  router.get('/v1/job/:jobId', ({ params }, res) => {
+    const job = jobProcessor.get(params.jobId);
+
+    if (!job) {
+      return res.status(404).send({ error: 'job not found' });
+    }
+
+    res.send({
+      id: job.id,
+      metadata: job.metadata,
+      status: job.status,
+      log: job.log,
+      error: job.error,
+    });
+  });
+
   router.post('/v1/jobs', async (_, res) => {
     // TODO(blam): Create a unique job here and return the ID so that
     // The end user can poll for updates on the current job
-    res.status(201).json({ accepted: true });
 
     // TODO(blam): Take this entity from the post body sent from the frontend
     const mockEntity: TemplateEntityV1alpha1 = {
@@ -64,20 +86,12 @@ export async function createRouter(
       },
     };
 
-    // Get the preparer for the mock entity
-    const preparer = preparers.get(mockEntity);
+    const job = jobProcessor.create(mockEntity, { component_id: 'test' });
+    res.status(201).json({ jobId: job.id });
 
-    // Run the preparer for the mock entity to produce a temporary directory with template in
-    const skeletonPath = await preparer.prepare(mockEntity);
+    jobProcessor.run(job);
 
-    // Run the templater on the mock directory with values from the post body
-    const templatedPath = await templater.run({
-      directory: skeletonPath,
-      values: { component_id: 'test' },
-      dockerClient,
-    });
-
-    console.warn(templatedPath);
+    // console.warn(templatedPath);
   });
 
   const app = express();