diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2b49efb..12cf911f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ and run the migrations:
 uv run alembic upgrade head
 ```
 
+# Job scheduler
+
+We use the `apscheduler` library to schedule recurring jobs. Currently
+this is used to synchronize user information from Auth0 to the AAI
+database. You can run the job scheduler locally using:
+
+```shell
+uv run python run_scheduler.py
+```
+
+Note that for small jobs that run on-demand, e.g. sending a notification email when a user
+signs up, you can use FastAPI's built-in [background tasks](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/background-tasks/)
+within the FastAPI app, instead of using the dedicated job scheduler.
+
 # Deployment
 
 Currently the service is deployed to AWS via the CDK scripts in `deploy/`,
@@ -112,3 +126,8 @@ and updated on each commit to `main`.
 
 Secrets/configuration variables for the deployment are stored in the
 GitHub Secrets for the repository.
+
+The service deploys two containers (which both use the same image/Python environment):
+
+* The FastAPI app
+* The `apscheduler` job scheduler
diff --git a/deploy/aai_backend_deploy/aai_backend_deploy_stack.py b/deploy/aai_backend_deploy/aai_backend_deploy_stack.py
index bdd3cd41..bbce030b 100644
--- a/deploy/aai_backend_deploy/aai_backend_deploy_stack.py
+++ b/deploy/aai_backend_deploy/aai_backend_deploy_stack.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ def __init__(self, scope: Construct, construct_id: str, config: dict, **kwargs)
 
         # Task definition for Fargate
         task_definition = ecs.FargateTaskDefinition(self, "AaiBackendTaskDef",
-                                                    memory_limit_mib=1024,
-                                                    cpu=512)
-        # Allow executing comands in the ECS container
+                                                    memory_limit_mib=2048,
+                                                    cpu=1024)
+        # Allow executing commands in the ECS container
         task_definition.task_role.add_managed_policy(
             iam.ManagedPolicy.from_aws_managed_policy_name("AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore")
         )
@@ -85,6 +85,25 @@ def __init__(self, scope: Construct, construct_id: str, config: dict, **kwargs)
             },
             logging=ecs.LogDrivers.aws_logs(stream_prefix="FastAPI"),
         )
+        # Run the job scheduler as a separate container
+        task_definition.add_container(
+            "SchedulerContainer",
+            image=ecs.ContainerImage.from_ecr_repository(
+                ecr_repo,
+                tag="latest"
+            ),
+            # Override the default command to run the scheduler
+            command=["uv", "run", "python", "run_scheduler.py"],
+            environment={
+                "FORCE_REDEPLOY": str(datetime.datetime.now()),
+                "DB_HOST": self.db_host,
+            },
+            secrets={
+                "DB_USER": ecs.Secret.from_secrets_manager(db_secret, field="username"),
+                "DB_PASSWORD": ecs.Secret.from_secrets_manager(db_secret, field="password"),
+            },
+            logging=ecs.LogDrivers.aws_logs(stream_prefix="Scheduler"),
+        )
 
         container.add_port_mappings(
             ecs.PortMapping(container_port=8000)
@@ -112,4 +131,12 @@ def __init__(self, scope: Construct, construct_id: str, config: dict, **kwargs)
 
         service.target_group.configure_health_check(path="/", healthy_http_codes="200-399")
 
+        # Output relevant ARNs and IDs
         CfnOutput(self, "LoadBalancerDNS", value=service.load_balancer.load_balancer_dns_name)
+        CfnOutput(self, "ServiceArn", value=service.service.service_arn)
+        CfnOutput(self, "ServiceName", value=service.service.service_name)
+        CfnOutput(self, "ClusterArn", value=cluster.cluster_arn)
+        CfnOutput(self, "ClusterName", value=cluster.cluster_name)
+        CfnOutput(self, "TaskDefinitionArn", value=task_definition.task_definition_arn)
+        CfnOutput(self, "TaskDefinitionFamily", value=task_definition.family)
+        CfnOutput(self, "LoadBalancerArn", value=service.load_balancer.load_balancer_arn)