diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3eec1ff..3536197 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ Contributions to this project are [released](https://help.github.com/articles/gi
 6. Push to your fork and [submit a pull request](https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action/compare)
 7. Pat yourself on the back and wait for your pull request to be reviewed and merged.
 
+## Container based developer flow
+
+If you don't want to maintain a Node developer environment that fits this project you can use containerized commands instead of invoking yarn directly.
+
+```
+# format code and build javascript artifacts
+docker buildx bake pre-checkin
+
+# validate all code has correctly formatted and built
+docker buildx bake validate
+```
+
+Note that tests target are currently known to not pass outside Github infrastructure.
+
 Here are a few things you can do that will increase the likelihood of your pull request being accepted:
 
 - Make sure the `README.md` and any other relevant **documentation are kept up-to-date**.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a3e05e9..45f6f41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ on:
       - "**.md"
 
 jobs:
+  test-containerized:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.2
+      -
+        name: Validate
+        run: docker buildx bake validate
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c57a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.1-experimental
+
+FROM node:14 AS deps
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY package.json yarn.lock ./
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/share/.cache/yarn \
+  yarn install 
+
+FROM scratch AS update-yarn
+COPY --from=deps /src/yarn.lock /
+
+FROM deps AS validate-yarn
+RUN status=$(git status --porcelain -- yarn.lock); if [ -n "$status" ]; then echo $status; exit 1; fi
+
+FROM deps AS base
+COPY . .
+
+FROM base AS build
+RUN yarn build
+
+FROM deps AS test
+COPY --from=docker /usr/local/bin/docker /usr/bin/
+ARG TARGETOS
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG BUILDX_VERSION=v0.4.2
+ENV RUNNER_TEMP=/tmp/github_runner
+ENV RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE=/tmp/github_tool_cache
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins && \
+  curl -fsSL https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/$BUILDX_VERSION/buildx-$BUILDX_VERSION.$TARGETOS-$TARGETARCH > /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/buildx && \
+  chmod +x /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/buildx && \
+  docker buildx --version && env
+COPY . .
+RUN yarn run test
+
+FROM base AS run-format
+RUN yarn run format
+
+FROM scratch AS format
+COPY --from=run-format /src/src/*.ts /src/
+
+FROM base AS validate-format
+RUN yarn run format-check
+
+FROM scratch AS dist
+COPY --from=build /src/dist/ /dist/
+
+FROM build AS validate-build
+RUN status=$(git status --porcelain -- dist); if [ -n "$status" ]; then echo $status; exit 1; fi
+
+FROM base AS dev
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash"]
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f1745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+group "default" {
+  targets = ["build"]
+}
+
+group "pre-checkin" {
+  targets = ["update-yarn", "format", "build"]
+}
+
+group "validate" {
+	targets = ["validate-format", "validate-build", "validate-yarn"]
+}
+
+target "update-yarn" {
+  target = "update-yarn"
+  output = ["."]
+}
+
+target "build" {
+  target = "dist"
+  output = ["."]
+}
+
+target "test" {
+  target = "test"
+}
+
+target "format" {
+  target = "format"
+  output = ["."]
+}
+
+target "validate-format" {
+  target = "validate-format"
+}
+
+target "validate-build" {
+  target = "validate-build"
+}
+
+target "validate-yarn" {
+	target = "validate-yarn"
+}
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diff --git a/hack/shell b/hack/shell
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..97b23ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/shell
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+iidfile=$(mktemp -t docker-iidfile.XXXXXXXXXX)
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --iidfile $iidfile --progress=plain .
+docker run -it --rm $(cat $iidfile)
+docker rmi $(cat $iidfile)