diff --git a/services/notifications/.dockerignore b/services/notifications/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..386f26df30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/notifications/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+node_modules/*
+gitrev
+.git
+.gitignore
+.npm
+.nvmrc
+nodemon.json
+app.js
+**/js/*
diff --git a/services/notifications/Dockerfile b/services/notifications/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ead057334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/notifications/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+FROM node:6.14.1 as app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+#wildcard as some files may not be in all repos
+COPY package*.json npm-shrink*.json /app/
+
+RUN npm install --quiet
+
+COPY . /app
+
+
+RUN npm run compile:all
+
+FROM node:6.14.1
+
+COPY --from=app /app /app
+
+WORKDIR /app
+USER node
+
+CMD ["node","app.js"]
diff --git a/services/notifications/Jenkinsfile b/services/notifications/Jenkinsfile
index 7d5d4dbdb3..bc9ba0142f 100644
--- a/services/notifications/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/services/notifications/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,79 +1,67 @@
-pipeline {
-  
-  agent {
-    docker {
-      image 'node:6.14.1'
-      args "-v /var/lib/jenkins/.npm:/tmp/.npm"
-    }
-  }
+String cron_string = BRANCH_NAME == "master" ? "@daily" : ""
 
-  environment  {
-      HOME = "/tmp"
-  }
+pipeline {
+  agent any
 
   triggers {
     pollSCM('* * * * *')
-    cron('@daily')
+    cron(cron_string)
   }
 
   stages {
-    stage('Set up') {
+    stage('Build') {
       steps {
-        // we need to disable logallrefupdates, else git clones during the npm install will require git to lookup the user id
-        // which does not exist in the container's /etc/passwd file, causing the clone to fail.
-        sh 'git config --global core.logallrefupdates false'
+        sh 'make build'
       }
     }
-    stage('Install') {
+
+    stage('Unit Tests') {
       steps {
-        sh 'rm -fr node_modules'
-        sh 'npm install'
-        sh 'npm rebuild'
-        sh 'npm install --quiet grunt-cli'
+        sh 'DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS="-f docker-compose.ci.yml" make test_unit'
       }
     }
-    stage('Compile') {
+
+    stage('Acceptance Tests') {
       steps {
-        sh 'node_modules/.bin/grunt compile:app'
+        sh 'DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS="-f docker-compose.ci.yml" make test_acceptance'
       }
     }
-    stage('Test') {
+
+    stage('Package and publish build') {
       steps {
-        sh 'node_modules/.bin/grunt test:unit'
+        sh 'make publish'
       }
     }
-    stage('Package') {
-      steps {
-        sh 'echo ${BUILD_NUMBER} > build_number.txt'
-        sh 'touch build.tar.gz' // Avoid tar warning about files changing during read
-        sh 'tar -czf build.tar.gz --exclude=build.tar.gz --exclude-vcs .'
-      }
-    }
-    stage('Publish') {
+
+    stage('Publish build number') {
       steps {
+        sh 'echo ${BRANCH_NAME}-${BUILD_NUMBER} > build_number.txt'
         withAWS(credentials:'S3_CI_BUILDS_AWS_KEYS', region:"${S3_REGION_BUILD_ARTEFACTS}") {
-            s3Upload(file:'build.tar.gz', bucket:"${S3_BUCKET_BUILD_ARTEFACTS}", path:"${JOB_NAME}/${BUILD_NUMBER}.tar.gz")
             // The deployment process uses this file to figure out the latest build
             s3Upload(file:'build_number.txt', bucket:"${S3_BUCKET_BUILD_ARTEFACTS}", path:"${JOB_NAME}/latest")
         }
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   post {
+    always {
+      sh 'DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS="-f docker-compose.ci.yml" make test_clean'
+    }
+
     failure {
-      mail(from: "${EMAIL_ALERT_FROM}", 
-           to: "${EMAIL_ALERT_TO}", 
+      mail(from: "${EMAIL_ALERT_FROM}",
+           to: "${EMAIL_ALERT_TO}",
            subject: "Jenkins build failed: ${JOB_NAME}:${BUILD_NUMBER}",
            body: "Build: ${BUILD_URL}")
     }
   }
-  
+
   // The options directive is for configuration that applies to the whole job.
   options {
     // we'd like to make sure remove old builds, so we don't fill up our storage!
     buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr:'50'))
-    
+
     // And we'd really like to be sure that this build doesn't hang forever, so let's time it out after:
     timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')
   }
diff --git a/services/notifications/Makefile b/services/notifications/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5cf404587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/notifications/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# This file was auto-generated, do not edit it directly.
+# Instead run bin/update_build_scripts from
+# https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex-dev-environment
+# Version: 1.1.3
+
+BUILD_NUMBER ?= local
+BRANCH_NAME ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+PROJECT_NAME = notifications
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS ?= -f docker-compose.yml
+DOCKER_COMPOSE := BUILD_NUMBER=$(BUILD_NUMBER) \
+	BRANCH_NAME=$(BRANCH_NAME) \
+	PROJECT_NAME=$(PROJECT_NAME) \
+	MOCHA_GREP=${MOCHA_GREP} \
+	docker-compose ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS}
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -f app.js
+	rm -rf app/js
+	rm -rf test/unit/js
+	rm -rf test/acceptance/js
+
+test: test_unit test_acceptance
+
+test_unit:
+	@[ ! -d test/unit ] && echo "notifications has no unit tests" || $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_unit
+
+test_acceptance: test_clean test_acceptance_pre_run # clear the database before each acceptance test run
+	@[ ! -d test/acceptance ] && echo "notifications has no acceptance tests" || $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_acceptance
+
+test_clean:
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) down -v -t 0
+
+test_acceptance_pre_run:
+	@[ ! -f test/acceptance/scripts/pre-run ] && echo "notifications has no pre acceptance tests task" || $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/scripts/pre-run
+build:
+	docker build --pull --tag gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$(PROJECT_NAME):$(BRANCH_NAME)-$(BUILD_NUMBER) .
+
+publish:
+	docker push gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$(PROJECT_NAME):$(BRANCH_NAME)-$(BUILD_NUMBER)
+
+.PHONY: clean test test_unit test_acceptance test_clean build publish
diff --git a/services/notifications/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/notifications/docker-compose.ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21c006641e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/notifications/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# This file was auto-generated, do not edit it directly.
+# Instead run bin/update_build_scripts from
+# https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex-dev-environment
+# Version: 1.1.3
+
+version: "2"
+
+services:
+  test_unit:
+    image: gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$PROJECT_NAME:$BRANCH_NAME-$BUILD_NUMBER
+    user: node
+    command: npm run test:unit:_run
+
+  test_acceptance:
+    build: .
+    image: gcr.io/csh-gcdm-test/$PROJECT_NAME:$BRANCH_NAME-$BUILD_NUMBER
+    environment:
+      REDIS_HOST: redis
+      MONGO_HOST: mongo
+      POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
+    depends_on:
+      - mongo
+      - redis
+    user: node
+    command: npm run test:acceptance:_run
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+
+  mongo:
+    image: mongo:3.4
+
diff --git a/services/notifications/docker-compose.yml b/services/notifications/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f24caa8883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/notifications/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# This file was auto-generated, do not edit it directly.
+# Instead run bin/update_build_scripts from
+# https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex-dev-environment
+# Version: 1.1.3
+
+version: "2"
+
+services:
+  test_unit:
+    build: .
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    working_dir: /app
+    environment:
+      MOCHA_GREP: ${MOCHA_GREP}
+    command: npm run test:unit
+    user: node
+
+  test_acceptance:
+    build: .
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    working_dir: /app
+    environment:
+      REDIS_HOST: redis
+      MONGO_HOST: mongo
+      POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
+      MOCHA_GREP: ${MOCHA_GREP}
+    user: node
+    depends_on:
+      - mongo
+      - redis
+    command: npm run test:acceptance
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+
+  mongo:
+    image: mongo:3.4
+
diff --git a/services/notifications/nodemon.json b/services/notifications/nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98db38d71b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/notifications/nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "ignore": [
+    ".git",
+    "node_modules/"
+  ],
+  "verbose": true,
+  "legacyWatch": true,
+  "execMap": {
+    "js": "npm run start"
+  },
+
+  "watch": [
+    "app/coffee/",
+    "app.coffee",
+    "config/"
+  ],
+  "ext": "coffee"
+
+}
diff --git a/services/notifications/package.json b/services/notifications/package.json
index 8b803337c4..a2ba43d072 100644
--- a/services/notifications/package.json
+++ b/services/notifications/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@
   "description": "An API to handle user notifications",
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "compile:app": "coffee -o app/js -c app/coffee && coffee -c app.coffee",
-    "start": "npm run compile:app && node app.js"
+    "compile:app": "([ -e app/coffee ] && coffee $COFFEE_OPTIONS -o app/js -c app/coffee || echo 'No CoffeeScript folder to compile') && ( [ -e app.coffee ] && coffee $COFFEE_OPTIONS -c app.coffee || echo 'No CoffeeScript app to compile')",
+    "start": "npm run compile:app && node $NODE_APP_OPTIONS app.js",
+    "test:acceptance:_run": "mocha --recursive --reporter spec --timeout 15000 --exit $@ test/acceptance/js",
+    "test:acceptance": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:acceptance_tests && npm run test:acceptance:_run -- --grep=$MOCHA_GREP",
+    "test:unit:_run": "mocha --recursive --reporter spec $@ test/unit/js",
+    "test:unit": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:unit_tests && npm run test:unit:_run -- --grep=$MOCHA_GREP",
+    "compile:unit_tests": "[ ! -e test/unit/coffee ] &&  echo 'No unit tests to compile' || coffee -o test/unit/js -c test/unit/coffee",
+    "compile:acceptance_tests": "[ ! -e test/acceptance/coffee ] && echo 'No acceptance tests to compile' || coffee -o test/acceptance/js -c test/acceptance/coffee",
+    "compile:all": "npm run compile:app && npm run compile:unit_tests && npm run compile:acceptance_tests",
+    "nodemon": "nodemon --config nodemon.json"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",