diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/applications.tf b/infrastructure/applications/applications.tf
index a99c34c1f5..3edc952cdb 100644
--- a/infrastructure/applications/applications.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/applications.tf
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ module "pycon_frontend" {
   cf_hosted_zone_id = module.cluster.cf_hosted_zone_id
 }
 
+module "resonate" {
+  source = "./resonate"
+  cluster_id = module.cluster.cluster_id
+  logs_group_name = module.cluster.logs_group_name
+  database_settings = module.database.database_settings
+}
+
 module "clamav" {
   source       = "./clamav"
   cluster_id = module.cluster.cluster_id
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/cluster/security.tf b/infrastructure/applications/cluster/security.tf
index 9c050a3231..f53dd6d37d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/applications/cluster/security.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/cluster/security.tf
@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@ resource "aws_security_group_rule" "out_clamav" {
   security_group_id = aws_security_group.server.id
 }
 
+resource "aws_security_group_rule" "in_resonate" {
+  type              = "egress"
+  from_port         = 8001
+  to_port           = 8001
+  protocol          = "tcp"
+  source_security_group_id = aws_security_group.server.id
+  security_group_id = aws_security_group.server.id
+}
+
+resource "aws_security_group_rule" "out_resonate" {
+  # needed by fargate to connect to the server with resonate
+  type              = "ingress"
+  from_port         = 8001
+  to_port           = 8001
+  protocol          = "tcp"
+  source_security_group_id = aws_security_group.server.id
+  security_group_id = aws_security_group.server.id
+}
+
 resource "aws_security_group_rule" "web_http" {
   type              = "ingress"
   from_port         = 80
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/resonate_worker.tf b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/resonate_worker.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60d0a1045a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/resonate_worker.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "resonate_worker" {
+  family = "pythonit-${terraform.workspace}-resonate-worker"
+
+  container_definitions = jsonencode([
+    {
+      name              = "resonate-worker"
+      image             = "${data.aws_ecr_repository.be_repo.repository_url}@${data.aws_ecr_image.be_arm_image.image_digest}"
+      memoryReservation = local.is_prod ? 200 : 10
+      essential         = true
+
+      # Reloading is off outside DEBUG anyway; saying so keeps the deployed
+      # process a single one, with no reloader parent to sit between ECS and
+      # the worker's own signal handling.
+      command = [
+        "python", "manage.py", "resonate_worker", "--no-reload"
+      ]
+
+      environment = local.env_vars
+
+      mountPoints = []
+      systemControls = [
+        {
+          "namespace" : "net.core.somaxconn",
+          "value" : "4096"
+        }
+      ]
+
+      logConfiguration = {
+        logDriver = "awslogs"
+        options = {
+          "awslogs-group"         = var.logs_group_name
+          "awslogs-region"        = "eu-central-1"
+          "awslogs-stream-prefix" = "resonate-worker"
+        }
+      }
+
+      healthCheck = {
+        retries = 3
+        command = [
+          "CMD-SHELL",
+          "echo 1"
+        ]
+        timeout  = 3
+        interval = 10
+      }
+
+      # Long enough for the worker to hand its tasks back to the server
+      # instead of letting their leases lapse.
+      stopTimeout = 120
+    }
+  ])
+
+  requires_compatibilities = []
+  tags                     = {}
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_service" "resonate_worker" {
+  name                               = "backend-resonate-worker"
+  cluster                            = var.cluster_id
+  task_definition                    = aws_ecs_task_definition.resonate_worker.arn
+  desired_count                      = 1
+  deployment_minimum_healthy_percent = 0
+  deployment_maximum_percent         = 100
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf
index 7af5ac89b0..e75aa8e391 100644
--- a/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/pycon_backend/worker.tf
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ locals {
     {
       name = "SNS_WEBHOOK_SECRET",
       value = module.common_secrets.value.sns_webhook_secret
+    },
+    {
+      # Both the workflows' worker and whoever starts one (the admin) need it.
+      name = "RESONATE_URL",
+      value = "http://${var.server_ip}:8001"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/resonate/task.tf b/infrastructure/applications/resonate/task.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f20fabae2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/resonate/task.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+locals {
+  is_prod = terraform.workspace == "production"
+
+  # Resonate keeps its promises on the database instance the backend already
+  # uses, in a database of its own. The instance is private, so that database
+  # is not created from here: it has to exist before this runs.
+  database = "resonate"
+
+  database_url = "postgres://${var.database_settings.username}:${var.database_settings.password}@${var.database_settings.address}:${var.database_settings.port}/${local.database}?sslmode=require"
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "resonate" {
+  family = "pythonit-${terraform.workspace}-resonate"
+
+  container_definitions = jsonencode([
+    {
+      name              = "resonate"
+      image             = "resonatehqio/resonate:v0.9.8"
+      memoryReservation = local.is_prod ? 200 : 10
+      essential         = true
+
+      environment = [
+        {
+          name  = "RESONATE_SERVER__BIND"
+          value = "0.0.0.0"
+        },
+        {
+          name  = "RESONATE_STORAGE__TYPE"
+          value = "postgres"
+        },
+        {
+          name  = "RESONATE_STORAGE__POSTGRES__URL"
+          value = local.database_url
+        }
+      ]
+
+      portMappings = [
+        {
+          containerPort = 8001
+          hostPort      = 8001
+          name          = "resonate"
+        }
+      ]
+
+      mountPoints    = []
+      systemControls = []
+
+      logConfiguration = {
+        logDriver = "awslogs"
+        options = {
+          "awslogs-group"         = var.logs_group_name
+          "awslogs-region"        = "eu-central-1"
+          "awslogs-stream-prefix" = "resonate"
+        }
+      }
+
+      healthCheck = {
+        retries = 10
+        command = [
+          "CMD-SHELL",
+          "wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:8001/health || exit 1"
+        ]
+        timeout  = 3
+        interval = 10
+        # The server spends up to 30 seconds waiting on the database pool
+        # before it gives up, and creates its schema on first boot, so it
+        # needs more room than the default none before checks start counting.
+        startPeriod = 60
+      }
+
+      stopTimeout = 300
+    }
+  ])
+
+  requires_compatibilities = []
+  tags                     = {}
+}
+
+resource "aws_ecs_service" "resonate" {
+  name                               = "resonate"
+  cluster                            = var.cluster_id
+  task_definition                    = aws_ecs_task_definition.resonate.arn
+  desired_count                      = 1
+  deployment_minimum_healthy_percent = 0
+  deployment_maximum_percent         = 100
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/applications/resonate/variables.tf b/infrastructure/applications/resonate/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d0ce653d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/applications/resonate/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+variable "cluster_id" {}
+variable "logs_group_name" {}
+variable "database_settings" {}