diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/config.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/config.ts
index 125ec88b2878..4b644ca3b783 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/config.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export type AztecNodeConfig = ArchiverConfig &
 
     /** A URL for an archiver service that the node will use. */
     archiverUrl?: string;
+
+    proverAgents: number;
   };
 
 /**
@@ -24,15 +26,21 @@ export type AztecNodeConfig = ArchiverConfig &
  * @returns A valid aztec node config.
  */
 export function getConfigEnvVars(): AztecNodeConfig {
-  const { SEQ_DISABLED, PROVER_DISABLED } = process.env;
+  const { SEQ_DISABLED, PROVER_DISABLED, ARCHIVER_URL, PROVER_AGENTS = '1' } = process.env;
+  let proverAgents = parseInt(PROVER_AGENTS, 10);
+  if (Number.isNaN(proverAgents)) {
+    proverAgents = 1;
+  }
+
   const allEnvVars: AztecNodeConfig = {
     ...getSequencerVars(),
     ...getArchiverVars(),
     ...getP2PConfigEnvVars(),
     ...getWorldStateVars(),
     disableSequencer: !!SEQ_DISABLED,
-    disableProver: !!PROVER_DISABLED,
-    archiverUrl: process.env.ARCHIVER_URL,
+    archiverUrl: ARCHIVER_URL,
+    disableProver: PROVER_DISABLED === '1',
+    proverAgents,
   };
 
   return allEnvVars;
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts
index d0bfaa8ff321..3bdd0e2227a1 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/aztec-node/server.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import { initStoreForRollup, openTmpStore } from '@aztec/kv-store/utils';
 import { SHA256Trunc, StandardTree } from '@aztec/merkle-tree';
 import { AztecKVTxPool, type P2P, createP2PClient } from '@aztec/p2p';
 import { DummyProver, TxProver } from '@aztec/prover-client';
+import { ProverPool } from '@aztec/prover-client/prover-pool';
 import { type GlobalVariableBuilder, SequencerClient, getGlobalVariableBuilder } from '@aztec/sequencer-client';
 import { PublicProcessorFactory, WASMSimulator } from '@aztec/simulator';
 import {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ export class AztecNodeService implements AztecNode {
     const simulationProvider = await getSimulationProvider(config, log);
     const prover = config.disableProver
       ? await DummyProver.new()
-      : await TxProver.new(config, worldStateSynchronizer, simulationProvider);
+      : await TxProver.new(worldStateSynchronizer, ProverPool.testPool(simulationProvider, config.proverAgents));
 
     // now create the sequencer
     const sequencer = config.disableSequencer
@@ -193,6 +194,10 @@ export class AztecNodeService implements AztecNode {
     return this.sequencer;
   }
 
+  public getProver(): ProverClient {
+    return this.prover;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method to return the currently deployed L1 contract addresses.
    * @returns - The currently deployed L1 contract addresses.
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/index.ts b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/index.ts
index 0cf8b3301480..6a49628be2bc 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec-node/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export { getSimulationProvider } from './aztec-node/simulator-factory.js';
+
 export * from './aztec-node/config.js';
 export * from './aztec-node/server.js';
 export * from './aztec-node/http_rpc_server.js';
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/package.json b/yarn-project/aztec/package.json
index 5d3874c5a859..c18166ba9e70 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "@aztec/noir-contracts.js": "workspace:^",
     "@aztec/p2p": "workspace:^",
     "@aztec/protocol-contracts": "workspace:^",
+    "@aztec/prover-client": "workspace:^",
     "@aztec/pxe": "workspace:^",
     "abitype": "^0.8.11",
     "commander": "^11.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cli.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cli.ts
index 525b3e5d741d..ec6a48eb709e 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cli.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ export function getProgram(userLog: LogFn, debugLogger: DebugLogger): Command {
       } else if (options.p2pBootstrap) {
         const { startP2PBootstrap } = await import('./cmds/start_p2p_bootstrap.js');
         await startP2PBootstrap(options, signalHandlers, userLog, debugLogger);
+      } else if (options.prover) {
+        const { startProver } = await import('./cmds/start_prover.js');
+        services = await startProver(options, signalHandlers, userLog);
       }
       if (services.length) {
         const rpcServer = createNamespacedJsonRpcServer(services, debugLogger);
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts
index 3b29bb8ee4bb..5c8df45e2cc4 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 import { NULL_KEY } from '@aztec/ethereum';
 import { type ServerList } from '@aztec/foundation/json-rpc/server';
 import { type LogFn } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { createProvingJobSourceServer } from '@aztec/prover-client/prover-pool';
 import { type PXEServiceConfig, createPXERpcServer, getPXEServiceConfig } from '@aztec/pxe';
 
 import { mnemonicToAccount, privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts';
@@ -64,7 +65,10 @@ export const startNode = async (
   }
 
   if (!options.prover) {
+    userLog(`Prover is disabled, using mocked proofs`);
     nodeConfig.disableProver = true;
+  } else {
+    nodeConfig = mergeEnvVarsAndCliOptions<AztecNodeConfig>(nodeConfig, parseModuleOptions(options.prover));
   }
 
   // Create and start Aztec Node.
@@ -74,6 +78,11 @@ export const startNode = async (
   // Add node to services list
   services.push({ node: nodeServer });
 
+  if (!nodeConfig.disableProver) {
+    const provingJobSource = createProvingJobSourceServer(node.getProver().getProvingJobSource());
+    services.push({ provingJobSource });
+  }
+
   // Add node stop function to signal handlers
   signalHandlers.push(node.stop);
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb1fb39e5805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { getSimulationProvider } from '@aztec/aztec-node';
+import { type ProvingJobSource } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
+import { ProverPool, createProvingJobSourceClient } from '@aztec/prover-client/prover-pool';
+
+import { type ServiceStarter, parseModuleOptions } from '../util.js';
+
+type ProverOptions = Partial<{
+  jobsUrl: string;
+  agents: string;
+}>;
+
+export const startProver: ServiceStarter = async (options, signalHandlers, logger) => {
+  const proverOptions: ProverOptions = parseModuleOptions(options.prover);
+  let source: ProvingJobSource;
+
+  if (typeof proverOptions.jobsUrl === 'string') {
+    logger(`Connecting to prover at ${proverOptions.jobsUrl}`);
+    source = createProvingJobSourceClient(proverOptions.jobsUrl, 'provingJobSource');
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('Starting prover without an orchestrator is not supported');
+  }
+
+  const agentCount = proverOptions.agents ? parseInt(proverOptions.agents, 10) : 1;
+  if (agentCount === 0 || !Number.isSafeInteger(agentCount)) {
+    throw new Error('Cannot start prover without agents');
+  }
+
+  logger(`Starting ${agentCount} prover agents`);
+  const pool = ProverPool.testPool(await getSimulationProvider(options), agentCount);
+  await pool.start(source);
+  signalHandlers.push(() => pool.stop());
+
+  return Promise.resolve([]);
+};
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/util.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/util.ts
index 1a14868638be..db16f546c7b5 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/util.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/util.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ import { type AztecNodeConfig } from '@aztec/aztec-node';
 import { type AccountManager, type Fr } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
 import { type L1ContractAddresses, l1ContractsNames } from '@aztec/ethereum';
 import { EthAddress } from '@aztec/foundation/eth-address';
+import { type ServerList } from '@aztec/foundation/json-rpc/server';
 import { type LogFn, createConsoleLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import { type P2PConfig } from '@aztec/p2p';
 import { type PXEService, type PXEServiceConfig } from '@aztec/pxe';
 
+export interface ServiceStarter<T = any> {
+  (options: T, signalHandlers: (() => Promise<void>)[], logger: LogFn): Promise<ServerList>;
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks if the object has l1Contracts property
  * @param obj - The object to check
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/tsconfig.json b/yarn-project/aztec/tsconfig.json
index ff9caf3d51b6..5124c188a848 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/tsconfig.json
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/tsconfig.json
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../protocol-contracts"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../prover-client"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../pxe"
     }
diff --git a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/prover-client.ts b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/prover-client.ts
index 5c2ef55b8d57..8e55d3a2dbbb 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/prover-client.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/interfaces/prover-client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type BlockProver } from './block-prover.js';
+import { type ProvingJobSource } from './proving-job.js';
 
 /**
  * The interface to the prover client.
@@ -8,4 +9,6 @@ export interface ProverClient extends BlockProver {
   start(): Promise<void>;
 
   stop(): Promise<void>;
+
+  getProvingJobSource(): ProvingJobSource;
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/integration_l1_publisher.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/integration_l1_publisher.test.ts
index b72df9815b38..bea0b56d8aa9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/integration_l1_publisher.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/integration_l1_publisher.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { openTmpStore } from '@aztec/kv-store/utils';
 import { AvailabilityOracleAbi, InboxAbi, OutboxAbi, RollupAbi } from '@aztec/l1-artifacts';
 import { SHA256Trunc, StandardTree } from '@aztec/merkle-tree';
 import { TxProver } from '@aztec/prover-client';
+import { ProverPool } from '@aztec/prover-client/prover-pool';
 import { type L1Publisher, getL1Publisher } from '@aztec/sequencer-client';
 import { WASMSimulator } from '@aztec/simulator';
 import { MerkleTrees, ServerWorldStateSynchronizer, type WorldStateConfig } from '@aztec/world-state';
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ describe('L1Publisher integration', () => {
     };
     const worldStateSynchronizer = new ServerWorldStateSynchronizer(tmpStore, builderDb, blockSource, worldStateConfig);
     await worldStateSynchronizer.start();
-    builder = await TxProver.new({}, worldStateSynchronizer, new WASMSimulator());
+    builder = await TxProver.new(worldStateSynchronizer, ProverPool.testPool(new WASMSimulator(), 4));
     l2Proof = Buffer.alloc(0);
 
     publisher = getL1Publisher({
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/package.json b/yarn-project/prover-client/package.json
index 989fd4ff340d..833d2c830176 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "name": "@aztec/prover-client",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "type": "module",
-  "exports": "./dest/index.js",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./dest/index.js",
+    "./prover-pool": "./dest/prover-pool/index.js"
+  },
   "bin": {
     "bb-cli": "./dest/bb/index.js"
   },
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/dummy-prover.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/dummy-prover.ts
index de61267c7384..ed9b1fdf06ab 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/dummy-prover.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/dummy-prover.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import {
   PROVING_STATUS,
   type ProcessedTx,
   type ProverClient,
+  type ProvingJob,
+  type ProvingJobSource,
+  type ProvingRequest,
   type ProvingSuccess,
   type ProvingTicket,
 } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
@@ -11,6 +14,8 @@ import { type GlobalVariables, makeEmptyProof } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
 import { type Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/fields';
 
 export class DummyProver implements ProverClient {
+  jobs = new DummyProvingJobSource();
+
   public start(): Promise<void> {
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
@@ -54,4 +59,22 @@ export class DummyProver implements ProverClient {
   setBlockCompleted(): Promise<void> {
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
+
+  getProvingJobSource(): ProvingJobSource {
+    return this.jobs;
+  }
+}
+
+class DummyProvingJobSource implements ProvingJobSource {
+  getProvingJob(): Promise<ProvingJob<ProvingRequest> | null> {
+    return Promise.resolve(null);
+  }
+
+  rejectProvingJob(): Promise<void> {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
+  resolveProvingJob(): Promise<void> {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/prover-pool/rpc.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/prover-pool/rpc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f0dd5ca989a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/prover-pool/rpc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { type ProvingJobSource } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
+import {
+  BaseOrMergeRollupPublicInputs,
+  BaseParityInputs,
+  BaseRollupInputs,
+  MergeRollupInputs,
+  ParityPublicInputs,
+  Proof,
+  PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs,
+  RootParityInputs,
+  RootRollupInputs,
+  RootRollupPublicInputs,
+} from '@aztec/circuits.js';
+import { createJsonRpcClient, makeFetch } from '@aztec/foundation/json-rpc/client';
+import { JsonRpcServer } from '@aztec/foundation/json-rpc/server';
+
+export function createProvingJobSourceServer(queue: ProvingJobSource): JsonRpcServer {
+  return new JsonRpcServer(
+    queue,
+    {
+      BaseParityInputs,
+      BaseOrMergeRollupPublicInputs,
+      BaseRollupInputs,
+      MergeRollupInputs,
+      ParityPublicInputs,
+      Proof,
+      RootParityInputs,
+      RootRollupInputs,
+      RootRollupPublicInputs,
+      PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs,
+    },
+    {},
+  );
+}
+
+export function createProvingJobSourceClient(
+  url: string,
+  namespace?: string,
+  fetch = makeFetch([1, 2, 3], false),
+): ProvingJobSource {
+  return createJsonRpcClient(
+    url,
+    {
+      BaseParityInputs,
+      BaseOrMergeRollupPublicInputs,
+      BaseRollupInputs,
+      MergeRollupInputs,
+      ParityPublicInputs,
+      Proof,
+      RootParityInputs,
+      RootRollupInputs,
+      RootRollupPublicInputs,
+      PublicKernelCircuitPrivateInputs,
+    },
+    {},
+    false,
+    namespace,
+    fetch,
+  ) as ProvingJobSource;
+}
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/tx-prover/tx-prover.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/tx-prover/tx-prover.ts
index 14f36024a39c..bc45cc582bf9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/tx-prover/tx-prover.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/tx-prover/tx-prover.ts
@@ -1,50 +1,45 @@
 import { type ProcessedTx } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
-import { type BlockResult, type ProverClient, type ProvingTicket } from '@aztec/circuit-types/interfaces';
+import {
+  type BlockResult,
+  type ProverClient,
+  type ProvingJobSource,
+  type ProvingTicket,
+} from '@aztec/circuit-types/interfaces';
 import { type Fr, type GlobalVariables } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
-import { type SimulationProvider } from '@aztec/simulator';
 import { type WorldStateSynchronizer } from '@aztec/world-state';
 
-import { type ProverConfig } from '../config.js';
 import { type VerificationKeys, getVerificationKeys } from '../mocks/verification_keys.js';
 import { ProvingOrchestrator } from '../orchestrator/orchestrator.js';
-import { CircuitProverAgent } from '../prover-pool/circuit-prover-agent.js';
-import { ProverPool } from '../prover-pool/prover-pool.js';
-import { TestCircuitProver } from '../prover/test_circuit_prover.js';
+import { MemoryProvingQueue } from '../prover-pool/memory-proving-queue.js';
+import { type ProverPool } from '../prover-pool/prover-pool.js';
 
 /**
  * A prover accepting individual transaction requests
  */
 export class TxProver implements ProverClient {
   private orchestrator: ProvingOrchestrator;
-  private proverPool: ProverPool;
+  private queue = new MemoryProvingQueue();
 
   constructor(
     private worldStateSynchronizer: WorldStateSynchronizer,
-    simulationProvider: SimulationProvider,
     protected vks: VerificationKeys,
-    agentCount = 4,
-    agentPollIntervalMS = 10,
+    private proverPool?: ProverPool,
   ) {
-    this.proverPool = new ProverPool(
-      agentCount,
-      i => new CircuitProverAgent(new TestCircuitProver(simulationProvider), agentPollIntervalMS, `${i}`),
-    );
-
-    this.orchestrator = new ProvingOrchestrator(worldStateSynchronizer.getLatest(), this.proverPool.queue);
+    this.orchestrator = new ProvingOrchestrator(worldStateSynchronizer.getLatest(), this.queue);
   }
 
   /**
    * Starts the prover instance
    */
   public async start() {
-    await this.proverPool.start();
+    await this.proverPool?.start(this.queue);
   }
 
   /**
    * Stops the prover instance
    */
   public async stop() {
-    await this.proverPool.stop();
+    await this.proverPool?.stop();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -53,12 +48,8 @@ export class TxProver implements ProverClient {
    * @param worldStateSynchronizer - An instance of the world state
    * @returns An instance of the prover, constructed and started.
    */
-  public static async new(
-    config: ProverConfig,
-    worldStateSynchronizer: WorldStateSynchronizer,
-    simulationProvider: SimulationProvider,
-  ) {
-    const prover = new TxProver(worldStateSynchronizer, simulationProvider, getVerificationKeys());
+  public static async new(worldStateSynchronizer: WorldStateSynchronizer, proverPool?: ProverPool) {
+    const prover = new TxProver(worldStateSynchronizer, getVerificationKeys(), proverPool);
     await prover.start();
     return prover;
   }
@@ -110,4 +101,8 @@ export class TxProver implements ProverClient {
   public setBlockCompleted(): Promise<void> {
     return this.orchestrator.setBlockCompleted();
   }
+
+  getProvingJobSource(): ProvingJobSource {
+    return this.queue;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/yarn.lock b/yarn-project/yarn.lock
index 12ef01aca7c0..00775c2ec57c 100644
--- a/yarn-project/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn-project/yarn.lock
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@aztec/noir-contracts.js": "workspace:^"
     "@aztec/p2p": "workspace:^"
     "@aztec/protocol-contracts": "workspace:^"
+    "@aztec/prover-client": "workspace:^"
     "@aztec/pxe": "workspace:^"
     "@jest/globals": ^29.5.0
     "@types/jest": ^29.5.0