diff --git a/.github/workflows/unitTests.yml b/.github/workflows/unitTests.yml
index 5a73e7aae..52fde2792 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unitTests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unitTests.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   Run-All:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: src
     steps:
       - name: Repo Code Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -13,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
           go-version: 1.18
 
       - run: echo "Running {{ github.repository }} deployment unit tests."
-      - run: go test ./...
\ No newline at end of file
+      - run: go test ./...
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b74c2b405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM golang:1.18
+
+ARG uid=1000
+ARG gid=1000
+
+# Dockerfile with static deps that won't be changed. Right now there's no deps
+# outside of what the go.mod file has to manage. Makes a user in the container
+# with the same UID and GID as the current user so that the mounted directory
+# doesn't end up with files with strange permissions.
+
+RUN groupadd -g "${gid}" build && \
+    useradd -m -u "${uid}" -g "${gid}" build
+
+USER build:build
diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8a3fdbb62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Builds a docker image that contains the deps for the current version of the
+# code. Image expects dev directory to be mounted in the container at runtime.
+
+source paths.sh
+
+BASE_TAG="alcionai/base-dev"
+
+buildImage() {
+  docker build \
+    -f Dockerfile \
+    -t "$BASE_TAG" \
+    --build-arg uid=$(id -u) \
+    --build-arg gid=$(id -g) \
+    .
+  docker run \
+    -v "$REPO_CODE":"$GOLANG_REPO_PATH" \
+    --name build-tmp \
+    -w "$GOLANG_REPO_PATH" \
+    -it \
+    "$BASE_TAG" go get
+  docker commit build-tmp "$DEV_TAG"
+  docker rm build-tmp
+}
+
+buildImage
diff --git a/docker/paths.sh b/docker/paths.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18029fae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/paths.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# TODO(ashmrtnz): Needs adjusting based on where source code lands in the repo
+# and where the scripts land in the repo.
+REPO_ROOT=$(dirname $(pwd))
+REPO_CODE="${REPO_ROOT}/src"
+GOLANG_BASE_REPO_PATH="/go/src/github.com/alcionai"
+GOLANG_REPO_PATH="${GOLANG_BASE_REPO_PATH}/$(basename $REPO_ROOT)"
+DEV_TAG="alcionai/dev"
diff --git a/docker/run_dev.sh b/docker/run_dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5e3a0b32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run_dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Runs the dev docker image with the current user and mounts the source code
+# directory in the container at the proper go path.
+# NOTE: The container is ephemeral and destroyed after it is exited (but changes
+# in the repo's code directory will be available to the host).
+
+source paths.sh
+
+docker run \
+  --rm \
+  -it \
+  -v "$REPO_CODE":"$GOLANG_REPO_PATH" \
+  -w "$GOLANG_REPO_PATH" \
+  "$DEV_TAG" \
+  /bin/bash
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bb7a7299..000000000
--- a/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module alcionai/corso
-
-go 1.18
diff --git a/src/go.mod b/src/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaebc02c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/alcionai/corso
+
+go 1.18