diff --git a/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobScheduler.java b/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobScheduler.java
index 661954e5227c..b57cffbc7a82 100644
--- a/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobScheduler.java
+++ b/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobScheduler.java
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ public void run() {
 
   private void scheduleSyncJobs() throws IOException {
     int jobsScheduled = 0;
+    var start = System.currentTimeMillis();
     final List<StandardSync> activeConnections = getAllActiveConnections();
+    var queryEnd = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    LOGGER.debug("Total active connections: {}", activeConnections.size());
+    LOGGER.debug("Time to retrieve all connections: {} ms", queryEnd - start);
 
     for (StandardSync connection : activeConnections) {
       final Optional<Job> previousJobOptional = jobPersistence.getLastReplicationJob(connection.getConnectionId());
@@ -80,8 +84,11 @@ private void scheduleSyncJobs() throws IOException {
       if (scheduleJobPredicate.test(previousJobOptional, connection)) {
         jobFactory.create(connection.getConnectionId());
         jobsScheduled++;
+        SchedulerApp.PENDING_JOBS.getAndIncrement();
       }
     }
+    var end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    LOGGER.debug("Time taken to schedule jobs: {} ms", end - start);
 
     if (jobsScheduled > 0) {
       LOGGER.info("Job-Scheduler Summary. Active connections: {}, Jobs scheduled this cycle: {}", activeConnections.size(), jobsScheduled);
diff --git a/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobSubmitter.java b/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobSubmitter.java
index ca7c3d610ca3..f538712dedcf 100644
--- a/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobSubmitter.java
+++ b/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/JobSubmitter.java
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ public JobSubmitter(final ExecutorService threadPool,
   public void run() {
     try {
       LOGGER.debug("Running job-submitter...");
+      var start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
       final Optional<Job> nextJob = persistence.getNextJob();
 
       nextJob.ifPresent(attemptJobSubmit());
 
-      LOGGER.debug("Completed Job-Submitter...");
+      var end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+      LOGGER.debug("Completed Job-Submitter. Time taken: {} ms", end - start);
     } catch (Throwable e) {
       LOGGER.error("Job Submitter Error", e);
     }
@@ -87,9 +89,12 @@ synchronized private Consumer<Job> attemptJobSubmit() {
         runningJobs.add(job.getId());
         trackSubmission(job);
         submitJob(job);
+        var pending = SchedulerApp.PENDING_JOBS.decrementAndGet();
         LOGGER.info("Job-Submitter Summary. Submitted job with scope {}", job.getScope());
+        LOGGER.debug("Pending jobs: {}", pending);
       } else {
         LOGGER.info("Attempting to submit already running job {}. There are probably too many queued jobs.", job.getId());
+        LOGGER.debug("Pending jobs: {}", SchedulerApp.PENDING_JOBS.get());
       }
     };
   }
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@ void submitJob(Job job) {
           LogClientSingleton.setJobMdc(workerRun.getJobRoot());
         })
         .setOnSuccess(output -> {
+          LOGGER.debug("Job id {} succeeded", job.getId());
           if (output.getOutput().isPresent()) {
             persistence.writeOutput(job.getId(), attemptNumber, output.getOutput().get());
           }
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@ void submitJob(Job job) {
         })
         .setOnFinish(() -> {
           runningJobs.remove(job.getId());
+          LOGGER.debug("Job id {} cleared", job.getId());
           MDC.clear();
         })
         .build());
diff --git a/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/SchedulerApp.java b/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/SchedulerApp.java
index 689e26a8327d..52cc8df10fd2 100644
--- a/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/SchedulerApp.java
+++ b/airbyte-scheduler/app/src/main/java/io/airbyte/scheduler/app/SchedulerApp.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.slf4j.MDC;
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@
  */
 public class SchedulerApp {
 
+  public static AtomicInteger PENDING_JOBS = new AtomicInteger();
+
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SchedulerApp.class);
 
   private static final long GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_SECONDS = 30;
@@ -88,7 +91,9 @@ public SchedulerApp(Path workspaceRoot,
 
   public void start() throws IOException {
     final ExecutorService workerThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(SUBMITTER_NUM_THREADS, THREAD_FACTORY);
-    final ScheduledExecutorService scheduledPool = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+    final ScheduledExecutorService scheduleJobsPool = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+    final ScheduledExecutorService executeJobsPool = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+    final ScheduledExecutorService cleanupJobsPool = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
     final TemporalWorkerRunFactory temporalWorkerRunFactory = new TemporalWorkerRunFactory(temporalClient, workspaceRoot);
     final JobRetrier jobRetrier = new JobRetrier(jobPersistence, Instant::now, jobNotifier);
     final JobScheduler jobScheduler = new JobScheduler(jobPersistence, configRepository);
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
     // anymore.
     cleanupZombies(jobPersistence, jobNotifier);
 
-    scheduledPool.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
+    scheduleJobsPool.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
         () -> {
           MDC.setContextMap(mdc);
           jobRetrier.run();
@@ -116,7 +121,16 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
         SCHEDULING_DELAY.toSeconds(),
         TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
-    scheduledPool.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
+    executeJobsPool.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
+        () -> {
+          MDC.setContextMap(mdc);
+          jobSubmitter.run();
+        },
+        0L,
+        SCHEDULING_DELAY.toSeconds(),
+        TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+    cleanupJobsPool.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
         () -> {
           MDC.setContextMap(mdc);
           jobCleaner.run();
@@ -126,7 +140,8 @@ public void start() throws IOException {
         CLEANING_DELAY.toSeconds(),
         TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
-    Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new GracefulShutdownHandler(Duration.ofSeconds(GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_SECONDS), workerThreadPool, scheduledPool));
+    Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new GracefulShutdownHandler(Duration.ofSeconds(GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_SECONDS), workerThreadPool,
+        scheduleJobsPool, executeJobsPool, cleanupJobsPool));
   }
 
   private void cleanupZombies(JobPersistence jobPersistence, JobNotifier jobNotifier) throws IOException {