diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bba0b1a102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/pytorch:25.12-py3
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y sccache \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN pip uninstall -y transformer-engine
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c412a8fbd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/docker-existing-dockerfile
+{
+    "name": "Transformer Engine Dev Container",
+    "build": {
+        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+    },
+    "mounts": [
+        "source=${localEnv:HOME}/.bash_history_devcontainer,target=/home/ubuntu/.bash_history,type=bind,consistency=cached",
+        "source=${localEnv:HOME}/.cache,target=/home/ubuntu/.cache,type=bind,consistency=cached"
+    ],
+    "initializeCommand": ".devcontainer/initializeCommand.sh",
+    "postCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh",
+    "remoteUser": "ubuntu",
+    "runArgs": [
+        "--gpus=all",
+        "--shm-size=4g"
+    ],
+    "containerEnv": {},
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "extensions": [
+                "charliermarsh.ruff",
+                "eamodio.gitlens",
+                "ms-python.python",
+                "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
+                "tamasfe.even-better-toml"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/initializeCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/initializeCommand.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..410c01da90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/initializeCommand.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+mkdir -p ~/.cache/sccache
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a648f762ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# pip install ninja
+NVTE_USE_CCACHE=1 NVTE_CCACHE_BIN=sccache NVTE_FRAMEWORK=pytorch NVTE_BUILD_DEBUG=1 pip install -v --no-build-isolation -e .
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a86041a1e..2c9c337556 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ compile_commands.json
 tensor_dumps/
 artifacts/
 *.DS_Store
+logs/