diff --git a/.github/ci-scripts/templatize_ray_config.py b/.github/ci-scripts/templatize_ray_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea597c1dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ci-scripts/templatize_ray_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import sys
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional
+
+CLUSTER_NAME_PLACEHOLDER = "{{CLUSTER_NAME}}"
+DAFT_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER = "{{DAFT_VERSION}}"
+PYTHON_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER = "{{PYTHON_VERSION}}"
+CLUSTER_PROFILE__NODE_COUNT = "'{{CLUSTER_PROFILE/node_count}}'"
+CLUSTER_PROFILE__INSTANCE_TYPE = "{{CLUSTER_PROFILE/instance_type}}"
+CLUSTER_PROFILE__IMAGE_ID = "{{CLUSTER_PROFILE/image_id}}"
+CLUSTER_PROFILE__VOLUME_MOUNT = "'{{CLUSTER_PROFILE/volume_mount}}'"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Profile:
+    node_count: int
+    instance_type: int
+    image_id: int
+    volume_mount: Optional[int]
+
+
+profiles: dict[str, Optional[Profile]] = {
+    "debug_xs-x86": None,
+    "medium-x86": Profile(
+        instance_type="i3.2xlarge",
+        image_id="ami-04dd23e62ed049936",
+        node_count=4,
+        volume_mount=""" |
+    findmnt /tmp 1> /dev/null
+    code=$?
+    if [ $code -ne 0 ]; then
+        sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1
+        sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/nvme0n1 /tmp
+        sudo chmod 777 /tmp
+    fi""",
+    ),
+}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    content = sys.stdin.read()
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--cluster-name")
+    parser.add_argument("--daft-version")
+    parser.add_argument("--python-version")
+    parser.add_argument("--cluster-profile")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.cluster_name:
+        content = content.replace(CLUSTER_NAME_PLACEHOLDER, args.cluster_name)
+
+    if args.daft_version:
+        content = content.replace(DAFT_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, f"=={args.daft_version}")
+    else:
+        content = content.replace(DAFT_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, "")
+
+    if args.python_version:
+        content = content.replace(PYTHON_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, args.python_version)
+
+    if cluster_profile := args.cluster_profile:
+        cluster_profile: str
+        if cluster_profile not in profiles:
+            raise Exception(f'Cluster profile "{cluster_profile}" not found')
+
+        profile = profiles[cluster_profile]
+        if profile is None:
+            raise Exception(f'Cluster profile "{cluster_profile}" not yet implemented')
+
+        assert profile is not None
+        content = content.replace(CLUSTER_PROFILE__NODE_COUNT, str(profile.node_count))
+        content = content.replace(CLUSTER_PROFILE__INSTANCE_TYPE, profile.instance_type)
+        content = content.replace(CLUSTER_PROFILE__IMAGE_ID, profile.image_id)
+        if profile.volume_mount:
+            content = content.replace(CLUSTER_PROFILE__VOLUME_MOUNT, profile.volume_mount)
+        else:
+            content = content.replace(CLUSTER_PROFILE__VOLUME_MOUNT, "echo 'Nothing to mount; skipping'")
+
+    print(content)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cluster.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cluster.yaml
index 1a296b36a0..3d3e5b1ae6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-cluster.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cluster.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ on:
         description: The version of python to use
         required: false
         default: "3.9"
+      cluster_profile:
+        type: choice
+        options:
+        - medium-x86
+        description: The profile to use for the cluster
+        required: false
+        default: medium-x86
       command:
         type: string
         description: The command to run on the cluster
@@ -50,14 +57,16 @@ jobs:
         uv pip install ray[default] boto3
     - name: Dynamically update ray config file
       run: |
-        id="ray-ci-run-${{ github.run_id }}_${{ github.run_attempt }}"
-        sed -i "s|{{RAY_CLUSTER_NAME}}|$id|g" .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml
-        sed -i 's|{{PYTHON_VERSION}}|${{ inputs.python_version }}|g' .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml
-        if [[ '${{ inputs.daft_version }}' ]]; then
-          sed -i 's|{{DAFT_VERSION}}|==${{ inputs.daft_version }}|g' .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml
-        else
-          sed -i 's|{{DAFT_VERSION}}||g' .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml
-        fi
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        (cat .github/assets/template.yaml \
+          | python .github/ci-scripts/templatize_ray_config.py \
+          --cluster-name "ray-ci-run-${{ github.run_id }}_${{ github.run_attempt }}" \
+          --daft-version ${{ inputs.daft_version }} \
+          --python-version ${{ inputs.python_version }} \
+          --cluster-profile 'medium-x86'
+        ) >> .github/assets/ray.yaml
+        echo "Ray configuration file:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        cat .github/assets/ray.yaml >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
     - name: Download private ssh key
       run: |
         KEY=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id ci-github-actions-ray-cluster-key-3 --query SecretString --output text)
@@ -66,11 +75,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Spin up ray cluster
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
-        ray up .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml -y
+        ray up .github/assets/ray.yaml -y
     - name: Setup connection to ray cluster
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
-        ray dashboard .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml &
+        ray dashboard .github/assets/ray.yaml &
     - name: Submit job to ray cluster
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Download log files from ray cluster
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
-        ray rsync-down .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml /tmp/ray/session_*/logs ray-daft-logs
+        ray rsync-down .github/assets/ray.yaml /tmp/ray/session_*/logs ray-daft-logs
     - name: Kill connection to ray cluster
       run: |
         PID=$(lsof -t -i:8265)
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       if: always()
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
-        ray down .github/assets/benchmarking_ray_config.yaml -y
+        ray down .github/assets/ray.yaml -y
     - name: Upload log files
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with: