diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5ec097a..3aea78d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repos:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: check-yaml
         exclude:
-          ^(charts/speech-collect/templates|\.drone\.yml)$
+          ^(charts/speech-collect/templates|\.drone\.yml)
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: debug-statements
   - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21d4220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+PYTHON ?= python3.11
+KIND_KUBECONFIG ?= $(HOME)/.kube/config-kind.yaml
+
+# Checks system dependencies needed to run the local dev environment
+check-system-deps:
+	@echo "Checking system dependencies..."
+	@command -v $(PYTHON) > /dev/null || (echo "Python 3.11 is not installed."; exit 1)
+	@command -v kubectl > /dev/null || (echo "kubectl is not installed."; exit 1)
+	@command -v docker > /dev/null || (echo "Docker is not installed."; exit 1)
+	@command -v kind > /dev/null || (echo "Kind is not installed."; exit 1)
+	@command -v ctlptl version > /dev/null || (echo "ctlptl is not installed."; exit 1)
+	@command -v tilt > /dev/null || (echo "Tilt is not installed."; exit 1)
+	@command -v helm > /dev/null || (echo "Helm is not installed."; exit 1)
+	@echo "All required dependencies are installed."
+
+start-local:
+	export KUBECONFIG=$(KIND_KUBECONFIG) ;\
+	ctlptl apply -f kind.yaml ;\
+	tilt up --context kind-kind-local
+
+stop-local:
+	export KUBECONFIG=$(KIND_KUBECONFIG) ;\
+	tilt down --context kind-kind-local
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51c444d..a81db3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,3 +27,30 @@ Run `pip-sync requirements.txt dev_requirements.txt`.
 
 Run the tests by invoking `py.test` in the project root.  Make sure you
 run any pending migrations beforehand.
+
+
+## Local Development Environment
+
+This project makes use of [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/) and [Tilt](https://tilt.dev/) as a local development environment. To ensure you have the system dependencies installed run:
+
+```shell
+check-system-deps
+```
+
+Missing dependencies can be installed from their official sources (alternatively you can use [homebrew](https://brew.sh) for most):
+- [kubctl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/#kubectl) | `brew install kubectl`
+- [helm docs](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/) | `brew install helm`
+- Docker running as non-root
+    - [Docker Install](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/)
+    - [Docker Post Install Steps](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/)
+- [kind installation](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io)  | `brew install kind`
+- [ctlptl](https://github.com/tilt-dev/ctlptl) | `brew install tilt-dev/tap/ctlptl`
+- [python3.11 deadsnakes](https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) | `brew install python3.11`
+- [tilt bash download ](https://docs.tilt.dev/) | `brew install tilt`
+
+
+To start the local development environment and navigate to the :
+
+```shell
+make start-local
+```
diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee9e09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+print("""
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+✨ Speech Collect Tiltfile! ✨
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+""".strip())
+
+# User must manually trigger update for dirty(changed) resources in the UI.
+trigger_mode(TRIGGER_MODE_MANUAL)
+
+# ------------- Variables -----------
+kube_namespace = 'speech-collect-local'
+
+db_name = "tilt-local-db"
+db_user = "postgres"
+db_pass = "passwd"
+db_service = "pg-sql-service"
+db_tag = "15"
+secret_name = 'speech-collect-secret'
+db_secret_key = 'PGSQL_PASSWORD'
+
+# ------------- Docker Image Build -----------
+
+docker_build(
+    'registry.runcible.io/speech-collect',
+    './',
+    build_args={"REPO_NAME": "registry.runcible.io/speech-collect", "COMMIT_SHA": "local"}
+)
+
+# ------------- Prepare Namespace -----------
+
+# load executes another Tiltfile, and imports the named variables into current scope
+load('ext://namespace', 'namespace_create', 'namespace_inject')
+namespace_create(kube_namespace)
+k8s_resource(objects=[kube_namespace], new_name=kube_namespace+"-ns", labels='speech-collect')
+
+load('ext://helm_remote', 'helm_remote')
+load('ext://cert_manager', 'deploy_cert_manager')
+deploy_cert_manager()
+
+
+# ------------- Secrets -----------
+print('Creating secrets')
+load('ext://secret', 'secret_from_dict')
+k8s_yaml(secret_from_dict(secret_name,
+    inputs={db_secret_key : db_pass},
+    namespace=kube_namespace,
+))
+#
+k8s_resource(objects=[secret_name], new_name=secret_name, labels="speech-collect")
+
+
+# ------------- Postgres -----------
+
+print('Installing Postgres')
+helm_remote(
+    'postgresql',
+    namespace=kube_namespace,
+    repo_url='https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami',
+    set=[
+        "global.postgresql.auth.postgresPassword=",
+        "global.postgresql.auth.database=" + db_name,
+        "global.postgresql.auth.username=" + db_user,
+        "global.postgresql.auth.password=" + db_pass,
+        "image.tag=" + db_tag,
+        "fullnameOverride=" + db_service,
+        "nameOverride=" + db_service,
+    ]
+)
+# Modifies the resource (our postgres in this case) by portforwarding to 5432 and applying a label
+k8s_resource(workload=db_service, port_forwards=["5432"], labels="local-external-platform")
+# Renames the secret created by the above helm chart to pg-secret in the Tilt UI
+k8s_resource(objects=[db_service+":secret"], new_name="pg-secret", labels="local-external-platform")
+
+# HERE IS YOUR LOCAL SERVICE
+load('ext://helm_remote', 'helm_remote')
+
+# ------------ Local Chart ------------
+k8s_yaml(
+    helm(
+        './charts/speech-collect',
+        namespace=kube_namespace,
+        set=[
+        ]
+    )
+)
+
+k8s_resource('speech-collect-api', resource_deps=[], labels="speech-collect")
+k8s_resource(objects=['speech-collect-sa:serviceaccount'], new_name="speech-collect-sa", labels='speech-collect')
+k8s_resource(objects=['speech-collect-configmap:configmap'], new_name="speech-collect-configmap", labels='speech-collect')
diff --git a/charts/speech-collect/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/speech-collect/templates/configmap.yaml
index 3f7875b..9282d07 100644
--- a/charts/speech-collect/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/speech-collect/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: {{ $.Release.Name }}-{{ $.Chart.Name }}-configmap
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-configmap
 data:
   EXAMPLE_VALUE: "static"
 {{- range $key, $val := .Values.configEnvVars }}
diff --git a/kind.yaml b/kind.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e02a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kind.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: ctlptl.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: Cluster
+product: kind
+registry: ctlptl-registry
+kindV1Alpha4Cluster:
+  name: kind-local
+  nodes:
+    - role: control-plane
+    - role: worker
+    - role: worker