Systems, methods, and devices are described for on-demand launching of an interface on a compute cluster. The interface enables a user to interact with an application while the application is executing on the compute cluster. A job request associated with the application is received. Responsive to the job request, a determination is made if the interface has already been launched on the compute cluster responsive to an earlier-received job request. If the interface has not already been launched, launch instructions are transmitted to the compute cluster to cause the interface to be launched on the compute cluster. Job instructions are transmitted to the compute cluster to cause the application to be executed on the compute cluster.