Systems and methods are provided for remote submission and execution of machine learning models. Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure enable an instance of a notebook client running on a user terminal to remotely submit model code entered into the cells of the instance to a selected training cluster. The instance is instantiated without configuring the instance with a specific compute engine. A management system communicatively coupled to the user terminal and the training clusters maintains a data structure including configuration parameters for the training clusters. The instance receives a selection of a training cluster and is provided with the configuration parameters from the management system for the selected training cluster for attaching the training cluster to the instance.