Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for job management. One of the methods includes receiving a status report for each of a plurality of jobs from a pluggable status reporter. The jobs are executed by applications in a distributed computing system. The applications are developed in at least two different software frameworks. A job type for each job is determined. A specific status handler associated with the job type is selected to determine specified status information for the job. The specified status information is stored and associated with the job in a status database.