diff --git a/core/src/main/java/feast/core/job/dataflow/DataflowJobManager.java b/core/src/main/java/feast/core/job/dataflow/DataflowJobManager.java
index db9a7f90707..08b6bfbd01f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/feast/core/job/dataflow/DataflowJobManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/feast/core/job/dataflow/DataflowJobManager.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.DataflowPipelineJob;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.DataflowRunner;
@@ -120,12 +119,15 @@ public Job startJob(Job job) {
       for (FeatureSet featureSet : job.getFeatureSets()) {
         featureSetProtos.add(featureSet.toProto());
       }
-      return submitDataflowJob(
-          job.getId(),
-          featureSetProtos,
-          job.getSource().toProto(),
-          job.getStore().toProto(),
-          false);
+      String extId =
+          submitDataflowJob(
+              job.getId(),
+              featureSetProtos,
+              job.getSource().toProto(),
+              job.getStore().toProto(),
+              false);
+      job.setExtId(extId);
+      return job;
 
     } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
       log.error(e.getMessage());
@@ -150,8 +152,17 @@ public Job updateJob(Job job) {
       for (FeatureSet featureSet : job.getFeatureSets()) {
         featureSetProtos.add(featureSet.toProto());
       }
-      return submitDataflowJob(
-          job.getId(), featureSetProtos, job.getSource().toProto(), job.getStore().toProto(), true);
+
+      String extId =
+          submitDataflowJob(
+              job.getId(),
+              featureSetProtos,
+              job.getSource().toProto(),
+              job.getStore().toProto(),
+              true);
+
+      job.setExtId(extId);
+      return job;
     } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
       log.error(e.getMessage());
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(
@@ -236,7 +247,7 @@ public JobStatus getJobStatus(Job job) {
     return JobStatus.UNKNOWN;
   }
 
-  private Job submitDataflowJob(
+  private String submitDataflowJob(
       String jobName,
       List<FeatureSetProto.FeatureSet> featureSetProtos,
       SourceProto.Source source,
@@ -245,17 +256,8 @@ private Job submitDataflowJob(
     try {
       ImportOptions pipelineOptions = getPipelineOptions(jobName, featureSetProtos, sink, update);
       DataflowPipelineJob pipelineResult = runPipeline(pipelineOptions);
-      List<FeatureSet> featureSets =
-          featureSetProtos.stream().map(FeatureSet::fromProto).collect(Collectors.toList());
       String jobId = waitForJobToRun(pipelineResult);
-      return new Job(
-          jobName,
-          jobId,
-          getRunnerType(),
-          Source.fromProto(source),
-          Store.fromProto(sink),
-          featureSets,
-          JobStatus.PENDING);
+      return jobId;
     } catch (Exception e) {
       log.error("Error submitting job", e);
       throw new JobExecutionException(String.format("Error running ingestion job: %s", e), e);