diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 254af7b..201d38e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ subprojects {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+	implementation(project(":edge-contracts"))
 	implementation(project(":db"))
+	implementation(project(":edge-producing"))
 	implementation(project(":core"))
 	implementation(project(":edge-consuming"))
 
@@ -104,7 +106,9 @@ dependencies {
 
 	kover(project(":edge-consuming"))
 	kover(project(":core"))
+	kover(project(":edge-producing"))
 	kover(project(":db"))
+	kover(project(":edge-contracts"))
 }
 
 tasks.bootJar {
diff --git a/edge-producing/build.gradle.kts b/edge-producing/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f33db3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edge-producing/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+dependencies {
+    implementation(project(":edge-contracts"))
+
+    implementation(rootProject.libs.jackson.datatype.jsr)
+    implementation(rootProject.libs.jackson.module.kotlin)
+    implementation(rootProject.libs.spring.boot.starter.validation)
+    implementation(rootProject.libs.spring.cloud.starter.streamKafka)
+
+    testImplementation(rootProject.libs.spring.cloud.streamTestBinder)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/dto/ProductDto.kt b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/dto/ProductDto.kt
similarity index 84%
rename from src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/dto/ProductDto.kt
rename to edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/dto/ProductDto.kt
index 2fd4ff7..1257736 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/dto/ProductDto.kt
+++ b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/dto/ProductDto.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.dto
+package com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.dto
 
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/exceptions/InvalidArgumentException.kt b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/exceptions/InvalidArgumentException.kt
similarity index 61%
rename from src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/exceptions/InvalidArgumentException.kt
rename to edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/exceptions/InvalidArgumentException.kt
index a3072d5..11688fa 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/exceptions/InvalidArgumentException.kt
+++ b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/exceptions/InvalidArgumentException.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.exceptions
+package com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.exceptions
 
 class InvalidArgumentException(argName: String): RuntimeException("invalid argument $argName")
diff --git a/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducer.kt b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4dd090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.producer
+
+import com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.dto.ProductDto
+import com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException
+
+interface ProductProducer {
+    @Throws(InvalidArgumentException::class)
+    fun produceProductSync(product: ProductDto)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/ProducerImpl.kt b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducerImpl.kt
similarity index 82%
rename from src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/ProducerImpl.kt
rename to edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducerImpl.kt
index 1779baf..2508859 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/ProducerImpl.kt
+++ b/edge-producing/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducerImpl.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka
+package com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.producer
 
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.services.validation.SchemaValidator
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.dto.ProductDto
+import com.github.dannecron.demo.edgecontracts.validation.SchemaValidator
+import com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.dto.ProductDto
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.encodeToJsonElement
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.function.StreamBridge
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
 
 @Service
-class ProducerImpl(
+class ProductProducerImpl(
     private val streamBridge: StreamBridge,
     private val schemaValidator: SchemaValidator,
-): Producer {
+): ProductProducer {
     private companion object {
         private const val BINDING_NAME_PRODUCT_SYNC = "productSyncProducer"
         private const val SCHEMA_KAFKA_PRODUCT_SYNC = "kafka-product-sync"
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/ProducerImplTest.kt b/edge-producing/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducerImplTest.kt
similarity index 87%
rename from src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/ProducerImplTest.kt
rename to edge-producing/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducerImplTest.kt
index a808171..502a792 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/ProducerImplTest.kt
+++ b/edge-producing/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/edgeproducing/producer/ProductProducerImplTest.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka
+package com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.producer
 
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.services.validation.SchemaValidator
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.dto.ProductDto
+import com.github.dannecron.demo.edgecontracts.validation.SchemaValidator
+import com.github.dannecron.demo.edgeproducing.dto.ProductDto
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.encodeToJsonElement
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.mockito.kotlin.any
 import org.mockito.kotlin.argumentCaptor
 import org.mockito.kotlin.eq
@@ -17,12 +18,11 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.Message
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import java.util.UUID
-import kotlin.test.Test
 
-class ProducerImplTest {
+class ProductProducerImplTest {
     private val streamBridge: StreamBridge = mock()
     private val schemaValidator: SchemaValidator = mock()
-    private val producerImpl = ProducerImpl(
+    private val producerImpl = ProductProducerImpl(
         streamBridge = streamBridge,
         schemaValidator = schemaValidator,
     )
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index c54f066..9361e15 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ rootProject.name = "demo"
 include("db")
 include("core")
 include("edge-consuming")
+include("edge-producing")
+include("edge-contracts")
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/config/AppConfig.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/config/AppConfig.kt
index d55834d..c0562db 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/config/AppConfig.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/config/AppConfig.kt
@@ -3,21 +3,18 @@ package com.github.dannecron.demo.config
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.config.properties.ValidationProperties
 import io.ktor.client.engine.HttpClientEngine
 import io.ktor.client.engine.cio.CIO
 import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry
 import io.micrometer.observation.aop.ObservedAspect
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.http.trace.OtlpHttpSpanExporter
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
 import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.neko.Client as NekoClient
 import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.neko.ClientImpl as NekoClientImpl
 
 @Configuration
-@EnableConfigurationProperties(ValidationProperties::class)
 class AppConfig {
     @Bean
     fun objectMapper(): ObjectMapper = ObjectMapper().apply {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncService.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 95bbcca..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncService.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services
-
-
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.exceptions.ProductNotFoundException
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException
-import java.util.UUID
-
-interface ProductSyncService {
-
-    @Throws(ProductNotFoundException::class, InvalidArgumentException::class)
-    fun syncToKafka(guid: UUID, topic: String?)
-}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncServiceImpl.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncServiceImpl.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1959373..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncServiceImpl.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services
-
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.dto.Product
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.exceptions.ProductNotFoundException
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.services.product.ProductService
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.Producer
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.dto.ProductDto
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-import java.util.UUID
-
-@Service
-class ProductSyncServiceImpl(
-    private val productService: ProductService,
-    private val producer: Producer,
-) : ProductSyncService {
-
-    @Throws(ProductNotFoundException::class, InvalidArgumentException::class)
-    override fun syncToKafka(guid: UUID, topic: String?) {
-        val product = productService.findByGuid(guid) ?: throw ProductNotFoundException()
-
-        producer.produceProductSync(product.toKafkaDto())
-    }
-
-    private fun Product.toKafkaDto() = ProductDto(
-        id = id,
-        guid = guid.toString(),
-        name = name,
-        description = description,
-        price = price,
-        createdAt = createdAt.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME),
-        updatedAt = updatedAt?.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME),
-        deletedAt = deletedAt?.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME),
-    )
-}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/Producer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/Producer.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b38fb1..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/kafka/Producer.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka
-
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.dto.ProductDto
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException
-
-interface Producer {
-    @Throws(InvalidArgumentException::class)
-    fun produceProductSync(product: ProductDto)
-}
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/BaseUnitTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/BaseUnitTest.kt
index 82ad12c..3ca23d5 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/BaseUnitTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/BaseUnitTest.kt
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 package com.github.dannecron.demo
 
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.config.properties.ValidationProperties
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.TestConfiguration
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
 
 open class BaseUnitTest {
     @TestConfiguration
-    class TestConfig {
-        @Bean
-        fun validationProperties(): ValidationProperties = ValidationProperties(
-            schema = mapOf("kafka-product-sync" to "kafka/product/sync.json"),
-        )
-    }
+    class TestConfig
 }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncServiceImplTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncServiceImplTest.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index c81ee2d..0000000
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/services/ProductSyncServiceImplTest.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-package com.github.dannecron.demo.services
-
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.dto.Product
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.exceptions.ProductNotFoundException
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.core.services.product.ProductService
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.Producer
-import com.github.dannecron.demo.services.kafka.dto.ProductDto
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
-import org.mockito.kotlin.any
-import org.mockito.kotlin.doReturn
-import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
-import org.mockito.kotlin.times
-import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
-import org.mockito.kotlin.verifyNoInteractions
-import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
-import java.time.OffsetDateTime
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
-import java.util.UUID
-
-class ProductSyncServiceImplTest {
-    private val productService: ProductService = mock()
-    private val producer: Producer = mock()
-
-    private val productSyncService = ProductSyncServiceImpl(
-        productService = productService,
-        producer = producer
-    )
-
-    private val guid = UUID.randomUUID()
-    private val product = Product(
-        id = 123,
-        guid = guid,
-        name = "name",
-        description = "description",
-        price = 10050,
-        createdAt = OffsetDateTime.now().minusDays(1),
-        updatedAt = OffsetDateTime.now().minusHours(2),
-        deletedAt = null,
-    )
-
-    private val kafkaProductDto = ProductDto(
-        id = 123,
-        guid = guid.toString(),
-        name = "name",
-        description = "description",
-        price = 10050,
-        createdAt = product.createdAt.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME),
-        updatedAt = product.updatedAt!!.format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME),
-        deletedAt = null,
-    )
-
-    @Test
-    fun `syncToKafka - success`() {
-        whenever(productService.findByGuid(any())).thenReturn(product)
-
-        productSyncService.syncToKafka(guid, null)
-
-        verify(productService, times(1)).findByGuid(guid)
-        verify(producer, times(1)).produceProductSync(kafkaProductDto)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun `syncToKafka - not found`() {
-        whenever(productService.findByGuid(any())) doReturn null
-
-        assertThrows<ProductNotFoundException> {
-            productSyncService.syncToKafka(guid, null)
-        }
-
-        verify(productService, times(1)).findByGuid(guid)
-        verifyNoInteractions(producer)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application_kfk.yml b/src/test/resources/application_kfk.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81ae94d..0000000
--- a/src/test/resources/application_kfk.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
----
-spring:
-  datasource:
-    url: jdbc:tc:postgresql:14-alpine:///test
-    hikari:
-      maximum-pool-size: 2
-    driver-class-name: org.testcontainers.jdbc.ContainerDatabaseDriver
-  jpa:
-    hibernate:
-      ddl-auto: create
-
-kafka:
-  bootstrap-servers: localhost:3392
-  producer:
-    product:
-      default-sync-topic: demo-product-sync
-  consumer:
-    group-id: demo-consumer
-    topics: demo-city-sync
-    auto-offset-reset: earliest
-    auto-startup: true
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