diff --git a/valohai/internals/distributed_config/__init__.py b/valohai/internals/distributed_config/__init__.py
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+from valohai.internals.distributed_config.distributed_config import DistributedConfig
+from valohai.internals.distributed_config.member import Member
+
+__all__ = [
+    "DistributedConfig",
+    "Member",
+]
diff --git a/valohai/internals/distributed_config/distributed_config.py b/valohai/internals/distributed_config/distributed_config.py
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+from typing import Any, Dict, List
+
+from valohai.internals.distributed_config.member import Member
+from valohai.internals.distributed_config.utils import rank_members
+
+
+class DistributedConfig:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        group_name: str,
+        member_id: str,
+        required_count: int,
+        members: List[Member],
+    ):
+        self.group_name = group_name
+        self.member_id = member_id
+        self.required_count = required_count
+        self.members = members
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json_data(cls, json_data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "DistributedConfig":
+        members = [Member.from_json_data(m) for m in json_data["members"]]
+        rank_members(members)
+        return cls(
+            group_name=json_data["config"]["group_name"],
+            member_id=json_data["config"]["member_id"],
+            required_count=json_data["config"]["required_count"],
+            members=members,
+        )
diff --git a/valohai/internals/distributed_config/member.py b/valohai/internals/distributed_config/member.py
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+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+
+class Member:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        announce_time: str,
+        identity: str,
+        job_id: str,
+        member_id: str,
+        exposed_ports: Dict[str, str],
+        local_ips: List[str],
+        public_ips: List[str],
+        rank: Optional[int] = None,
+    ):
+        self.announce_time = announce_time
+        self.identity = identity
+        self.job_id = job_id
+        self.member_id = member_id
+        self.exposed_ports = exposed_ports
+        self.local_ips = local_ips
+        self.public_ips = public_ips
+        self.rank = rank  # populated by `DistributedConfig.from_json_data()`
+
+    @property
+    def is_master(self) -> bool:
+        return self.rank == 0
+
+    @property
+    def primary_local_ip(self) -> str:
+        try:
+            return self.local_ips[0]
+        except IndexError as ie:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "There are no local IPs in the distributed worker network configuration"
+            ) from ie
+
+    @property
+    def primary_public_ip(self) -> str:
+        try:
+            return self.public_ips[0]
+        except IndexError as ie:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "There are no public IPs in the distributed worker network configuration"
+            ) from ie
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json_data(cls, json_data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "Member":
+        return cls(
+            announce_time=json_data["announce_time"],
+            identity=json_data["identity"],
+            job_id=json_data["job_id"],
+            member_id=json_data["member_id"],
+            exposed_ports=json_data["network"]["exposed_ports"],
+            local_ips=json_data["network"]["local_ips"],
+            public_ips=json_data["network"]["public_ips"],
+        )
diff --git a/valohai/internals/distributed_config/utils.py b/valohai/internals/distributed_config/utils.py
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+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Iterable, Union
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from valohai.internals.distributed_config import Member
+
+
+def rank_members(members: Iterable["Member"]) -> None:
+    """Add ranks to members in-place."""
+    mapping = compute_member_id_ranks([m.member_id for m in members])
+    for m in members:
+        m.rank = mapping[m.member_id]
+
+
+def compute_member_id_ranks(member_ids: Iterable[str]) -> Dict[str, int]:
+    """Given member ids, return member id to rank mapping."""
+    id_to_sortable: Dict[str, Union[str, int]]
+    try:
+        id_to_sortable = {member_id: int(member_id) for member_id in member_ids}
+    except ValueError:
+        # if we fail to parse all member ids as an integer, just sort as string
+        id_to_sortable = {member_id: member_id for member_id in member_ids}
+    return {
+        member_id: index
+        for index, (member_id, sort_value) in enumerate(
+            sorted(id_to_sortable.items(), key=lambda kv: kv[1])
+        )
+    }