diff --git a/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/translation/wrappers/streaming/SplittableDoFnOperator.java b/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/translation/wrappers/streaming/SplittableDoFnOperator.java
index 59d09ae999664..8eae5be177a5d 100644
--- a/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/translation/wrappers/streaming/SplittableDoFnOperator.java
+++ b/runners/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/flink/translation/wrappers/streaming/SplittableDoFnOperator.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollectionView;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TupleTag;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.WindowingStrategy;
+import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.functions.KeySelector;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.StateInitializationContext;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
@@ -126,7 +127,11 @@ public void initializeState(StateInitializationContext context) throws Exception
     // this will implicitly be keyed like the StateInternalsFactory
     TimerInternalsFactory<byte[]> timerInternalsFactory = key -> timerInternals;
 
-    executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(Executors.defaultThreadFactory());
+    if (this.executorService == null) {
+      this.executorService =
+          Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+              new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("flink-sdf-executor-%d").build());
+    }
 
     ((ProcessFn) doFn).setStateInternalsFactory(stateInternalsFactory);
     ((ProcessFn) doFn).setTimerInternalsFactory(timerInternalsFactory);
@@ -191,10 +196,12 @@ public void close() throws Exception {
             "The scheduled executor service did not properly terminate. Shutting "
                 + "it down now.");
         executorService.shutdownNow();
+        executorService = null;
       }
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       LOG.debug("Could not properly await the termination of the scheduled executor service.", e);
       executorService.shutdownNow();
+      executorService = null;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/SplittableProcessFnFactory.java b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/SplittableProcessFnFactory.java
index f31d71374983a..4bd130769150e 100644
--- a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/SplittableProcessFnFactory.java
+++ b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/worker/SplittableProcessFnFactory.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.DoFnRunner;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.DoFnRunners.OutputManager;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.KeyedWorkItem;
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollectionView;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TupleTag;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.WindowingStrategy;
+import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 import org.joda.time.Instant;
 
@@ -115,7 +118,10 @@ private static class ProcessFnExtractor implements UserParDoFnFactory.DoFnExtrac
   private static class SplittableDoFnRunnerFactory<
           InputT, OutputT, RestrictionT, PositionT, WatermarkEstimatorStateT>
       implements DoFnRunnerFactory<KeyedWorkItem<byte[], KV<InputT, RestrictionT>>, OutputT> {
+    private final AtomicReference<ScheduledExecutorService> ses = new AtomicReference<>();
+
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // nullable atomic reference guaranteed nonnull when get
     public DoFnRunner<KeyedWorkItem<byte[], KV<InputT, RestrictionT>>, OutputT> createRunner(
         DoFn<KeyedWorkItem<byte[], KV<InputT, RestrictionT>>, OutputT> fn,
         PipelineOptions options,
@@ -131,6 +137,13 @@ public DoFnRunner<KeyedWorkItem<byte[], KV<InputT, RestrictionT>>, OutputT> crea
         OutputManager outputManager,
         DoFnSchemaInformation doFnSchemaInformation,
         Map<String, PCollectionView<?>> sideInputMapping) {
+      if (this.ses.get() == null) {
+        this.ses.compareAndSet(
+            null,
+            Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(
+                Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(),
+                new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("df-sdf-executor-%d").build()));
+      }
       ProcessFn<InputT, OutputT, RestrictionT, PositionT, WatermarkEstimatorStateT> processFn =
           (ProcessFn<InputT, OutputT, RestrictionT, PositionT, WatermarkEstimatorStateT>) fn;
       processFn.setStateInternalsFactory(key -> (StateInternals) stepContext.stateInternals());
@@ -162,7 +175,7 @@ public <T> void outputWindowedValue(
                 }
               },
               sideInputReader,
-              Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(Executors.defaultThreadFactory()),
+              ses.get(),
               // Commit at least once every 10 seconds or 10k records.  This keeps the watermark
               // advancing smoothly, and ensures that not too much work will have to be reprocessed
               // in the event of a crash.
diff --git a/runners/samza/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/samza/runtime/SplittableParDoProcessKeyedElementsOp.java b/runners/samza/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/samza/runtime/SplittableParDoProcessKeyedElementsOp.java
index d532b7b6fd91a..2a6ba3e62a78c 100644
--- a/runners/samza/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/samza/runtime/SplittableParDoProcessKeyedElementsOp.java
+++ b/runners/samza/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/samza/runtime/SplittableParDoProcessKeyedElementsOp.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.DoFnRunner;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.DoFnRunners;
 import org.apache.beam.runners.core.KeyedWorkItem;
@@ -49,9 +50,11 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection.IsBounded;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TupleTag;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.WindowingStrategy;
+import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v32_1_2_jre.com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import org.apache.samza.config.Config;
 import org.apache.samza.context.Context;
 import org.apache.samza.operators.Scheduler;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 import org.joda.time.Instant;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ public class SplittableParDoProcessKeyedElementsOp<
   private transient SamzaTimerInternalsFactory<byte[]> timerInternalsFactory;
   private transient DoFnRunner<KeyedWorkItem<byte[], KV<InputT, RestrictionT>>, OutputT> fnRunner;
   private transient SamzaPipelineOptions pipelineOptions;
+  private transient @MonotonicNonNull ScheduledExecutorService ses = null;
 
   public SplittableParDoProcessKeyedElementsOp(
       TupleTag<OutputT> mainOutputTag,
@@ -137,6 +141,12 @@ public void open(
             isBounded,
             pipelineOptions);
 
+    if (this.ses == null) {
+      this.ses =
+          Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+              new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat("samza-sdf-executor-%d").build());
+    }
+
     final KeyedInternals<byte[]> keyedInternals =
         new KeyedInternals<>(stateInternalsFactory, timerInternalsFactory);
 
@@ -172,7 +182,7 @@ public <AdditionalOutputT> void outputWindowedValue(
               }
             },
             NullSideInputReader.empty(),
-            Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(Executors.defaultThreadFactory()),
+            ses,
             10000,
             Duration.standardSeconds(10),
             () -> {