diff --git a/src/nodejs_kernel_backend.ts b/src/nodejs_kernel_backend.ts
index ba090f2a..fc20295c 100644
--- a/src/nodejs_kernel_backend.ts
+++ b/src/nodejs_kernel_backend.ts
@@ -120,14 +120,29 @@ export class NodeJSKernelBackend implements KernelBackend {
     return this.executeSingleOutput(name, opAttrs, [input]);
   }
 
-  private executeSingleOutput(
-      name: string, opAttrs: TFEOpAttr[], inputs: Tensor[]): Tensor {
+  /**
+   * Executes a TensorFlow Eager Op that provides one output Tensor.
+   * @param name The name of the Op to execute.
+   * @param opAttrs The list of Op attributes required to execute.
+   * @param inputs The list of input Tensors for the Op.
+   * @return A resulting Tensor from Op execution.
+   */
+  executeSingleOutput(name: string, opAttrs: TFEOpAttr[], inputs: Tensor[]):
+      Tensor {
     const outputMetadata = this.binding.executeOp(
         name, opAttrs, this.getInputTensorIds(inputs), 1);
     return this.createOutputTensor(outputMetadata[0]);
   }
 
-  private executeMultipleOutputs(
+  /**
+   * Executes a TensorFlow Eager Op that provides multiple output Tensors.
+   * @param name The name of the Op to execute.
+   * @param opAttrs The list of Op attributes required to execute.
+   * @param inputs The list of input Tensors for the Op.
+   * @param numOutputs The number of output Tensors for Op execution.
+   * @return A resulting Tensor array from Op execution.
+   */
+  executeMultipleOutputs(
       name: string, opAttrs: TFEOpAttr[], inputs: Tensor[],
       numOutputs: number): Tensor[] {
     const outputMetadata = this.binding.executeOp(
diff --git a/src/ops/op_utils.ts b/src/ops/op_utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e5b53f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ops/op_utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * =============================================================================
+ */
+
+import * as tfc from '@tensorflow/tfjs-core';
+import {NodeJSKernelBackend} from '../nodejs_kernel_backend';
+
+/** Returns an instance of the Node JS backend. */
+export function nodeJSBackend(): NodeJSKernelBackend {
+  return (tfc.ENV.findBackend('tensorflow') as NodeJSKernelBackend);
+}
diff --git a/src/ops/op_utils_test.ts b/src/ops/op_utils_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82650fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ops/op_utils_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * =============================================================================
+ */
+
+import {nodeJSBackend} from './op_utils';
+
+describe('Exposes Backend for internal Op execution.', () => {
+  it('Provides the NodeJS backend over a function', () => {
+    const backend = nodeJSBackend();
+    expect(backend).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/run_tests.ts b/src/run_tests.ts
index 2591cca3..53e59958 100644
--- a/src/run_tests.ts
+++ b/src/run_tests.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * =============================================================================
  */
 
-import './index';
+import '.';
 import * as jasmine_util from '@tensorflow/tfjs-core/dist/jasmine_util';
 
 Error.stackTraceLimit = Infinity;
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import bindings = require('bindings');
 import {TFJSBinding} from './tfjs_binding';
 import {NodeJSKernelBackend} from './nodejs_kernel_backend';
 
-process.on('unhandledRejection', e => { throw e; });
+process.on('unhandledRejection', e => {
+  throw e;
+});
 
 jasmine_util.setTestEnvs([{
   name: 'test-tensorflow',