diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report.md
index 1929009760..d4b94a932e 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-node/api-report.md
@@ -3,16 +3,50 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { DocumentCollator } from '@backstage/search-common';
-import { DocumentDecorator } from '@backstage/search-common';
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+import { DocumentCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/search-common';
+import { DocumentDecoratorFactory } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { DocumentTypeInfo } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { Logger as Logger_2 } from 'winston';
 import { default as lunr_2 } from 'lunr';
 import { QueryTranslator } from '@backstage/search-common';
+import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { SearchEngine } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { SearchQuery } from '@backstage/search-common';
 import { SearchResultSet } from '@backstage/search-common';
+import { Transform } from 'stream';
+import { Writable } from 'stream';
+
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "BatchSearchEngineIndexer" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public
+export abstract class BatchSearchEngineIndexer extends Writable {
+  constructor(options: BatchSearchEngineOptions);
+  abstract finalize(): Promise<void>;
+  abstract index(documents: IndexableDocument[]): Promise<void>;
+  abstract initialize(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "BatchSearchEngineOptions" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type BatchSearchEngineOptions = {
+  batchSize: number;
+};
+
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "DecoratorBase" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public
+export abstract class DecoratorBase extends Transform {
+  constructor();
+  abstract decorate(
+    document: IndexableDocument,
+  ): Promise<IndexableDocument | IndexableDocument[] | undefined>;
+  abstract finalize(): Promise<void>;
+  abstract initialize(): Promise<void>;
+}
 
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "IndexBuilder" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
@@ -22,11 +56,11 @@ export class IndexBuilder {
   constructor({ logger, searchEngine }: IndexBuilderOptions);
   // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "RegisterCollatorParameters" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
   addCollator({
-    collator,
+    factory,
     defaultRefreshIntervalSeconds,
   }: RegisterCollatorParameters): void;
   // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "RegisterDecoratorParameters" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
-  addDecorator({ decorator }: RegisterDecoratorParameters): void;
+  addDecorator({ factory }: RegisterDecoratorParameters): void;
   build(): Promise<{
     scheduler: Scheduler;
   }>;
@@ -44,7 +78,7 @@ export class LunrSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
   // (undocumented)
   protected docStore: Record<string, IndexableDocument>;
   // (undocumented)
-  index(type: string, documents: IndexableDocument[]): Promise<void>;
+  getIndexer(type: string): Promise<LunrSearchEngineIndexer>;
   // (undocumented)
   protected logger: Logger_2;
   // (undocumented)
@@ -59,6 +93,23 @@ export class LunrSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
   protected translator: QueryTranslator;
 }
 
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "LunrSearchEngineIndexer" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public (undocumented)
+export class LunrSearchEngineIndexer extends BatchSearchEngineIndexer {
+  constructor();
+  // (undocumented)
+  buildIndex(): lunr_2.Index;
+  // (undocumented)
+  finalize(): Promise<void>;
+  // (undocumented)
+  getDocumentStore(): Record<string, IndexableDocument>;
+  // (undocumented)
+  index(documents: IndexableDocument[]): Promise<void>;
+  // (undocumented)
+  initialize(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "Scheduler" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public
@@ -70,4 +121,21 @@ export class Scheduler {
 }
 
 export { SearchEngine };
+
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "TestPipeline" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public
+export class TestPipeline {
+  execute(): Promise<TestPipelineResult>;
+  withDocuments(documents: IndexableDocument[]): TestPipeline;
+  static withSubject(subject: Readable | Transform | Writable): TestPipeline;
+}
+
+// Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "TestPipelineResult" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
+//
+// @public
+export type TestPipelineResult = {
+  error: unknown;
+  documents: IndexableDocument[];
+};
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-node/package.json b/plugins/search-backend-node/package.json
index dd8ef5599a..2c644e357d 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-node/package.json
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-node/package.json
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
     "clean": "backstage-cli package clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@backstage/errors": "^0.2.2",
     "@backstage/search-common": "^0.2.4",
-    "winston": "^3.2.1",
+    "@types/lunr": "^2.3.3",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "lunr": "^2.3.9",
-    "@types/lunr": "^2.3.3"
+    "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.11.0",
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-node/src/index.ts b/plugins/search-backend-node/src/index.ts
index d49ef195f2..6ae716553c 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-node/src/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 export { IndexBuilder } from './IndexBuilder';
 export { Scheduler } from './Scheduler';
 export { LunrSearchEngine } from './engines';
+export type { LunrSearchEngineIndexer } from './engines';
+export * from './indexing';
+export * from './test-utils';
 
 /**
  * @deprecated Import from @backstage/search-common instead