diff --git a/cirq-google/cirq_google/engine/asyncio_executor.py b/cirq-google/cirq_google/engine/asyncio_executor.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f49ecf66b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cirq-google/cirq_google/engine/asyncio_executor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Copyright 2023 The Cirq Developers
+#
+# 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
+#
+#     https://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.
+
+from typing import Awaitable, Callable, Optional, TypeVar
+import asyncio
+import threading
+
+from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
+
+import duet
+
+
+R = TypeVar('R')
+P = ParamSpec("P")
+
+
+class AsyncioExecutor:
+    """Runs asyncio coroutines in a thread, exposes the results as duet futures.
+
+    This lets us bridge between an asyncio event loop (which is what async grpc
+    code uses) and duet (which is what cirq uses for asynchrony).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        loop_future: duet.AwaitableFuture[asyncio.AbstractEventLoop] = duet.AwaitableFuture()
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=asyncio.run, args=(self._main(loop_future),), daemon=True)
+        thread.start()
+        self.loop = loop_future.result()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    async def _main(loop_future: duet.AwaitableFuture) -> None:
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        loop_future.set_result(loop)
+        while True:
+            await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+    def submit(
+        self, func: Callable[P, Awaitable[R]], *args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs
+    ) -> duet.AwaitableFuture[R]:
+        """Dispatch the given function to be run in an asyncio coroutine.
+
+        Args:
+            func: asyncio function which will be run in a separate thread.
+                Will be called with *args and **kw and should return an asyncio
+                awaitable.
+            *args: Positional args to pass to func.
+            **kwargs: Keyword args to pass to func.
+        """
+        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(func(*args, **kwargs), self.loop)
+        return duet.AwaitableFuture.wrap(future)
+
+    _instance: Optional['AsyncioExecutor'] = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def instance(cls) -> 'AsyncioExecutor':
+        """Returns a singleton AsyncioExecutor shared globally."""
+        if cls._instance is None:
+            cls._instance = cls()
+        return cls._instance
diff --git a/cirq-google/cirq_google/engine/engine_client.py b/cirq-google/cirq_google/engine/engine_client.py
index 97796a83281..db27266edc9 100644
--- a/cirq-google/cirq_google/engine/engine_client.py
+++ b/cirq-google/cirq_google/engine/engine_client.py
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import asyncio
 import datetime
 import sys
-import threading
 from typing import (
     AsyncIterable,
     Awaitable,
@@ -39,6 +37,7 @@
 
 from cirq._compat import cached_property
 from cirq_google.cloud import quantum
+from cirq_google.engine.asyncio_executor import AsyncioExecutor
 
 _M = TypeVar('_M', bound=proto.Message)
 _R = TypeVar('_R')
@@ -53,48 +52,6 @@ def __init__(self, message):
 RETRYABLE_ERROR_CODES = [500, 503]
 
 
-class AsyncioExecutor:
-    """Runs asyncio coroutines in a thread, exposes the results as duet futures.
-
-    This lets us bridge between an asyncio event loop (which is what async grpc
-    code uses) and duet (which is what cirq uses for asynchrony).
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
-        loop_future: duet.AwaitableFuture[asyncio.AbstractEventLoop] = duet.AwaitableFuture()
-        thread = threading.Thread(target=asyncio.run, args=(self._main(loop_future),), daemon=True)
-        thread.start()
-        self.loop = loop_future.result()
-
-    @staticmethod
-    async def _main(loop_future: duet.AwaitableFuture) -> None:
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-        loop_future.set_result(loop)
-        while True:
-            await asyncio.sleep(1)
-
-    def submit(self, func: Callable[..., Awaitable[_R]], *args, **kw) -> duet.AwaitableFuture[_R]:
-        """Dispatch the given function to be run in an asyncio coroutine.
-
-        Args:
-            func: asyncio function which will be run in a separate thread.
-                Will be called with *args and **kw and should return an asyncio
-                awaitable.
-            *args: Positional args to pass to func.
-            **kw: Keyword args to pass to func.
-        """
-        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(func(*args, **kw), self.loop)
-        return duet.AwaitableFuture.wrap(future)
-
-    _instance = None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def instance(cls):
-        if cls._instance is None:
-            cls._instance = cls()
-        return cls._instance
-
-
 class EngineClient:
     """Client for the Quantum Engine API handling protos and gRPC client.