Backend Developer: Mentored Path to Lead

Innovatesphere; Layton (UT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 111,000; Part time

Job summary

InnovateSphere in Layton, UT is seeking a Backend Developer internship to tackle real-world debugging, API wiring, and CI/CD tasks with a supportive team. This role emphasizes hands-on coaching and rapid growth within a mentoring environment.

You will collaborate with Layton teams to diagnose issues, ship fixes the same day, and maintain backward-compatible CI pipelines while gaining leadership experience that accelerates your ascent from mid-level to lead.

Qualifications

• 5 years in technology experience.
• Internship candidate should be able to lead and grow under mentorship.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Ship Coaching fixes to InnovateSphere customers in Layton, UT the same day they report them
• Keep the GitLab CI build pipeline green so Layton deploys never wait on a red light
• Wire Coaching APIs to Git consumers so data lands where Layton teams expect it
• Keep GitLab CI schemas backward-compatible so InnovateSphere never forces a breaking upgrade
• Pair-program tricky Selenium edge cases with engineers across Layton, UT

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Active listening

Ambiguity navigation

Job description

InnovateSphere in Layton, UT is seeking a Backend Developer internship to tackle real-world debugging, API wiring, and CI/CD tasks with a supportive team. This role emphasizes hands-on coaching and rapid growth within a mentoring environment.

You will collaborate with Layton teams to diagnose issues, ship fixes the same day, and maintain backward-compatible CI pipelines while gaining leadership experience that accelerates your ascent from mid-level to lead.