At TCS Fuel, we power mission-critical systems that manage real-time transactions, complex billing structures, and integrations across thousands of clients. We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives in performance-sensitive environments and is eager to take ownership of backend architecture, scaling challenges, and technical growth. You’ll help modernize core systems, collaborate cross-functionally, and pave the way for future advancements like microservices and real-time data streaming. We foster a collaborative and growth-focused engineering culture.

We are located in Memphis, TN, however we will consider candidates for remote work that are located in the greater Memphis area, Texas, or Florida.

What You’ll Be Doing

Design, build, and optimize backend services using Java and SQL in an enterprise environment.
Investigate and solve performance bottlenecks across application and database layers.
Work on high-volume transactional systems and enable real-time reporting.
Collaborate with QA, Product, and Systems teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.
Integrate with external third-party systems and improve reliability and observability.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering standards and architectural patterns.
Support production environments.
Assist in planning and executing upgrades to modern Java frameworks and platforms.
Help prepare for ongoing and future initiatives involving microservices, containers, and cloud-adjacent architectures.

Our Current Stack

Backend Core: Java, Spring Boot, Wildfly, Hibernate, REST APIs
Databases: Oracle, Postgres
Frontend: Vue 3, JSPs
Infrastructure & Platform: Containers, Linux, Rancher, Ansible
CI/CD & Tooling: Bamboo, Jira, GitHub
Monitoring / Operations: Production system monitoring and performance tooling

You’re a Great Fit If You:

Have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Have 7+ years of hands-on backend software development experience in object-oriented design, and enterprise application development (Java preferred).
Possess deep knowledge of backend development, scalable system design, and SQL-based data stores.
Understand performance profiling, debugging, and enterprise-scale system architecture.
Are familiar with software design patterns and CI/CD practices.
Have worked in or are excited by Agile product development environments.
Have strong communication skills and thrive in collaborative, cross-functional teams.
Have experience working closely with QA and Systems teams to ship reliable software.
Can explain technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Are comfortable participating in an on-call rotation after an onboarding period.

Bonus Experience

Experience in the fuel card or broader transportation / fleet management industry.
Frontend development using Vue 3 or JSPs.
Exposure to Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, or event-streaming platforms.
Familiarity with system monitoring, regular expressions, or Git automation.

Why Work for TransConnect?

We’ve brought together leading experts from the fuel card industry with an average of 20+ years of experience each to build a world-class business service from scratch. TransConnect has all the excitement of a startup, but with the support and stability that comes with the backing of a well-established parent company. We’re located about 20 minutes east of downtown Memphis, in Cordova, TN.

Some of the highlights:

Competitive compensation plans augmented by generous profit sharing and regular salary reviews.
Choice of high quality medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability coverage with a short waiting period.
Medical, dental, vision, life, short term disability and long-term disability coverage.
In addition to 9 paid holidays, generous PTO allotment that increases with tenure.
Combined mental health support and work-life services partner to create a robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is included at no cost to you and your family members ages 6+
401(k) plan with TCS matched contributions.
Tuition reimbursement for college, plus plenty of TCS managed training classes.
Leadership training and a culture that empowers individuality.
Gym reimbursement program.
Rewards driven wellness program with an individualized holistic approach.
Connected, friendly work environment with monthly luncheons. We celebrate our accomplishments (and birthdays).
Paid maternity and other company paid leave benefits giving the time and flexibility needed to care for yourself and/or family.

Win as a Team

All employees are encouraged to collaborate in an effort to continuously improve our processes and customer service. Everyone on the team is responsible for presenting new ideas and perspectives. In addition to base salary, all employees enjoy quarterly profit sharing as a thank you for their contributions.

Primary Location:

US TN Memphis