Why Join Us

At TCS Fuel we power mission-critical systems that manage real-time transactions complex billing structures and integrations across thousands of clients. Were 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. Youll 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 Youll 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

Youre a Great Fit If You:

• Have a Bachelors 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.