Technical Manager

Technical Manager-Payments

Location:

Plano, TX.

At TFS, we’re embarking on a technology transformation journey, creating next generation of products and platforms. These products enable TFS to provide a best-in-class experience to our customers and partners and position us to rapidly scale to realize our vision of mobility for all by enabling freedom of movement for everyone. We’re looking for a Technical Manager-Payments who brings deep technical expertise, a strong sense of ownership, and a track record of driving meaningful outcomes.

In this role, you’ll play a central part in shaping the direction of critical systems—translating complex designs into scalable, real-world solutions. You’ll partner closely with enterprise architects and stakeholders in a fast-moving Agile environment, navigating ambiguity with confidence and clarity. From building core features to mentoring engineers and influencing architecture, you’ll be directly involved in the systems that matter most.

• Design and develop scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native technologies.
• Implement complex architecture in collaboration with enterprise architects, contributing actively to development efforts.
• Work with stakeholders in Agile environment to align technical solutions with business priorities.
• Bring structure to ambiguous requirements through sound engineering judgment and initiative.
• Own critical components, driving performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and elevate team standards through code reviews and technical leadership.
• Uphold best practices in testing, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure, ensuring quality and scalability.

• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience in software development with a solid technical foundation with relevant experience in Java, Spring boot, NodeJS, REST API, real time streaming architectures, microservices architecture patterns.
• Proven experience delivering cloud-native applications on AWS or other major cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and event-driven architecture in real-world systems.
• Solid background in microservices and REST APIs.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git Hub Actions), version control, and Dev Ops tooling.
• Experience with relational and No
  
  SQL databases such as Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, or Document DB.
• Hands‑on knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and deployment automation.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Cloud Watch.
• Full ownership mindset—writing, testing, and validating your own code to ensure quality and reliability.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across architecture, engineering, and product teams.

• Experience working in Fin Tech or other highly regulated, enterprise-scale environments.
• Exposure to LLM workflows or integrating ML models into production systems.
• Familiarity with scalable messaging platforms such as Kafka or other streaming technologies.
• Experience in Payments, ACH, Card, merchant Services and Cash Reconciliations.

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement.
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount.
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable).
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family.
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more.
• Tax‐advantaged accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA).

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.