pushing progress
in global payments
Josh brings deep, hands-on experience building and scaling engineering teams within high-growth fintech and payments businesses. Having worked internally at some of the most recognised platforms in the space, he understands what great looks like at every stage — from early hires through to large-scale, multi-region team builds. His approach combines technical credibility with structured hiring methodologies, helping businesses hire faster, smarter and with long-term impact.
- Scaled 50 → 300+ engineers
- Distributed systems hiring
- Europe & US delivery
Jonny specialises in delivering embedded hiring solutions that align closely with business goals, culture and growth plans. With a background spanning agency leadership and in-house style delivery, he has led complex hiring projects across engineering, data and product, helping businesses build strong technical foundations while improving their internal hiring capability.
- Embedded hiring delivery
- Eng, data & product
- Process-driven approach
Developed from inside the payments and people sector…
The business was born from first-hand experience inside high-growth fintech and payments organisations, where building engineering teams at scale wasn’t just a service, it was a daily responsibility. That foundation shaped a deep understanding of the challenges, pressures and expectations faced by modern payments businesses.
A partnership was built to support the people that power payments.
We quickly recognised a common absence of deep understanding of a sector from recruitment suppliers. Chaptr was built to change that; combining genuine connection and industry expertise to make hiring more intentional.
Chaptr was born!
Our Values
We believe great hiring in payments tech is built on trust, sector expertise, and genuine human connections; not just CVs.
UK Focus | Jan 2024
Developed our foothold in the UK, bringing specialist payments recruitment expertise to a market crying out for recruiters who truly understand the sector.
Going Dutch | September 2024
Took our payments network to Europe, establishing a presence in Amsterdam to connect payments tech talent across the continent.
Tapping in to India | April 2025
Expanded into India through NatWest, tapping into one of the fastest-growing payments tech talent pools in the world.
Building a payments community | June 2025
Hosted our first TA round table dinner in London, bringing together talent leaders from across the payments space to share insight and build community.
Trusted by enterprise. Building teams across borders | September 2025
Supported PayPal’s hiring across Spain and Portugal, deepening our European reach in key payments tech markets.
RPO for Global Payments | October 2025
Delivered an RPO solution for Nium, embedding our payments expertise directly into their talent acquisition function.
US Payments, the next Chaptr. | January 2025
Crossed the Atlantic, bringing Chaptr’s specialist payments tech recruitment knowledge to the US market.
Expanding the payments community in the USA | June 2026
Hosted our first TA dinner in NYC, building community among payments tech talent leaders on the other side of the pond.
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