Chapter 2

About the Company

Chapter 2 is a disruptive recruitment tech and talent agency that builds and designs scalable talent ecosystems and impactful solutions, delivering effective results and cost savings for clients, faster.

Combining the pace and flexibility of an agency with the cultural understanding of an in-house team.

Our team of experts helps you:

Forecast and budget ahead for your recruitment needs

Organically attract and engage the best talent on the market & build a future talent pipeline

Scale as and when you need to, with the right people at the right time

Reduce the overall cost of hiring

How do we do it? Through our 3-pillar approach that prioritises people, processes, and technology.

We embed hand-picked talent partners into your team, giving them a unique understanding of your business needs, culture, and values.

Our Intelligence arm allows us to utilise our proprietary technology and the very latest platforms and apps to create evidence-based talent strategies backed by accurate data.

We harness employer branding techniques to create a window into your world, engaging candidates through captivating storytelling and amplifying your brand, culture, values and purpose.

A scalable talent solution. Our team of experts are here to deliver bespoke talent eco-systems, that address the needs of your organisation. Contact us, and we'll be in touch.

Want to discuss your growth strategy? Send me a DM and we can book a call!

For more information on what we do and how we do it, visit our website below.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Chapter 2

Job Title

Engineer II

Job Description

Job title: Engineer II Role Summary: Backend software engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, event‑driven services on a cloud‑native SaaS platform for energy utilities. Works collaboratively with product, design, and cross‑functional teams to deliver user‑centric features. Expectations: Own independent service components, participate in code reviews, and contribute to continuous improvement of architecture, performance, and reliability. Demonstrate agility in fast‑moving, ambiguous contexts and balance multiple priorities effectively. Key Responsibilities: • Design, implement, and maintain TypeScript‑based backend services that scale to enterprise customers. • Build real‑time, event‑driven pipelines using Kafka, SQS, or similar messaging systems. • Develop and deploy serverless and containerised workloads on AWS (Lambda, ECS, Fargate, EKS). • Write clean, testable code in TypeScript/Node.js; participate in peer code reviews. • Own lower‑level micro‑service components, ensuring performance, scalability, and resilience. • Work with SQL or NoSQL databases to persist and query data efficiently. • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to ship high‑quality features. • Share knowledge, mentor peers, and advocate for best engineering practices. Required Skills: • Proven experience building backend services in TypeScript/Node.js. • Familiarity with event‑driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, SQS). • Hands‑on experience with AWS serverless and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker). • Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL data models and trade‑offs. • Proficiency in Git, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Terraform). • Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem‑solving abilities. • Self‑motivated, curious, and passionate about delivering high‑quality software. Bonus: Exposure to frontend frameworks (e.g., React). Required Education & Certifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience). • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer / Solutions Architect or other cloud certifications considered a plus.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

29-09-2025