We are community-led tech recruiters, delivering diverse talent and world-class customer experiences.

TRUST IN SODA

Welcome to Trust in SODA, your go-to recruitment specialist for all things DevOps, Software Engineering, Cloud and Infrastructure, Data, and GTM (Go-to-Market). Whether you’re looking for your perfect tech job or hoping to hire best-in-class candidates, our consultants have you covered.

For the last 10 years, we’ve been shaking up recruitment with our community-led approach to talent. As a certified B Corp, we’ve had the pleasure of supporting the world’s businesses with sustainable, personalised, outcome-focused recruitment services across the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, and the USA.

Let’s talk tech. We’re here to build meaningful, long-term partnerships with our clients, candidates, and communities, underpinned by a commitment to our group’s mission: to build diversity, create inclusion and encourage workplace innovation.  

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Trust in SODA have been unlike any other partner we have worked with in bringing the top talent into the business. They go to pains to get to know the business drivers across our wide range of apps, get to know the people, and build an informed opinion on what is going to work and what isn't, overlaying their market expertise with business needs. They deliver, every single time.

 

Ann Roberts, Chief People Officer
Flo Health

OUR RECRUITMENT AND CONSULTING SERVICES.

When fluctuating demands make it tough to manage talent, you need an adaptable, cost-sustainable workforce solution. Precise, fast, compliant – Trust in SODA’s recruitment and consulting services are designed to help you thrive at a time of growing complexity. 

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SODA Contract

Fully compliant contract / freelance payrolled resource. Hourly, daily, or statement of work solutions. We are fully compliant across all regions we operate in, including Switzerland, Germany, UK, Ireland and the US. 

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SODA Contract

SODA Contract

Fully compliant contract / freelance payrolled resource. Hourly, daily, or statement of work solutions. We are fully compliant across all regions we operate in, including Switzerland, Germany, UK, Ireland and the US. 

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SODA Search
SODA Energy
SODA Max
SODA Contingent
Nearshore Talent Solutions

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We’re here to Reduce Risk and Alleviate Regulatory Pressures.

Turn data protection and regulatory adherence into strategic advantages. Our dedicated compliance function is equipped with the localised regulatory expertise necessary to help you stay ahead of changing industry standards. We are fully licensed across the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany and the USA, enabling us to support customers with cross-border talent acquisition.

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We are committed to being a community-led recruiter. Our communities are SODA Social and Women in DevOps, as well as our Group communities Pride in Tech, Ex-military Careers, and Ethnicity Speaks.

SODA Social is our pioneering, innovative networking event and online platform, created to bring together technology experts for networking and knowledge-sharing. SODA Social events discuss and debate hot topics, market trends, and future opportunities within the world of technology.

Established in 2017, Women in DevOps is a global movement on a mission to close the DevOps gender gap and inspire the future leaders of the technology world. With over 18,000 followers, we bring together our community via our events programme, through our podcast series, and in our participation in the biggest technology conferences around the world.

Across our communities, our panellists and hosts are thought leaders from both global companies and the most exciting growth organisations within the technology sector.

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LIVE JOBS

San Francisco, California, United States
Senior Python Engineer
💻 Senior Software Engineer — Conversational AI Platform Location: San Francisco (On-site, full-time) Compensation: $200K–$350K Equity The Opportunity I’m representing a fast-growing AI company in San Francisco that’s building the future of conversational AI at enterprise scale. They’ve already proven their platform by automating over 1M customer support tickets per month for a single enterprise customer — and now they’re working with household names in food delivery, crypto, and beyond. Backed by a large Series A from top investors (including Y-Combinator), the company has secured multi-year contracts and is rapidly outpacing competitors. They’re now seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their lean, elite engineering team and take ownership of building and scaling LLM-driven products. Why Join?🚀 Momentum: Backing from major investors contracts with leading enterprises.🎯 Ownership: Drive products end-to-end and influence technical direction.🌱 Growth: Work alongside top-tier engineers and founders on cutting-edge ML projects.🏗️ Impact: Help define the foundation for AI systems powering the next trillion voice interactions.What You’ll DoShip & Own: Contribute to major releases and eventually own entire products or product lines.Design for Scale: Build fast, reliable, secure systems that grow with the business.Collaborate Closely: Work directly with founders and cross-functional teams to take ideas from vision to launch.Lead Technically: Make architecture decisions, mentor teammates, and set engineering standards.Who You Are5 years hands-on software engineering experience with leadership exposure.Strong backend skills in Python (Django experience a plus).Frontend experience with Next.js, React, ShadCN.Cloud expertise with AWS or GCP.Familiarity with containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes a plus).Entrepreneurial mindset — startup experience or former founder preferred.Willingness to work hard in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.🎓 Educational pedigree: Computer Science degree from a top-20 engineering program (required).Perks & BenefitsHighly competitive compensation package (salary equity).Full health, dental, and vision coverage.Equinox membership wellness allowance.Meals, snacks, and coffee provided in-office.Interview ProcessScreening call with recruiting lead (20 min)Intro call with founding engineer (15 min)Live coding round (1 hr)On-site interview (full day)⚡ Please note: this role is 100% on-site in San Francisco.
Francis Alexander Francis Alexander
Connecticut, United States
Staff Engineer
🧠 Lead Software Engineer (Tech Lead) — Emerging Biotech Platform Location: New Haven, CT (On-site, full-time) Compensation: $150–180k The Opportunity I’m working with a pioneering biotech company that’s building something you won’t find anywhere else: a mission-critical platform that supports postmortem human brain research to unlock new therapies for neurodegenerative disease. This isn’t another “scale the dashboard” job. The platform underpins experiments where losing a single data record is unacceptable. Think fintech-grade reliability and compliance — but applied to biotech brains and AI-driven insights. The company has already secured major pharma contracts (with billions in downstream pipelines) and recently raised a $10M seed. They’re scaling rapidly, from processing 500 human brains this year to 1,000 by 2026, with a growing biobank of millions of samples. They’re now hiring a hands-on Tech Lead / Staff Engineer to take ownership of architecture, reliability, and delivery of their core platform. What You’ll DoArchitect the backbone — schemas, transactional core, immutable audits, and chain-of-custody records.Stream everything — CDC → Pub/Sub → BigQuery pipelines, telemetry ingestion, reconciliation jobs.Ship operator-first UIs — React/TypeScript with scanning/labeling flows, real-time updates, guardrails.Reliability engineering — disaster recovery drills, tested RPO = 0, observability everywhere.Technical leadership — mentor engineers, coordinate contractors, set high standards.Tech EnvironmentCloud: GCP (Cloud Run, Spanner, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, GCS, Terraform). AWS possible down the road.Languages: Python for services; TypeScript React for operator UIs.Data/Infra: Streaming pipelines, observability (OpenTelemetry), immutable audits, CI/CD, reconciliation jobs.Success Looks LikeVertical slice demo: plan → simulate donor arrival → run steps → audited completion.Operators who trust the system instead of fighting it.Brain Bank Explorer scaling toward millions of samples with printable labels and lineage.RPO = 0 proven in production disaster recovery drills.Minimum Qualifications8 years building production systems where data integrity was critical (biotech, fintech, manufacturing, healthtech, etc.).Designed and operated transactional cores with streaming/CDC into a warehouse (BigQuery preferred).Hands-on GCP production experience (Cloud Run/GKE, SQL/Spanner, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, GCS, IAM).Proficiency in Python React/TypeScript.Delivered immutable audit record lifecycle under regulated/QMS-like processes.Proven track record of RPO = 0 with tested DR.Nice-to-Have ExperienceLIMS/ELN, MES/SCADA, or other chain-of-custody systems.Barcode/RFID scanner or label printer integrations.Timeseries ingestion and aggregation.Omics pipeline interfaces.Designing UI for lab environments (gloves, dark rooms, offline tolerance).Why This Role Stands Out🧬 Impact: The platform enables groundbreaking brain science and fuels AI models pharma is already investing in.🚀 Growth: Scaling to 1,000 brains annually and millions of samples.💰 Backed: $10M seed funding major pharma contracts already in place.🎯 Ownership: Lead architecture and delivery end-to-end.🌟 Mission: Zero tolerance for data failure. Operator-first UX. Real reliability.Next Steps If this sounds like the kind of challenge you’d like to take on, let me know. I’d be happy to share more about the company and set up an intro with the hiring team. ⚡ Please note: Sponsorship is not available for tthis role is 100% on-site in New Haven, CT. You’ll be working directly alongside the scientists and surgeons using the system day-to-day
Francis Alexander Francis Alexander
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Data Analytics & AI Manager
Data Integration Developer – HIRING ASAPStart date: ASAP Duration: 4 Months Location: 1-2 days per week in the Dublin office. 3-4 days per week remote.Rate: €400 - €446 per day Summary: State Street Global Alpha Data Platform, lets you load, enrich and aggregate investment data. Alpha Clients will be able to manage multi-asset class data from any service provider or data vendor for a more holistic and integrated view of their holdings. This platform reflects State Street’s years of experience servicing complex instruments for our global client base and our investments in building advanced data management technologies. Reporting to the Alpha Development delivery manager, you’d be responsible for overall development life cycle leading to successful delivery and support of Alpha Data Platform (ADP) Services to clients. Responsibilities: As a Data Integration Developer/Sr Developer, be hands-on ETL/ELT data pipelines, Snowflake DWH, CI/CD deployment Pipelines and data-readiness(data quality) design, development, implementation and address code or data issues. Experience in designing and implementing modern data pipelines for a variety of data sets which includes internal/external data sources, complex relationships, various data formats and high-volume. Experience and understanding of ETL Job performance techniques, Exception handling, Query performance tuning/optimizations and data loads meeting the runtime/schedule time SLAs both batch and real-time data uses cases. Demonstrated ability to rationalize problems and use judgment and innovation to define clear and concise solutions. Demonstrate strong collaborative experience across regions (APAC, EMEA and NA) to come up with design standards, High level design solutions document, cross training and resource onboarding activities.  Good understanding of SDLC process, Governance clearance, Peer Code reviews, Unit Test Results, Code deployments, Code Security Scanning, Confluence Jira/Kanban stories. Strong attention to detail during root cause analysis, SQL query debugging and defect issue resolution by working with multiple business/IT stakeholders. Experience: A minimum of 4-10 years of experience into data integration/orchestration services, service architecture and providing data driven solutions for client requirements Experience on Microsoft Azure cloud and Snowflake SQL, database query/performance tuning. Experience with Qlik Replicate and Compose tools (Change Data Capture) tools is considered a plus. Strong Data warehousing Concepts, ETL tools such as Talend Cloud Data Integration tool is must.Exposure to the financial domain knowledge is considered a plus. Cloud Managed Services such as source control code GitHub, MS Azure/DevOps is considered a plus. Prior experience with State Street and Charles River Development (CRD) considered a plus. Experience in tools such as Visio, PowerPoint, Excel. Exposure to Third party data providers such as Bloomberg, Reuters, MSCI and other Rating agencies is a plus. Strong SQL knowledge and debugging skills is a must.
Nathan Peters Nathan Peters
Galway, County Galway, Ireland
SWET Software Engineer in Test
SWET Software Engineer in Test- Hiring ASAPStart date: ASAP  Duration: 10 months Location: 1 week in Galway office, 3 weeks working from home Rate: €350 - €400 per day  Description:As a Software Engineer in Test (SDET) you will be applying your strong software development and test automation skills to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve customer-facing software solutions.You will also be enabling your team in adopting test automation frameworks and best practices to ensure we are building the right product the right way.The Ideal Candidate: Obsessed with creating the best end-to-end customer experience.Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong resultsExperience designing and building applications and using test automation frameworksMulti-stack engineer with knowledge in a breadth of technologies and test automation frameworks (Ruby or Java, Cucumber, Javascript/Angular, HTTP, RESTful web services)Extensive experience working with Java and its ecosystemPassionate about Test Driven Development, developing robust software, writing testable and maintainable code; Self-directed, willing to take initiative, pragmatic and results oriented.Has keen attention to detail and wants to solve really hard problems, not just detect themAble to learn large software systems end-to-end quicklyKeenly interested in learning new technologies and their adoptionAble to work with remote and international team members. Responsibilities:Use your knowledge of testing and testability to influence better software design, promote proper software engineering and bug prevention strategies, testability and securityActively participate in the development process through writing and maintain application features and automated tests including unit tests, component tests, integration tests, functional tests, performance tests, scenario tests and interoperability testsSupport the team in designing reliable, portable, accurate and trustworthy tests, and in integrating them into CI/CD pipelinesCollaborate with team members on improving team's test coverage, release velocity and production healthEnable the team in designing and developing automation harnesses using Ruby or Java w/ Cucumber and SOA TestParticipate in application code and test code reviews with rest of the Scrum teamParticipate in development using Javascript/Angular and Webservices/HTTP.  Qualifications:A Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science, Software engineering or related field6 to 9 years of experience with designing and building front-end and webservice applications while incorporating test automation frameworksWorking experience with:Ruby (or Java)CucumberJavaScriptHTTP; RESTful web services; Jenkins. Preferred Experience: AngularJS (2 or above); NodeJS; Docker.Genesys Contact Centre Platform.Working experience with test automation frameworks (Cucumber w/ Ruby, SOATest, Selenium).Hands-on experience with creating and using Test Doubles and Virtual Assets Knowledge of software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.Experience in delivering software in the Agile environment. SkillsETL Tester with strong automation skillsDeep understanding of ETL testing including source to target reconciliation and transformation logic validation to ensure data integrityGood programming skills in Java, Python or any object-oriented language with ability to build custom test automation frameworks as needed (we will likely be using Cucumber, so that would be good to have)Experience with Oracle and Snowflake databases including advanced SQL skills for data validations
Nokwanda KhanyileNokwanda Khanyile
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
Python Developer
Python Developer Sheffield 3 days a week on site£450 a day My client, a global leading consultancy, are looking for a skilled Python Developer to join their banking client in Sheffield. The role is focusing on building scalable automation solutions to streamline database operations. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a forward-thinking team delivering impactful systems within a hybrid working environment.Key Responsibilities:Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for database operations and rollout processes.Build and integrate APIs for database management and automation workflows using Python and FastAPI.Troubleshoot and resolve automation issues across scripting, APIs, and containerised environments.You will have the following:Strong Python development skills with proven experience in building APIs using FastAPI.Experience with PostgreSQL and database administration.Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical abilities.Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including build, package, test, and deployment processes.You will ideally have:Exposure to enterprise tools like Control-M, TrueSight, Guardium, Tenable Nessus, Delinea.Understanding of security practices in highly regulated environments.Working knowledge of Agile practices and tools (e.g., JIRA).Experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management.Containerisation and deployment experience using Docker and Kubernetes.
Sam SheperdSam Sheperd
Galway, County Galway, Ireland
34164 Full Stack Engineer 2 (3-5 Years)
Software Engineer Millions of people. Billions of interactions. One platform — yours to shape. We’re building a next-generation Contact Center Platform that powers 20M clients and 35M interactions every year, 24/7. This isn’t just about keeping systems running — it’s about reinventing how customers connect across voice, email, and chat. That means bold ideas, cutting-edge technology, and engineering that never settles for “good enough.” We’re looking for full-stack engineers who thrive on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. If you want to work on challenges that matter, with a team that celebrates learning and innovation, this is where you belong.Hybrid in Galway – 1 week per month onsiteUp to €250 per dayWhat You’ll DoBuild software that directly impacts millions of users every single day.Create scalable APIs, sleek UIs, and powerful microservices that redefine customer engagement.Engineer with the latest cloud, container, and automation tools to keep us always-on and future-ready.Bring fresh thinking, challenge the status quo, and turn ideas into real-world impact.Own your work end-to-end — with the freedom to innovate and the support to succeed.What You Bring3–5 years coding experience in JavaUI skills in Angular or modern JS frameworks.Experience building APIs, microservices, CI/CD pipelines.Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes, AWS/Azure, Kafka/Webhooks.A TDD mindset (JUnit, Jasmine, Jest, Protractor).Hunger to learn, curiosity to explore, and the drive to mentor others.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
Remote work, England
BI Developer
BI Developer – HIRING ASAP – Outside IR35Start date: ASAP Duration: 3-6 months initially with a view to extend Location: RemoteRate: £400 - £500 per day outside ir35 ResponsibilitiesClean, structure, and organize raw data so it can be analyzed by Commercial Stakeholder.Build data models that make reporting faster and more accurate.Use Tableau to design dashboard and visualize data.e.g. Tracking E2E Revenue vs Campaign (to report ad-hoc on our progress and how much revenue is already tracked)e.g. Visualize list of active deals for further monitoring and accounts overviewValidate data accuracy, handle missing data, and maintain consistent definitions for metrics.Schedule data refreshes and automate repetitive reporting.Building Tableau/Snowflake DashboardsFlag to Data Ops when accuracy of data is questionable.Key SkillsTableauSnowflake (nice to have)SQLBeing able to collect and join data from multiple sources.Data understanding and analysis.Data visualizationsGood collaboration with other functions (e.g. Commercial, Product, Engineering)Nice to have.SnowflakeWeb scraping via browser automation (playwright / selenium / puppeteer for example)
Nathan Peters Nathan Peters
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
Python Developer
Python Developer Sheffield 3 days a week on site£450 a day My client, a global leading consultancy, are looking for a skilled Python Developer to join their banking client in Sheffield. The role is focusing on building scalable automation solutions to streamline database operations. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a forward-thinking team delivering impactful systems within a hybrid working environment.Key Responsibilities:Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for database operations and rollout processes.Build and integrate APIs for database management and automation workflows using Python and FastAPI.Troubleshoot and resolve automation issues across scripting, APIs, and containerised environments.You will have the following:Strong Python development skills with proven experience in building APIs using FastAPI.Experience with PostgreSQL and database administration.Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical abilities.Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including build, package, test, and deployment processes.You will ideally have:Exposure to enterprise tools like Control-M, TrueSight, Guardium, Tenable Nessus, Delinea.Understanding of security practices in highly regulated environments.Working knowledge of Agile practices and tools (e.g., JIRA).Experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management.Containerisation and deployment experience using Docker and Kubernetes.
Sam SheperdSam Sheperd

OUR CUSTOMERS SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT US

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The SODA team have been great, quick to submit candidates, really responsive on interview requests and offers made. Great Service! Feedback score 10/10. 

Deloitte, Client

Always been very easy to work with, you listen to our requirements, ask the right questions and provide regular updates. You've been successful with a few of our hires over the last few year and made an impact to the teams as well as making my job a lot easier. Feedback score: 10/10.

G. Network, Client

Oliver did an amazing job on our introduction call - tbh I'm generally unimpressed with recruiting firms but Oliver quickly understood our priorities and was highly responsive. Feedback score 10/10. 

Virtasant, Client

Nathan listened, learned, adjusted and delivered, exactly as required, most in recruitment don’t understand this, Nathan just got it, impressive work. Feedback score 10/10. 

DR.PN, Client

Great company, great people, great results! Feedback score 10/10.

Zeal Network, Client

Adam Whitehurst is a great guy, very knowledgeable and gets our requirements. Feedback score 10/10. 

Fidelis Ireland, Client

Trust In Soda has provided create candidates for our company as we start up here in Ireland. It's been our single source of recruitment and we wouldn't be where we are today without the hard work put in by the team. Feedback score 10/10.

Onda.ai, Client

Dom is fantastic, and always now my first port of call when we begin hiring! Feedback score 10/10. 

Bupa, Client

Lauren Langdell made it a great experience!! She understood from minute 1 what I needed and was super quick finding the perfect person. She was always available, answered all my questions and made me and the candidate feel super attended all the time. Feedback score 10/10. 

Comave Global, Client
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WHY WE IMPACT REPORT

As we enter our third year of impact reporting, we remain committed to holding ourselves accountable for our mission progress – to build diversity, create inclusion, and encourage workplace innovation.

WHY WE IMPACT REPORT
MAKING AN IMPACT

We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the world we live in. As a B Corp, we have a responsibility to provide a dependable, sustainable service that creates value for the customers, clients, candidates, and communities we engage with. We are eager to partner with businesses that share our vision of a more equitable future for all.  

To help us work towards a brighter and more sustainable future, we’ve partnered with Green Branch, a specialised project developer of nature-based solutions projects for the Voluntary Carbon Market through reforestation, land restoration, and conservation projects.

MAKING AN IMPACT