Michelle Sutherland


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​Michelle Sutherland is part of the delivery team here at Trust in SODA, where she specialises in connecting top-tier tech contractors with high-growth opportunities across Europe.

With more than eight years of recruitment experience spanning various tech sectors, including Data, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Resilience, and Software Engineering, Michelle has excelled in providing seamless talent solutions in markets across Africa, the USA, and Europe, with a primary focus on retained and permanent workforce solutions.

'I am excited to be part of SODA, a company that invests as much in its teams as it does in its clients – a commitment that truly sets them apart.'

LATEST JOBS from Michelle Sutherland

Vaud, Switzerland
Transfer Pricing Manager
Transfer Pricing Manager Location: Bankside, London (Hybrid) Rate: £620 per day Inside IR35 Contract: ASAP –  July 2027 Working Arrangement: 3 days onsite per week from January 2027 The Opportunity We’re seeking an experienced Transfer Pricing Manager for a long-term contract, providing strategic tax support across transfer pricing policy, compliance, tax controversy and business partnering. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement transfer pricing policies and strategies. Lead transfer pricing aspects of international tax audits and manage tax authority engagements. Oversee transfer pricing documentation, profitability reviews and intercompany charging outputs. Manage strategic projects involving APAs, IP transfers, integrations and divestments. Partner with commercial, R&D and supply chain teams to resolve transfer pricing challenges and manage tax risks. Essential Experience Strong background in strategic transfer pricing within a tax function. Experience in transfer pricing policy development, tax audits and controversy. Proven ability to advise business stakeholders and manage complex transfer pricing projects. Strong understanding of international transfer pricing regulations. Important: This is a strategic transfer pricing tax role, not an operational transfer pricing or finance process position. Candidates must demonstrate experience in policy, tax audits and business partnering.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
Dublin, Ireland
39893 Front End Developer 3 (6-9 Years)
Senior Mobile Engineer – Angular / Ionic Location: Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid) Rate: Up to €400 per day Contract: Contract opportunity The Opportunity We’re looking for a Senior Mobile Engineer with strong Angular front-end development experience and a proven track record of building responsive web and hybrid mobile applications across iOS and Android. You’ll develop and enhance high-quality digital applications, collaborating with developers, architects and UX/UI designers to deliver secure, scalable and seamless customer experiences. Key Responsibilities Develop responsive web applications using Angular, HTML and CSS. Build and maintain hybrid mobile applications using Ionic, Capacitor or similar frameworks. Integrate RESTful APIs and native mobile functionality. Optimise application performance, troubleshoot issues and support mobile releases. Contribute to code reviews, automated testing and CI/CD practices. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver reliable solutions. Essential Skills & Experience Strong hands-on Angular front-end development experience. Proven experience building web and mobile applications for both iOS and Android. Practical experience with Ionic, Capacitor or equivalent hybrid mobile frameworks. Knowledge of Angular state management, including NgRx or signals. Experience integrating REST APIs and understanding secure application development. Familiarity with mobile deployment, performance optimisation and testing. Important: Candidates must demonstrate how they have applied Angular and hybrid mobile technologies in previous roles, rather than simply listing them on their CV.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
Dublin, Ireland
Privacy Analyst
Local Rate USD/Day  Ireland €500-€600/day (excl. VAT) $585-$700 Poland 1,900 PLN/day + VAT ~$500   Hiring Manager Name: Jessica Ortman???? Location: TBD: Poland or Ireland Job Title: Privacy Analyst Contract Length: 2 months - with extension pending  Contract Start Date: ASAP Job Category Information Technology Job Code Privacy Analyst III Job Profile Privacy Analyst III Duties In this role, you will work closely with business and technology teams across Global Payments to enable the completion of essential privacy compliance processes and documentation.  You may also be asked to communicate with customers, vendors, and other stakeholders. The position is part of a collegial team of attorneys and other privacy professionals that form the Global Payments Privacy Office.  Responsibilities   Under the direction of a privacy attorney, you will be involved in the review of new projects, guiding project teams through the creation of privacy impact assessments (PIAs), data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) and other privacy-related review documentation. You will support the review of implementation plans and remediation activities for product and technology teams to help the Company ensure privacy guidance is appropriately carried out in product design and development. You will assist business stakeholders with common privacy-related inquiries including inquiries about record retention, privacy notice deployment and cookie compliance. You will support data inventory work led by other members of the Privacy Office team. You will create reports and dashboards to enable review of Privacy Office metrics. You will support training and development activities led by other members of the Privacy Office team to enable greater privacy awareness across the Company.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
Zurich, Switzerland
WebMethods System Administrator / Configuration Engineer
WebMethods System Administrator / Configuration Engineer   €540 per day | Remote across Europe | Initial 6–12 Month Contract Are you an experienced webMethods specialist looking for your next contract? This is an opportunity to take ownership of enterprise integration platforms, support critical manufacturing data flows, and drive efficient, secure and scalable file-transfer solutions across multiple sites. We’re looking for a skilled WebMethods System Administrator / Configuration Engineer to manage platform configuration, system administration, security, performance and production support. You’ll play a key role in ensuring reliable plant-to-SAP file transfers while improving delivery through standardisation, automation and streamlined deployment processes. Key Responsibilities Install, configure and administer webMethods Integration Server, API Gateway and Trading Networks. Manage development, QA, UAT and production environments. Maintain platform security, authentication, access controls, certificates and vulnerability remediation. Apply patches, upgrades and configuration changes, ensuring minimal disruption to operations. Monitor system performance, troubleshoot incidents and optimise platform reliability. Support high availability, clustering, disaster recovery, backups and recovery testing. Manage deployments, releases, rollbacks and environment migrations. Provide L2/L3 production support, root-cause analysis and corrective actions. Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and compliance records. Leverage scripting and automation to improve repetitive interface configuration and file-transfer validation. Essential Skills & Experience Strong hands-on experience administering webMethods Integration Server and API Gateway. Experience with Trading Networks configuration and package management. Solid Windows/Linux administration, networking, DNS, firewalls and load balancing knowledge. Strong understanding of Java/JVM configuration, memory management and performance troubleshooting. Experience with TLS/SSL certificates, keystores, truststores and authentication mechanisms. Knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, REST/SOAP, SFTP, JDBC and messaging integrations. Experience supporting SAP and external application connectivity. Familiarity with monitoring, incident management, release management, backup/recovery and disaster recovery. Scripting and deployment automation experience. Contract Details Rate: €540 per day Location: Remote across Europe Duration: Initial 6–12 months If you have strong webMethods administration experience and enjoy working on complex integration environments where reliability, security and automation are essential, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to discuss this opportunity and take the next step in your contracting career.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
London, United Kingdom
Full Stack Engineer
Full Stack Developer – TypeScript / React / Node.js Location: Portsmouth, England Rate: £410 per day, Outside IR35 Contract: Initial 6 months, with potential extension Start Date: On or around 4 November 2026 Security Clearance: Active SC clearance or above On-site: 1–2 days per fortnight The Role We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to join a team on a greenfield project. You will build a new TypeScript codebase from scratch, developing across the front-end and backend while contributing to technical architecture, engineering standards and production deployments. Working alongside the Technical Lead and wider team, you will have the autonomy to shape solutions and deliver secure, scalable and accessible applications. Key Skills & Experience 5+ years of professional software development experience. Strong TypeScript skills across front-end and backend development. React, modern CSS and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility. Node.js and REST API development. PostgreSQL, schema design and query optimisation. Unit, integration and end-to-end testing. Git, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred) and Docker. OIDC authentication and authorisation, ideally with Keycloak. Experience working in Agile teams and communicating technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders. Desirable: MOD/Defence experience, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Helm, Terraform and observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
Dublin, Ireland
Corporate Counsel
Corporate Counsel – 6-Month Contract   Location: Dublin or London Contract Length: 6 months with a view to extend Experience: 0–3 years PQE   About the Role   We are seeking a commercially minded Corporate Counsel to join an international financial business, supporting legal matters across the UK and Ireland.   This is an excellent opportunity for a junior lawyer to gain broad in-house experience across commercial contracts, corporate governance, disputes, regulatory matters and strategic projects. You will work closely with senior legal colleagues and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, international environment.   Key Responsibilities Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, partner and technology contracts. Support disputes, claims, debt recovery and enforcement matters. Provide practical legal advice to internal stakeholders on day-to-day business matters. Support product, regulatory, operational and strategic projects. Collaborate with risk, compliance, data privacy, tax, finance and commercial teams. Conduct legal research and monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments. Maintain and improve legal templates, playbooks and processes. Assist with corporate governance, board support, entity management, filings and corporate records.   Requirements Qualified lawyer with 0–3 years’ post-qualification experience (PQE). Experience or a strong interest in commercial contracts and corporate legal matters. Strong drafting, research and analytical skills. Commercially aware, detail-oriented and proactive, with a practical approach to problem-solving. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across different functions. An interest in developing an in-house legal career within a global business.   This is a great opportunity for a junior legal professional looking to broaden their commercial and corporate legal experience within an established international payments organisation.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
Dublin, Ireland
Java 3 (6-9 Years)
Senior Java Software Engineer Location: Galway – Hybrid Contract: Contract opportunity The Opportunity We are looking for an experienced Senior Java Software Engineer to develop and maintain high-quality software solutions, including microservices and user interfaces within a complex enterprise environment. The role is primarily backend-focused, with an emphasis on Java and Spring Boot development. You will contribute to scalable applications, collaborate within an Agile environment and help deliver reliable, business-critical solutions. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain Java-based applications and microservices. Build RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot. Develop and maintain database solutions using Oracle SQL and PL/SQL. Contribute to automated testing and software quality. Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to deliver incremental business value. Troubleshoot issues, perform root cause analysis and manage multiple priorities. Contribute to front-end development where required. Essential Skills & Experience 6–9 years of software development experience. Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot and RESTful services. Experience with Oracle SQL and PL/SQL. Familiarity with Maven, Jenkins and modern development practices. Experience working in Agile development environments. Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting and collaboration skills. Desirable: Angular or similar front-end frameworks. Automated testing tools such as Karate, Playwright or similar. Exposure to AWS, Kubernetes or Kafka. Experience in financial services, investment management or other complex enterprise platforms.
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland
Dublin, Ireland
40040 Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Contract Location: Galway – Hybrid Contract: 12 months Rate: Up to €500 per day Start: ASAP We’re looking for an experienced Senior Machine Learning Engineer to build and integrate ML and GenAI capabilities into scalable, production-grade applications. This is an engineering-focused role for someone who enjoys building end-to-end systems rather than pure research. Key Responsibilities Build production-grade ML/GenAI applications, APIs and services. Design and deploy RAG pipelines, embeddings and vector search solutions. Develop and integrate agentic and multi-agent workflows. Turn ML prototypes and research into scalable production systems. Build full-stack applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies. Design cloud-native, distributed and highly scalable architectures. Implement CI/CD, observability, monitoring and secure engineering practices. Work closely with ML researchers, data scientists and platform teams. Evaluate emerging GenAI frameworks and technologies for practical adoption. Requirements 10+ years' software engineering experience. 4–6 years' experience with ML/GenAI in production. Strong Python development skills. Experience with RAG, embeddings and vector databases such as FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate or Milvus. Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen or similar agentic frameworks. Strong AWS/cloud-native experience. Full-stack development experience with React/Next.js, Angular or similar. Experience with Node.js, Java, C#, Go or similar. Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD and GitHub Actions. Experience with databases such as Oracle, Snowflake and/or knowledge graphs. Understanding of ML model integration, evaluation and Responsible AI. Desirable: Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, model monitoring, GenAI evaluation frameworks and automated alerting. Description: We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals who can seamlessly integrate Machine Learning and GenAI capabilities into scalable, production-grade applications. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer (10+ years) who enjoys building end?to?end systems—including front-end, back-end, APIs, and ML?powered services—rather than doing research.   You will partner closely with ML researchers, data scientists, and platform teams to transform prototypes, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows into robust systems used across the enterprise.   The Expertise We’re Looking For   Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field. 10+ years of professional software engineering experience (full stack, distributed systems, APIs, cloud). 4–6 years working with machine learning or GenAI systems in production environments. Experience designing and deploying RAG pipelines with embeddings and vector search. Hands-on with vector databases: FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, etc. Experience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain, CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen. Strong expertise in cloud-native engineering (AWS preferred). Proficient in modern front-end frameworks (React/Next.js, Angular, or similar) and in building robust web applications. Back-end development using Python (advanced) and one or more of: Node.js, Java, C#, or Go. Familiarity with traditional ML models, their applications, and how to integrate them into products. Cloud Platforms: AWS services such as S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, SageMaker, API Gateway. Databases: Experience with relational systems (Oracle), cloud data warehouses (Snowflake), vector DBs, and knowledge graphs (Neo4j, RDF/SPARQL). DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, infrastructure-as-code. Understanding of Responsible AI, data privacy, and ethical considerations in ML-driven systems. Good to have: Experience with model monitoring, evaluation frameworks, and automated alerting.  Ability to communicate architectural decisions and technical concepts to non-technical partners. undefined    The Skills You Bring End-to-end engineering: You build full-stack applications that integrate ML/GenAI services seamlessly. Productizing ML: Skilled at converting research notebooks and prototypes into production APIs, scalable microservices, or front?end experiences. System design & architecture: Comfortable with distributed systems, containerization, scaling, observability, and resilience. ML/GenAI literacy: You understand how to select the right model type and integrate it appropriately into a business workflow. Agentic workflows: Experience deploying multi-agent systems and monitoring their behavior in production. Observability engineering: Hands-on with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and logging/metrics pipelines. Engineering rigor: CI/CD, testing, version control, tracing, blue/green deployments, and secure coding practices. Research & evaluation: Ability to evaluate new frameworks, GenAI tools, and emerging technologies for practical adoption. Collaboration: Strong teamwork, mentorship, and communication, enabling strong cross-functional delivery.     The Value You Deliver You build the full-stack components—APIs, UIs, services—that bring ML and GenAI capabilities directly into business applications. You create scalable, secure, and reliable platforms for RAG, model serving, and agentic applications. You improve engineering productivity by providing reusable patterns, libraries, and frameworks for ML integration. You help the organization understand where different model types (LLMs, embeddings, classifiers, etc.) best fit business challenges. You collaborate closely with ML researchers, product teams, and cloud engineering to deliver measurable business impact. You elevate the team by sharing best practices in architecture, coding, and ML?aware engineering
Michelle Sutherland Michelle Sutherland