Software Engineering

Vacancies are increasing, technological evolution is accelerating, and identifying top candidates is trickier than ever.

For over ten years, Trust in SODA have taken a community-led approach to recruitment, and in that time, we’ve helped thousands of incredible software engineers find meaningful work in a world that won’t sit still.

Between the influx of candidates and the widespread adoption of AI, software engineering is in a transition period, making it difficult for hiring managers to conduct prompt searches. This is where we come in.

Our specialist software engineer recruiters have the knowledge, means, and community network needed to pinpoint top software engineering talent in a turbulent tech market.

We provide proven full-service permanent and contract talent solutions across the UK, Ireland, the US, Switzerland, Germany, and Luxembourg. Whether you’re hoping to build out an entire software engineering function, jumpstart your latest project, or move into your first interim software engineering job, the Trust in SODA team is here to help.

Want to know more? Contact the team today to find out how we can support your hiring needs.

LIVE JOBS

Greater London, South East, England

Senior Frontend Engineer - AI Productivity Platform

Permanent£70000 - £80000 per annum

Senior Frontend Engineer – AI Productivity Platform (Hybrid)We're working with a rapidly scaling AI startup that’s reinventing how professionals work inside Excel. Backed by top-tier investors and already gaining huge traction, they're building an intelligent platform that automates complex workflows—without changing the interface users rely on every day. As the companies first dedicated Frontend Engineer, you’ll own the entire client-side experience, shaping both the product and engineering culture from day one. You’ll work closely with a founding engineer to create polished, high-performance interfaces that bring powerful AI capabilities to life.Tech Requirements:4–6 years of TypeScript experienceDeep knowledge of React and Next.jsExperience shipping production featuresStrong product mindset and obsession with great UXBonus PointsNext.js App Router / server componentsAWS Terraform familiarityTurborepo / pnpmAI integration experienceIf you think this looks like an exciting challenge and you're ready to throw everything into building something special, drop across your CV or contact Adam Whitehurst at Trust in Soda for more info.

Adam Whitehurst

Posted about 16 hours ago

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Greater London, South East, England

Principal Security Engineer

Permanent£125000 per annum, Benefits: Equity, Pension, Healthcare,

Principal Security Engineer – Cloud Platform (Remote, UK)We've partnered exclusively with a scaling infrastructure company that's fundamentally transforming how digital and physical components interact in the age of AI. Their core mission is to empower teams to build and deploy sophisticated systems by providing scalable, secure, and robust infrastructure solutions for development, deployment, and scaling.They're looking for a Principal Security Engineer to lead the architecture and development of its next-generation cloud security platform. This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you’ll design and build a full Identity & Access Management (IAM) platform from scratch—powering secure access, identity federation, and zero-trust controls for large-scale AI systems.You’ll shape the security foundation of a cutting-edge cloud platform, working across core backend services and collaborating with infrastructure and ML teams. Expect huge technical ownership, complex distributed problems, and the chance to influence engineering standards across the organisation. Requirements:Strong backend engineering skills (preferably Golang) in cloud-native environments.Deep expertise in IAM protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT) and security architecture.Experience building an IAM platform or major IAM components from the ground up.Solid understanding of cryptography (PKI, TLS, key rotation, secrets management).Experience with microservices, distributed systems, and relational databases (PostgreSQL).Nice to HaveKubernetesIf this sounds like a good fit for you, drop your CV across or contact Adam Whitehurst at Trust in Soda for more info!

Adam Whitehurst

Posted about 16 hours ago

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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Full stack Engineer 36839

Contract€350 - €400 per day

Full stack Engineer 36839Start date: ASAPDuration: 12 monthsLocation: 1 week in Galway office, 3 weeks working from homeRate: €350 - €400 per day The Expertise You HaveBS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.5 years’ experience in software application design and development.Required software skillset: Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Angular, REST Services, deployment technologies, AWS, BDD, Cucumber and GitHub,Experience in DB development with Oracle/JPA.Experience in Microsoft Power Apps/Power Platform.Experience writing effective SQL stored procedures, optimizing existing structures and fine-tuning SQL code.Proficiency in UI Development would be a distinct plusExperience with CI/CD pipelines and driving automation.Experience developing automated unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing. The Purpose of Your RoleThe Senior Full Stack Engineer will be part of a global team that focuses on building solutions supporting Fidelity’s Investment Operations group.The ideal candidate will have excellent analysis, problem-solving and documentation skills coupled with a strong motivation for working in a highly customer-focused environment, who works well in a collaborative, iterative, and fast-paced environment and is used to working in an Agile software delivery team. The Skills You BringA working knowledge of the Agile software development methodology.Excellent written and oral communication skills, allowing you to convey technical concepts with internal customers, technical team members, and/or other technical contributors across the organization.An ability to work on complex technical and functional analysis tasks.The aptitude to learn and adopt new technologies in the cloud.An innovative mindset committed to automating and streamlining manual processes.Can collaborate well with your team members, work independently and influence your technology peers. The Value you DeliverDeliver high quality, innovative and maintainable software solutions in an agile environment.Participate in Architecture and Application design.Actively contribute to test automation and practices.Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills.Experience working with distributed teams.Understanding of fundamental design principles for building a scalable application.Ability to take on responsibility for managing production applications at runtime.Ability to quickly learn, adapt and thrive to meet the needs of a fast paced, changing environment.Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Nokwanda Khanyile

Posted about 22 hours ago

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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Full stack Engineer 36839

Contract€350 - €400 per day

Nokwanda Khanyile

Posted about 22 hours ago

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London, Greater London, South East, England

Data Scientist

Contract£300 - £400 per day

Data ScientistLocation: London, UK (Remote) Contract Length: 4 Months Day Rate: Up to £400 per day (PAYE) We’re seeking an experienced Data Scientist for a high-impact contract role supporting a leading global tech organisation. This role sits within the Account Access team — the group responsible for safeguarding user access across major social platforms. You will play a critical role in understanding user behaviour, improving decision systems, and shaping how millions of users experience account recovery, appeal processes, and security features. You will also partner closely with the sister Manager Support team, who handle hacked and compromised account issues. A strong candidate is someone who brings a deep customer-first mindset, understanding user frustrations and designing data-driven solutions that minimise friction and maximise trust. What You’ll Work OnDriving product analytics to uncover behavioural patterns, risks, and optimisation opportunities.Designing and evaluating experiments, including power analysis, precision/recall interpretation, and impact assessment.Building clear, compelling data narratives for technical and non-technical teams.Applying causal inference to understand the impact of product and policy changes.Analysing account blocking patterns, investigating false positives/negatives, and evaluating trade-offs between security and user experience.Partnering with engineering, measurement, and product teams to deliver data-driven recommendations.Supporting continuous improvement for appeals workflows, compromised account processes, and system decisioning models.Required Skills & Experience 5–7 years of experience in Data Science (flexible for strong profiles)Strong SQL skills (product analytics large-scale data handling)Deep experience with experimentation frameworks (A/B tests, metrics, power analysis)Strong product analytics and user behaviour insightsCausal inference expertiseAbility to translate complex data into clear insights and storytellingPython proficiencySecurity knowledge is a plus (e.g., fraud detection, account integrity)

Michelle Sutherland

Posted about 23 hours ago

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Washington, United States

Software Engineer

Permanent£200000 per annum

We are currently seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join an FinTech scale-up client of ours on a permanent basis. This is with a cutting edge Series B scale-up, whose platform is used by legacy financial institutions in order to provide more modern customer experiences across Payments, Credit Unions and FinTechs.The role requires candidates to be based within a commutable distance to Seattle, as the client has a hybrid office policy.Key Responsibilities: Design, implement, and maintain backend services written in Java and Go, focusing on performance, reliability, and maintainability.Build and evolve the core integration engine powering data sync, event streaming, and workflow orchestration across financial systems.Architect and optimize AWS-native infrastructure (Lambda, ECS/EKS, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, Step Functions, etc.).Develop secure, high-throughput APIs and SDKs for external fintech and enterprise customers.Implement distributed system patterns such as CQRS, event sourcing, idempotent workflows, and resilient messaging.Collaborate with the platform, DevOps, and product teams to define technical requirements and deliver end-to-end solutions.Contribute to internal frameworks, shared libraries, and developer tooling to improve engineering velocity.Ensure compliance with fintech-grade security, auditability, and reliability standards.Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and mentoring junior engineers. Desirable Requirements: Strong background in Software Engineering - main expertise should be within Java, Golang or PythonExperience with working in a start-up is important for this role – proven experience building from 0 to 1 is important Expertise within AWS and containerisation/infrastructure-as-code is a plus (Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform)Experience with working within core banking systems, payments (ACH/Wires) is important for this role The role offers long-term earning potential with a strong compensation package, including a strong equity component.

Joe Woodard

Posted 1 day ago

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Washington, United States

Software Engineer

Permanent£200000 per annum

Joe Woodard

Posted 1 day ago

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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Product Manager -36909

Contract€500 - €550 per day

Product ManagerDuration: Initial 12 monthsLocation: 1 Waterside, Kingswood Ave, Dublin Ireland ,3 weeks working from home, 1 week in officeRate: €500 - €550 per day Digital Shared ServicesThe Role Fidelity’s Workplace Investing (WI)/Healthcare (HCG) business units help employers offer successful benefit programs to improve their employees’ overall well-being. WI/HCG offers a broad range of integrated financial, health, and benefits solutions and provides innovative technology, strategic collaboration, outstanding service, and an engaging employee experience. WI/HCG is the market leader with ~30% market share serving 26K employer clients & 34M employees and administrating $3.0T in assets. As the Product Leader/Owner for Digital Shared Services, your work will serve to continually improve business capabilities in form of APIs. As part of Digital Shares Services, you will lead a team to build simple, scalable, stable, reliable, and reusable APIs for Workplace Investing’s Retirement Product. You will work with internal and external consumers to identify opportunities and create capability roadmap to improve our API offerings. The Expertise and Skills You Bring • 7 years of experience in product development, leading distributed cross-functional agile teams that include architects, analysts, developers to design, deliver & maintain API products & solutions • Experience in developing and implementing enterprise services in form of APIs to help accelerate digital innovation • Experience in deploying and supporting large scale solutions that impact millions of customers and thousands of associates across a complex ecosystem. • Skilled at using data and insights, letting facts own the way to develop effective strategic product roadmaps • Experience with Scrum/Agile development with Design Thinking and Lean Start-Up a plus • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred

Nokwanda Khanyile

Posted 1 day ago

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APTIV

Roles Placed

Aptiv, a global tech leader with over 190,000 employees in 46 countries, is developing safer and more sustainable vehicles, including autonomous driving technology. They faced challenges sourcing and retaining top talent in a competitive market with high demand and rising pay rates for specialised tech candidates. Partnering with Trust in SODA provided access to a wider talent pool through an expansive community network. This partnership has positively impacted Aptiv's ability to meet client demand by reducing the time to fill and securing high-quality hires through a wider talent pool.

ARM

Key Hires

100%

Fill Rate

Arm, a global leader in computing technology, sought to fill niche roles and partnered with Trust in SODA based on a recommendation from an RPO provider. SODA collaborated with Arm to refine their hiring process, focusing on both technical skills and cultural fit. This involved weekly market insights, qualification calls, and onsite visits to understand Arm's culture. The improved process resulted in a 1.9:1 CV-to-interview ratio and a 1:1 fill rate for all vacancies since May 2023.

BUPA

2:1

CV to Interview Ratio

14 Days

Time to Hire

Key Hires Made

With over 50 million customers worldwide, Bupa is a leading multinational healthcare company that provides a range of health and care services, including insurance, hospitals, and clinics.

Our relationship with Bupa began through a personal recommendation – having supported an engineering manager earlier in his career journey, we were his first port of call when he moved to Bupa Dental and needed to build out his team. Having built a foundation of trust over the course of several years, Trust in SODA were retained on an exclusive basis. Working across London and Bristol, we successfully delivered five key placements critical to Bupa’s technology function:

QA Engineer
Lead User Researcher
Full Stack Developer
Data Engineer
.Net Developer

Dominika and the Team are fantastic, and will always be my first port of call when we begin hiring!

Bupa

Engineering & Architecture Manager

CAPGEMINI

169

Placements

118

Permanent

Contract

For over 50 years, Capgemini have delivered transformative business solutions to their clients through leading-edge tech, industry expertise and a highly talented workforce. They faced challenges attracting top talent in a candidate-short market, compounded by UK mobility and security clearance requirements. Partnering with Trust in SODA, Capgemini benefited from dedicated resources, tailored searches, specialized teams, and a global network. SODA quickly became a top supplier, exceeding hiring targets annually and supporting high-volume projects for major clients like Deliveroo, John Lewis, EDF, and public sector organisations.

‘Trust in Soda were one of the key suppliers in relation to both quality and volume of candidates successfully placed.

Communication was key to this success, and our working relationship only strengthened as the year progressed, with mutual respect and honesty being the theme of conversations.’

COMAVE GLOBAL

Permanent Hires

SODA Max

Hiring Solution

Contract Hires

ComAve are building the first-ever super app designed exclusively for sports fans, turning passion into rewards. ComAve is redefining what it means to be a fan, blending technology, gamification, and loyalty rewards to create a one-of-a-kind ecosystem where fans always win.

After landing £100m in funding, they were experiencing serious growth and had no talent or HR function. Trust in SODA started with recruiting the HR team and then became the talent function. Setting the strategy for all five of the Comave businesses, we provided a linked ecosystem for talent attraction and management.

We successfully recruited across Sales, Technology, Engineering, Operations and Marketing, from Junior to C Suite including the COO, across Europe, covering Eastern Europe, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and France, as well as the UK. Following the successful completion of multiiple placements, we are delighted to now be supporting Comave in North America and South America.

One of the most important requirement to Comave is speed of delivery, and the SODA team have delivered every time. In addition we have supported with an EOR Solution, and implemented a Workable ATS for the team there.

Lauren 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."

Sarah Lee

People Director

DELIVERY HERO

Hires

As Delivery Hero was going through a period of growth due to the internationalisation of their product offering, they onboarded SODA as an embedded partner to assist with reducing time to hire and accessing international talent pools. Working closely with internal stakeholders, we worked across multiple business units and were successful in making 46 hires across React, Mobile, Engineering Management, Go, Flutter, Product, Scala, Data Science, Data Engineers, and MLOps.

DELOITTE

Key Hires

Trust in SODA has been partnered with Deloitte Ireland for over five years, and in that time, we've made 57 hires across tech and finance roles. Recognising the challenges of Ireland's tech talent market, Deloitte expanded their partnership to include SODA's Contract team. SODA doubled their candidate database within 12 months using a diversity-focused approach, expanding access to a broader talent pool across key areas like software engineering, DevOps, data, cloud, infrastructure, and creative. Leveraging deep industry knowledge, SODA quickly identified niche talent without compromising quality, becoming Deloitte's top-performing agency.

DIGI2AL

Roles Placed

Digi2al, experiencing rapid growth, sought a recruitment partner with expertise in immersive GDS technologies to support project planning. They needed to quickly scale their delivery capability without sacrificing quality to meet client demands. Trust in SODA provided a dedicated team, built virtual talent pools, and proactively completed pre-employment checks to expedite hiring. This collaborative approach resulted in 59 successful placements over 18 months. Ultimately, this partnership enabled Digi2al to expand, pursue new opportunities, and enhance its brand reputation.

DYSON

Roles Placed

Dyson, a global tech pioneer, needed to expand its creative and technical teams at its competitive institute in Malmsbury, England. Facing geographical restrictions and a desire to diversify its shortlists, Dyson partnered with the Trust in SODA team. SODA immersed itself in Dyson's culture through on-site visits, then leveraged an international network and market-mapping expertise to fulfil Dyson’s hiring needs on time and in budget.

Having placed 34 contract roles, Trust in SODA emerged as one of Dyson’s Top suppliers across Technology & Creative roles.

FIDELIS

Perm & Contract Hires

Fidelis is a specialist insurer and reinsurer with long-standing industry relationships and more than 30 years of underwriting, risk management, claims, and actuarial knowledge.

Our relationship with Fidelis began through our sister brand, Broadgate, who were retained to support on transformation, legal, and compliance-focused roles.

What began as a Broadgate relationship soon evolved into a cross-brand collaboration, with Trust in SODA stepping in to cover Onda’s growing technology needs.

Since then, we’ve made more than 30 successful placements across Tech Architecture, Software Engineering, SQL, PowerApps, QA, Actuarial, Underwriting, Risk, Compliance, FP&A, and Credit Control.

One of the toughest challenges was the requirement for all roles to be based onsite in Dublin, five days a week. By working closely with Onda’s onsite MSP, we streamlined the process, built trust with candidates, and ensured the right skills were secured despite the market constraints.

G.NETWORK

Critical Hires

G.Network, upgrading London's internet with full-fibre broadband, needed to rapidly scale its team to support its ambitious expansion. Facing the challenges of hyper-growth, they partnered with Trust in SODA to optimize their hiring process. SODA provided a steady talent pipeline of high-quality candidates through dedicated resources, diversity-focused searches, and market insights. Over two years, SODA delivered 32 mission-critical hires across DevOps, Design & Change, Software Engineering, and Infrastructure, enabling G.Network to accelerate its scaling efforts.

‘Adam, Viki, Gabs and the wider team at Soda have been highly instrumental in enabling our scaling plans over the last few years. They have delivered some high calibre and strategic resources to our business quickly and are always ready to support our needs when required. As a client, I always feel that I have their complete focus and attention. I would highly recommend their services’.’

John Porter

Head of Talent Acquisition

GUIDANT GLOBAL

129

Roles Placed

Brands Serviced

Guidant Global takes a creative approach to talent management. Having delivered bespoke recruitment solutions to clients all over the globe, Guidant Global is breaking the mould in the MSP, RPO, and SOW markets. To meet mounting demand and alleviate subsequent pressure on candidate pay rates, Guidant Global turned to the team at Trust in SODA to deliver complex hiring projects to their end clients. To date, the SODA squad have provided talent solutions across technology and enablement for seventeen of Guidant Global’s customers, including Dyson, Burberry, Pfizer, The AA, and Novartis. The seamless integration of Trust in SODA’s permanent and contract teams has created dependable hiring coverage across DevOps, Software Engineering, Cloud and Infrastructure, Data, and Creative roles.

Trinnovo Group is a valued and trusted partner in our never-ending quest to find talent.

David Miranda

Talent Consultant

NATWEST BOXED

Key Hires

Natwest Boxed, the UK's leading banking-as-a-service provider, needed to rapidly expand its team by 30 people in two months to support their growing customer base. They needed to fill hard-to-reach roles across SDET, Engineering Management, Java Development, and Product Management. Partnering with Trust in SODA, they leveraged a dedicated team of five recruiters. This collaboration resulted in over 100 shortlisted candidates, 45 interviews, and 23 successful placements within the tight two-month timeframe.

NatWest Boxed and Trust in Soda have built a successful partnership focused on specialist engineering recruitment, ensuring access to top-tier talent. Together, they have prioritized diverse hiring, helping NatWest Boxed strengthen its engineering teams with a more inclusive and high-performing workforce.

Mike Jetson

(Talent Acquisition Lead - NatWest Boxed & Mettle by NatWest)

ONDA

2:1

CV to Interview Ratio

Founded in 2022, Onda is committed to providing customers with simpler and more effective cyber insurance coverage in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats.

Having previously worked with Trust in SODA’s consultants at a previous organisation, Onda’s hiring manager was confident in the value we could bring and chose to engage us for a new mandate.

Onda set an exceptionally high bar for candidate quality and needed a partner who could deliver critical hires in a tight timeframe, all while competing with other projects in the market.

We partnered with Onda on an exclusive basis, enabling us to carry out a thorough search across our community networks and the broader market.

With regular catchups alongside the TA team, we quickly aligned on the role requirements, including candidate profiles and culture fit.

By leaning on a deep understanding of Onda’s business imperatives, we successfully secured the two critical hires under demanding market conditions.

Trust in SODA has provided great 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.’ - VP of Engineering, Onda

Onda

VP of Engineering

QUANTSPARK

QuantSpark are a strategic analytics and AI consultancy that supercharges its clients’ operating models with advanced technology and bespoke, data-driven products.

After being recommended to QuantSpark by a previous customer, Trust in SODA was engaged alongside competing agencies to deliver a critical leadership role; however, due to SODA’s fast provision of high-quality profiles, the team was soon retained exclusively.

QuantSpark were looking for a blend of deep technical expertise and management experience, and they were operating inside strict budget parameters.

SODA conducted cultural interviews, competitor analysis, market mapping, and technical testing to ensure the right fit for the role, ultimately filling the position on time and in budget.

SODA provided constant communication and flexibility. Our business has a number of nuances that make recruitment challenging, and the SODA team constantly worked with us to ensure they were providing the best possible service. Not only from a client POV but based on candidate feedback, it was clear that SODA provides a thoughtful candidate experience. The team was flexible on fees and is looking for a long-term relationship. Our business does not typically work with agencies, and I'd be keen to partner with them again on an as-needed basis.

QuantSpark

Talent Manager

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