Position: Salesforce Engineer - Field Mobile Platform
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP (April/May 2026)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Berkshire, UK (Hybrid - mostly remote)
Language(s): English
Focus on SAP is a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation offering both permanent and contract staffing solutions on a global scale.
Client – Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services, working with some of the world’s biggest brands. Their mission is not only to deliver cutting-edge technology but also to empower organisations to create meaningful impact for the people and communities they serve. For you, this means working on challenging projects that demand
innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership.
Role – We are seeking a highly experienced
Principal Engineer to lead the evolution of a
Field Mobile Platform within a large-scale transformation programme. This is a senior, hands-on architecture and engineering leadership role focused on scaling mobile platforms, improving reliability, and enabling seamless field operations through modern engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architecture & Platform Leadership
- Define and own end-to-end mobile platform architecture, including:
- Mobile applications
- APIs and backend services
- Integration layers
- Establish engineering standards, patterns, and guardrails across teams.
- Lead platform simplification, reducing duplication and technical debt.
- Engineering Excellence
- Champion best practices in:
- Clean architecture
- CI/CD automation
- Testing strategies
- Observability and telemetry
- Performance optimisation
- Secure-by-design principles
- Ensure high reliability, resilience, and offline capability for field environments.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Product, Architecture, and Operations teams to:
- Align data models and integration patterns
- Ensure consistent UX and platform standards
- Support delivery of mobile capabilities that improve:
- Safety and compliance
- Customer experience
- Field productivity
- Innovation & AI Enablement
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices, including:
- Automation and diagnostics
- Telemetry-driven insights
- AI-assisted workflows
- Ensure responsible AI implementation aligned with governance and compliance standards.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience as a Senior / Principal Engineer in enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in:
- Mobile application architecture
- Backend APIs and microservices
- Integration patterns across complex systems
- Proven ability to define and influence engineering standards across multiple teams.
- Strong experience with:
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Automated testing and observability
- Performance tuning and platform optimisation
- Experience designing resilient, offline-capable mobile solutions
- Ability to solve complex, cross-domain technical challenges.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
If you are interested or would like to know more, please email jonathan.la@focusonsap.org with your CV and availability to speak.
Applicants must be a UK resident and holds a valid right to work status.