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🥝 Senior Database Engineer

Vitality | Sandton, South Africa | Posted May 31, 2026

Job Description

Team – Group Operations


Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Sandton, South Africa, Office. Full time, hours per week. 


We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

  • Strong SQL plus hands-on tuning of high-volume systems
  • Ability to run PostgreSQL reliably in managed services
  • Proficiency in Designing and testing HA/replication/backups/PITR to meet RTO/RPO
  • What this role is all about:


    Step into a pivotal role at Vitality Group as a Senior Database Administrator, where you’ll shape the backbone of high-performance, data-driven systems powering millions of interactions. This is an opportunity to work at scale across AWS and GCP, driving innovation in cloud-native database architecture while ensuring resilience, security, and seamless performance. You’ll collaborate with a diverse team of engineers, architects, and analysts, using your deep ...

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