Insurance and wellness platform operating across health, life, and short-term coverage
Discovery is a public financial services company built around insurance, medical aid, and wellness, with a distributed tech stack spanning SQL Server, SAP S/4HANA, and Java on-prem infrastructure. The hiring mix is heavily sales-driven (20 open roles) with proportional coverage in engineering (19) and data (16), reflecting a business scaling customer acquisition alongside internal automation—workflows, billing optimization, and cost-control initiatives dominate the active project list, signaling operational maturity pressure as the org grows.
Discovery operates health, life, and short-term insurance alongside investment and financial planning services, headquartered in Johannesburg and founded in 1992. The company employs 5,001–10,000 people and anchors its value proposition around the Vitality programme, a health-incentive platform designed to reward and encourage healthier living. Operations span South Africa and the United Kingdom with a Global Vitality Network presence across Germany, France, the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, China, and Japan. The tech footprint is enterprise-grade: SAP S/4HANA for core operations, SQL Server for data management, Databricks for analytics, and a Java-Spring-based application layer supporting both web and iOS/Android mobile channels.
SQL Server, SAP S/4HANA, Java, Spring, Databricks, Power BI, SQL Server Analysis Services, Docker, REST, and Kotlin. Mobile apps run on iOS and Android. Supporting stack includes Hibernate, JUnit, SOAP, and WebLogic.
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The company was founded in 1992 and is publicly listed. All current hiring is based in South Africa.
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