Infrastructure Software Engineer, Data Catalog & Governance

Overview

Dropbox is seeking an Infrastructure Software Engineer, Data Catalog & Governance to design, implement, and scale infrastructure for data catalog and governance across the platform. This is a remote role based in Poland, enabling collaboration with global teams while maintaining strong security, reliability, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable infrastructure for data catalog and governance systems.
• Build tooling for metadata management, data lineage, data quality, access control, and policy enforcement.
• Collaborate with data engineering, security, and product teams to enable discoverability and governance across data assets.
• Improve system reliability, monitoring, and incident response; optimize performance and cost.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to design reviews and best practices.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python or Go.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and data tooling.
• Understanding of data governance concepts, metadata management, and data lineage.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience with data catalogs and governance solutions.
• Familiarity with streaming data systems (Kafka) and data privacy/compliance.