Working in Aarhus
Work with an amazing team responsible for the infrastructure software that makes Uber’s data centers around the world reliable and scalable. If you want to solve the toughest engineering challenges alongside some of the smartest people in the industry, Uber Aarhus is the right place for you.
On-the-ground in Aarhus
Building at Uber Aarhus
Muzaffar relocated with his family to Denmark to join Uber’s Engineering team
9 months into his Uber career journey, Muzaffar Makhkamov reflects on his decision to relocate with his family from Uzbekistan to Denmark to live locally in Aarhus while building globally as a Staff Software Engineer on Uber’s Configuration Platform team. “I joined Uber 9 months ago and it has been an incredibly rewarding journey. I’ve had the opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment where I can constantly learn and grow.”
8 years on this distinguished engineer’s work is just getting started
Joakim Recht is an Aarhus-based, Linux-using distinguished engineer who has spent 8 years at Uber “making myself obsolete.” To do that, his last 7 have focused on one thing, automating the management of services and databases at scale to “make computers do as much of the ‘boring’ stuff as possible.” Today, the platform is powering all databases and other stateful systems at Uber.
Avoiding CPU throttling in a containerized environment
Learn how we switched from CPU quotas to cpusets, allowing us to trade a slight increase in P50 latencies for a significant drop in P99 latencies.
Vertical CPU scaling: reducing the cost of capacity and increasing reliability
Learn how we automated a vertical CPU scaling system across Uber used to right-size more than 500,000 Docker containers.
Meet Uber’s Aarhus Tech Office
Founded in January 2014, the Uber Engineering Office in Aarhus, Denmark is home to our Compute and Storage teams, as well as members of our Uber Eats team.
Meet our engineering team
Begin an engineer at Uber means shipping at an immense scale, solving problems you won't see anywhere else, and rising to the challenge of creating a better world.
Uber values
Our values aren’t just our shared beliefs; they are the mindsets we embrace, the choices we make, the actions we take.
Our return to the office
It’s still early days as we look to find the right long-term model for Uber, yet we want this to continue being a great place for our current and future employees, and that means adapting to different needs. Our hybrid work approach focuses on increased flexibility.