I am Gergely Orosz, a software engineering thought‑leader based in Amsterdam. I write the #1 Substack newsletter The Pragmatic Engineer, author several books, and have held senior engineering and management roles at Uber, Skyscanner, and Skype. I also founded TechPays, which was acquired by Levels.fyi in 2026.
Current role: Author of The Pragmatic Engineer (Sep 2021 – present), delivering a weekly column for engineers and managers.
Founder of TechPays (2021 – 2026), built Europe’s leading tech compensation database; Acquired by Levels.fyi in 2026.
Engineering Manager, Payments Experience Platform at Uber (2019 – Oct 2020), led ~25 engineers; the platform processed $65 B in 2019.
Engineering Manager, Rider Payments at Uber (2017 – 2019), handled $2 B+ monthly payments across 70+ countries.
Senior Software Engineer, Payment Providers Platform (Jul 2016 – 2017), rewrote Uber app payments in Swift 2.2 and introduced a shared RIB architecture.
Team Distinction apps achieved 15M downloads and above 200K DAU at their peak.
The project was awarded worldwide 3rd place at Imagine Cup 2008 and 1st place at Innovation Accelerator 2009.