was looking at the advanced file management section of the docs and it mentions file upload jobs are available in the view -> server jobs panel.  I can't find this anywhere in the new GUI, was it only in the legacy one?

https://www.netxms.org/documentation/adminguide/remote-file-management.html#advanced-file-management

Looked in monitor/logs/server config etc.

File uploads are kept under Configuration -> Scheduled tasks. In the menu (three-dot button on the toolbar) you need to enable "Show system tasks".