IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,893 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,893 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Oct 22, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM is very pro-new technologies and has been investing on lots of new initiatives, almost everyone I meet are satisfied with their work-life balance at IBM (non-consulting)

Cons

it's a very big company, hard to keep up with what other teams are doing, sometimes result in overlapping efforts salary range is on the lower average side

5.0
Oct 21, 2025

Backend Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

culture ,team ,work life balance

Cons

Everything is good , no cons

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