Is IBM a good company to work for as a Data Engineer?

Data Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 707 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Data Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Data Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Data Engineer employees well?

Data Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 707 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Data Engineer salaries at IBM.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4351) , Applications Developer (2909) , Software Developer (2421) , Project Manager (2323) , Senior Software Engineer (2038) , Senior Consultant (1846) , Consultant (1845) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1105) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (848) , Intern (825)

What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 11055 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5064 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4391 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3459 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3290 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5388 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2173 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1997 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1746 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 615 reviews))

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3.9

84% would recommend to a friend

(707 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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Data Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 707 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Data Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Data Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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707 reviews

5.0

Sep 25, 2025

Good company

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work culture with lot of leaves

Cons

Low pay compared to other companies

4.0

Sep 25, 2025

Great company

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, good benefits, opportunities to grow

Cons

nothing to mention, I liked working here

3.0

Sep 21, 2025

Overall - A good company with lot of learning opportunities

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good work life balance in some projects. -Lot of initiation and growth on AI related stuff through WatsonX -Cross workstream opportunities are good

Cons

-Very low annual hikes, less than 5% most of the times. - Micro management in some projects -No transparency in projects and with client in some projects

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