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 (2422) , Project Manager (2323) , Senior Software Engineer (2038) , Senior Consultant (1846) , Consultant (1845) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1106) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (848) , Intern (826)

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 10942 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5079 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4382 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3418 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3368 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 5423 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2154 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2023 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1726 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 618 reviews))

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

IBM

IBM Data Engineer reviews

3.9

84% would recommend to a friend

(707 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

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).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

707 reviews

5.0

Jul 10, 2025

Good Company

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work Life Balance Good Benefits

Cons

No cons as of now

3.0

Jul 9, 2025

Decent Experience

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent learning oppurtunities Flexible working hours Has very good company policies

Cons

Office cabs are provided only to women and Trans employess Manager Centric company, if you are under bad manager then there is no scope for development irrespective of your skills Most of the promotions are given to women to bring down the gender gap, sometimes this leads to unworthy promotions in the team

4.0

Jul 7, 2025

Good company

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company for experienced employees

Cons

Once u reach 7B band finding a project will be difficult

Viewing 88 - 90 of 707 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

EPAM Systems

3.6★Compensation & Benefits

DataArt

4.0★Compensation & Benefits

Amadeus

3.7★Compensation & Benefits

Proxify

3.9★Compensation & Benefits

Jobs at IBM

Senior Data Engineer

Atlanta, GA

View job

Senior Program Manager

Senior Program Manager

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

View job

View all Data Engineer Jobs

IBM reviews FAQs

IBM reviews IBM Data Engineer reviews

IBM

IBM Data Engineer reviews

Ratings by category

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Good Company

Decent Experience

Good company

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Jobs at IBM

IBM reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Jobs at IBM

IBM reviews FAQs