IBM Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,154 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,154 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Dec 2, 2025

Life at IBM

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM has a relatively good life/work balance

Cons

IBM removed a lot of benefits and is shrinking it's presence in the US. They seem to lay people off twice a year now and they like to go for their top engineers first.

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