IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,748 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,748 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Jan 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good. Culture is good - a lot of people are really easy to work with. IBM stock is rising so ESPP is a big benefit

Cons

Return to office rule kinda sucks if you're not really colocated with your team as there would be no one to collaborate with. No longer provides 401k match - but has pension instead (grows a lot less than if you're putting it in total stock market)

5.0
Jan 30, 2026

Good place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good colleagues and Managers. Good place to work.

Cons

As of now there are nill.

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