IBM Backend Engineer reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(155 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

80% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Backend Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 155 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Backend Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Backend Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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155 reviews
4.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

- free snacks - great caring company-wide community (slack channels for common interests) - on-site gym, frequent company events

Cons

- recently started making big cuts like gym staff and quality of events - increasing encroachment on work-life balance - no new hires in Canada, while half the team left the company - stacked ranking policy

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