Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Engineering Lead?

Software Engineering Lead professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 16 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineering Lead Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineering Lead interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Engineering Lead employees well?

Software Engineering Lead professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 16 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 20% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineering Lead salaries at IBM.

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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 11077 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4990 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4365 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3462 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3306 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 5437 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2195 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2015 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1756 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 625 reviews))

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IBM Software Engineering Lead reviews

4.0

23% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

100% approve of CEO

96% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Software Engineering Lead employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineering Lead professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineering Lead professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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16 reviews

4.0

Jul 9, 2025

Good place to work

Lead software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work and has tons of project

Cons

Nothing I could think of

4.0

Jun 5, 2025

Great Place to work

Lead software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Place to work, Good Work culture

Cons

No Cons except no HR Policy

4.0

May 29, 2025

Solid company, hard to navigate

Software engineering lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits and compensation. Interesting technologies to work on, good training and work life balance.

Cons

Large dispersed company is difficult to navigate. Your experience will vary widely by what group your in and where you are located.

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