Is Red Hat a good company to work for as a Software Enginerer?

Software Enginerer professionals working at Red Hat have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 333 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Red Hat employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Enginerer Jobs at Red Hat now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Enginerer interview questions at Red Hat .

Does Red Hat pay Software Enginerer employees well?

Software Enginerer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Red Hat with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 333 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Enginerer salaries at Red Hat.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Red Hat?

Software Engineer (356) , Senior Software Engineer (256) , Technical Support Engineer (107) , Principal Software Engineer (89) , Solutions Architect (88) , Intern (84) , Senior Consultant (84) , Consultant (82) , Associate Software Engineer (71) , Manager (71) , Account Executive (59) , Project Manager (55) , Sales (55) , Account Manager (53) , Inside Sales Representative (51)

What are the pros of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"Red Hat has a great culture as you would expect from a company that founded it's roots in open source." ((in 834 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 452 reviews)); "great work life balance and allowed to work from home" ((in 341 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 214 reviews)); "relaxed and good work culture" ((in 142 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"low salaries and lack of office" ((in 181 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 101 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 67 reviews)); "Overall low compensation compared to similar roles in other companies" ((in 59 reviews)); "Unexpected layoffs in 2023 caused some anxiety." ((in 37 reviews))

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Red Hat

Red Hat Software Enginerer reviews

4.2

83% would recommend to a friend

(333 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

81% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

4.0

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Software Enginere employees have rated Red Hat with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 333 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Enginere professionals have an excellent working experience there. Red Hat is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Enginere professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

333 reviews

1.0

Aug 24, 2016

Less Paid, internal politics, favoritism

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to learn. Good Pantry, Cafeteria. Very good exposure to open source. Active IT and GWS teams.

Cons

too much favoritism. Random people come in and gets name on your work. A senior manager from Pune, who promotes only people from Pune and send his favorite people to all conferences that happens abroad. Have to face lot of internal dirty politics

5.0

Jun 21, 2016

A really cool and open company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I think is all about pros. A really cool company with good benefits, good professionals working in it. You are kinda your own boss, is the first place in which they told me, "Find something you like and work on it".

Cons

Things that are really hard: The onboarding process. Passing the learning curve. Getting actually things to do.

5.0

Apr 4, 2016

Software Engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Open source, You can work at home

Cons

No docs, No rules, if you want to do something, no docs can follow, you have to do a full investigating

Viewing 310 - 312 of 333 Reviews

Jobs at Red Hat

Customer Success Executive 3

Software Engineer - Network HW Enablement & Cloud Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer in Crypto (Smart Cards)

Cloud Market Place Partner Account Manager

Red Hat reviews FAQs

Red Hat reviews Red Hat Software Enginere reviews

Red Hat

Red Hat Software Enginerer reviews

Ratings by category

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Less Paid, internal politics, favoritism

A really cool and open company

Software Engineer

Jobs at Red Hat

Red Hat reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Red Hat reviews FAQs

Jobs at Red Hat