Is IBM a good company to work for as a Application Developer Senior Engineer?

Application Developer Senior Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 267 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Application Developer Senior Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Application Developer Senior Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Application Developer Senior Engineer employees well?

Application Developer Senior Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 267 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Application Developer Senior Engineer 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 10916 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5028 reviews)); "Flexible time for work and offers work from home depending on the project that you will be part of" ((in 4348 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3481 reviews)); "Company has good benefits and allows you to easily change job roles if another role interests you." ((in 3355 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 5436 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2177 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1992 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1742 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 620 reviews))

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3.9

81% would recommend to a friend

(267 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

93% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Application Developer Senior Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 267 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Application Developer Senior Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Application Developer Senior Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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267 reviews

3.0

Apr 5, 2026

Good

Senior applications developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All good, having good policies on paper.

Cons

Slow growth of salary and promotion.

5.0

Feb 1, 2026

Decent Company to work for

Senior application developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- free Udemy - Lots of learning opportunity - Work from home - Choose any project

Cons

- Sub par hike( less than 3%) - Many project have opportunity for promotion till Band 7B, not mine - People in upper bands have less job security( B8+) - Difficult to take leaves means frequent burnout. of 22 days, we can take 12 days max

3.0

Jan 23, 2026

Work life balance

Sr. application developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good

Cons

Hike is not happen regularly.

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