Red Hat Software Developer reviews

4.2

81% would recommend to a friend

(346 total reviews)
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Matt Hicks

79% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Red Hat with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 346 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Red Hat is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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346 reviews
2.0
May 23, 2026
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Pros

meh, it's a living. not much to celebrate.

Cons

Red Hat is dead long live IBM. Everything that was good about the company's culture has been wiped clean so that a solely owned subsidiary of IBM may arise. As an added benefit you can watch your career stall.

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