Dynamic Places - Toronto

The IBM Toronto Lab is approximately 30 minutes by car from downtown Toronto, and only 5 minutes from the city limits. According to the City of Toronto literature, Toronto is the largest city in Canada, with a booming international downtown core, and the fourth largest financial centre in North America. There are 4.6 million people living in the Greater Toronto Area, from a diverse range of heritages.

As one of the largest IBM software development laboratories, the IBM Toronto Lab develops leading products for worldwide distribution in the areas of: application development tooling, application servers, database management software, electronic commerce applications, and systems management solutions. These products are often created across several IBM sites, providing developers with the opportunity to work on multinational teams.

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The IBM Toronto Lab is home to more than 2,000 employees from a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines, with a dynamic mix of early career employees and experienced professionals. Over 70 percent of lab employees hold a degree with a major in computer science, engineering or mathematics, which highlights our technical expertise. Over 30 percent of our population holds a graduate degree, and this trend continues to grow every year. This academic knowledge brings important well-grounded ideas to our software development. Approximately 1000 employees in the first five years of their career with the Lab provide fresh, innovative thinking.

The blend of experienced professionals, academic learning, and young graduates creates an exciting environment where different viewpoints come together to create world-class products.