Amazon's Prime Video is a frontrunner in the streaming wars, where only a few players will likely survive.
Prime Video has consistently ranked high in terms of monthly view time, a crucial metric for advertisers, after YouTube and Netflix and neck and neck with Disney's Hulu, according to Nielsen.
Amazon revealed recently that it reaches more than 200 million monthly viewers on the service, which it sees as a key way to keep people tethered to its $139-a-year Prime subscription.
And an estimated 80% of viewers now see ads on the service, which Amazon started adding at the beginning of the year to bolster its $47-billion advertising business. (That percentage is high because, unlike some of its rivals, Prime Video is showing ads to everyone by default unless they pay $3 a month for ad-free viewing.)
While the rest of Hollywood cut spending on entertainment content amid the labor strikes and the drive for streaming profits, Amazon shelled out 14% more in 2023, spending $18.9 billion on music and video, according to its annual report.
Amazon hasn't been immune to the retrenchment in Hollywood; it laid off hundreds in its entertainment arm in January as it reduced spending across the board.
But the company is still hiring in various areas of the entertainment business as it builds out Prime Video with mainstream fare like "The Boys" and "Reacher" and live sports programming like NFL's "Thursday Night Football."
Amazon recently listed 255 job openings in Prime Video on its site, 100 of them in the US, from program managers to software developers.
Many of the roles are in software and tech as it works to get viewers to watch more videos, carry out its ad strategy, and help sell third-party video. It's also seeking product managers and marketers to plan, track, and promote product launches.
Here's a selection of Amazon salaries being offered, by division and job title. These salaries represent annual base pay, which Amazon says varies based on several factors including the cost of labor by geographic market. A senior digital program manager's pay can range from $95,500 to $245,000, for example. Base pay also doesn't include equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation that could be provided, along with other benefits.
Product management
Capacity planning manager, trust & safety: $106,600 to $198,300
Digital program manager, digital supply chain: $64,200 to $245,000
Digital supply chain manager: $137,700 to $256,100.
Licensing strategy and operations manager: $92,500 to $185,000
Partner operations manager: $60,000 to $115,600 to $154,600
Principal product manager, tech: $144,000 to $279,900
Principal technical program manager, $141,600 to $279,900
Program manager, live events: $64,200 to $154,600
Senior digital program manager, digital supply chain: $95,500 to $245,000
Senior digital supply chain manager: $95,500 to $245,000
Senior manager, product management $158,300 to $307,900
Senior partner operations manager: $95,500 to $245,000
Senior product manager, tech: $121,000 to $235,200
Senior technical program manager: $119,000 to $231,400
Senior workforce planning manager: $110,700 to $206,000
Software development
Senior software development engineer: $134,500 to $261,500
Software development engineers: $115,000-$223,600
Software development engineer II: $115,000 to $223,600
Systems development engineer: $103,400 to $201,200
Machine learning
Applied science manager, $147,100 to $286,000
Applied scientist: $136,000 to $222,200
Principal, product manager: $174,000 to $279,900
Senior applied scientist: $136,000 to $260,000
Senior manager, applied scientist: $175,000 to $340,300
Senior principal applied scientist: $240,100 to $350,000
Marketing
Advertising insights manager: $63,000 to $151,700
Event marketing principal, PV ads: $136,000 to $252,900
Senior brand social manager, brand & editorial social team: $112,800 to $186,500
Senior creative advertising manager, studios marketing: $113,000 to $210,300
Business development
Content acquisition analyst: $49,700 to $119,600
Content acquisition manager: $69,500 to $167,200
Content insights analyst: $69,500 to $167,200
Senior business development manager: $118,400 to $220,200
Design, business intelligence, data, ads
Principal UX designer: $131,200 to $244,000
Senior UX designer: $113,000 to $211,600
Business intelligence engineer: $104,300 to $202,800
Senior manager, business intelligence: $136,500 to $265,400
Senior data scientist: $127,300 to $247,600
Business lead, Prime Video ads: $154,900 to $288,200
Senior manager, revenue operational excellence: $88,600 to $213,100
Amazon MGM Studios
Amazon's film and TV division that fuels Prime Video is also hiring to grow its licensing business, support visual and special effects, and promote the value of its franchises.
Content administration manager: $66,000 to $158,800
Franchise manager: $113,000 to $210,300
Music executive: $145,400 to $240,500
Program manager, content distribution: $49,700 to $119,600
Social marketing manager, YA: $63,000 to $151,700
Senior social marketing lead, YA: $119,300 to $223,400
Unscripted creative development exec, MGM: $113,000 to $210,300
US distribution manager: $66,000 to $158,800
VFX executive: $174,200 to $288,000