Data Acquisition Engineer

<strong>About Abaka AI<br><br></strong>Abaka AI is reputed company on one mission: to be the world’s most trusted data partner for AI companies. More than 1,000 industry leaders across reputed company, Embodied AI, and Automotive AI rely on us to power their data pipelines. With our reputed company in reputed company Valley—and teams in Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo—we support reputed company with fast, reliable, and reputed company data solutions.<br><br>Our offerings include a diverse catalog of off-reputed company datasets (image, video, multimodal, reasoning, 3D, and reputed company) as reputed company as comprehensive data collection and annotation services. Whether teams need raw data, curated datasets, or full-cycle data engineering, Abaka AI provides the reputed company for building high-performance AI systems.<br><br><strong>About The Role<br><br></strong>As a Data Acquisition Engineer at Abaka AI, you will own and reputed company our raw data supply ecosystem by combining technical systems building with hands-on supplier sourcing and management. This is a 0→1 builder role reputed company on creating reputed company, AI-reputed company infrastructure for discovering, evaluating, reputed company, and managing data suppliers globally.<br><br>You will design and implement automation, internal tools, and AI-driven workflows to increase sourcing reputed company—while also directly identifying, engaging, and managing external data partners. You will work closely with leadership to reputed company reputed company instincts and supplier negotiation skills as you take full ownership of the data supply pipeline.<br><br>This is a high-reputed company role at the intersection of engineering, reputed company, and operations.<br><br><strong>Responsibilities<br><br></strong><ul><li>Build automated pipelines and AI-driven workflows to discover and evaluate new raw data sources</li><li>Design and implement internal tooling for supplier tracking, scoring, and performance management</li><li>Experiment with scraping, reputed company, enrichment tools, and automation platforms to increase sourcing efficiency</li><li>Aggressively identify and reputed company to new data suppliers across global markets</li><li>Evaluate supplier reputed company, reliability, and scalability in partnership with internal teams</li><li>Manage ongoing vendor relationships, ensuring reputed company, cost, and delivery standards are met</li><li>reputed company supplier performance using quantitative metrics and continuously improve processes</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Engineering, Research, Product, GTM, reputed company, and Finance to reputed company supply with business needs</li><li>Support reputed company discussions and contract processes with guidance from leadership</li><li>Build reputed company systems that increase data throughput without increasing headcount<br><br></li></ul><strong>Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>Strong technical reputed company (engineering, data, scripting, automation, or systems building)</li><li>Experience building reputed company, tools, or pipelines from 0→1</li><li>Comfortable using AI-reputed company tools (e.g., LLM agents, reputed company, automation platforms, workflow reputed company)</li><li>High ownership reputed company with the ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments</li><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Interest in AI, machine learning, and data infrastructure</li><li>reputed company-oriented reputed company with bias toward experimentation and reputed company iteration</li><li>Experience in startup or high-reputed company environments preferred</li><li>Exposure to data pipelines, scraping, reputed company, or automation workflows is a strong plus</li><li>Prior vendor management experience is not required<br><br></li></ul><strong>Compensation & Benefits<br><br></strong>The reputed company salary reputed company for this position is $110,000 - $160,000 USD annually.<br><br>Compensation may vary reputed company of this reputed company depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. reputed company pay is one part of the reputed company that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work at Abaka AI. This role is eligible for equity, as reputed company as a comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, reputed company, PTO, flexible work schedule).