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Senior Software Engineer (Audio & DSP) - Drive Through AI

Checkmate, formerly ItsaCheckmate, provides a comprehensive suite of digital ordering solutions for enterprise restaurant brands, integrating third-party and first-party ordering, menu management, and analytics.

ItsaCheckmate

Employee count: 201-500

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Checkmate is the leading platform that connects restaurant POS systems with online ordering channels, automating workflows and enabling seamless order flow. We are now expanding into voice-driven ordering experiences through our Drive Through AI (DTAI) product line, which brings advanced AI and speech technologies to drive-thru lanes and phone ordering systems.

As a Senior Software Engineer (Audio & DSP), you will play a critical role in shaping the real-time speech processing stack for DTAI. This includes developing algorithms and systems that can perform reliably in noisy, multi-speaker, real-world environments. You will work at the intersection of digital signal processing, conversational AI, and restaurant operations, directly influencing technical architecture, prototyping, and product direction. Your contributions will impact how millions of customers interact with AI-powered voice systems in fast-paced restaurant environments.

Requirements

Algorithm Development & Optimization:

  • Design, implement, and optimize real-time DSP algorithms for speech enhancement, noise reduction, echo cancellation, and beamforming.
  • Improve multi-speaker handling with techniques such as VAD, source separation, and speaker diarization.
  • Contribute to low-latency, multi-channel audio pipelines that can scale across thousands of drive-thru and phone channels.

AI & Speech Integration:

  • Work closely with ASR/LLM research and product teams to integrate DSP with automatic speech 1 recognition and conversational AI models.
  • Collaborate on evaluation frameworks for speech quality, recognition accuracy, and latency—leveraging Langfuse-based observability.

Engineering & Product Collaboration:

  • Partner with cross-functional teams (AI/ML, infrastructure, product, hardware) to make core architectural decisions.
  • Prototype and evaluate new solutions—both software-based and hardware-assisted (microphones, speakers, sensors).
  • Contribute to DTAI troubleshooting analytics by instrumenting DSP pipelines with rich observability hooks.

Code & Process Quality:

  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
  • Actively participate in code reviews, debugging sessions, and system optimization.
  • Drive engineering best practices in scalability, security, and future-proofing.

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At Checkmate, formerly ItsaCheckmate, we are spearheading a new era of restaurant technology through groundbreaking innovations designed to empower enterprise brands and streamline their digital operations. Our journey began in 2016 with a singular vision: to solve the complexities of online ordering and integration for restaurants. Recognizing the critical need for a unified platform, we've evolved from an order integration specialist into a comprehensive digital ordering supplier. Our technology facilitates the seamless management of sales across diverse channels, encompassing first-party to third-party ordering platforms, and provides centralized business management tools. This enables restaurant businesses to optimize their ordering processes and significantly improve operational efficiency.

Through relentless innovation, Checkmate offers a scalable technology suite that allows restaurants to drive sales through various avenues, including custom websites, mobile applications, kiosks, catering services, third-party marketplaces, and cutting-edge voice AI. We are committed to helping brands conquer their digital aspirations with seamless integrations, intelligent analytics, and round-the-clock service. Our platform empowers restaurants to launch distinctive ordering experiences, centrally manage menus, recapture lost revenue, harness valuable customer data, and continuously adapt with new integrations. The recent acquisition of VoiceBite, an AI voice ordering technology provider, and Open Tender, a first-party ordering and guest engagement platform, underscores our dedication to providing a truly unified and advanced ordering experience. We are not just focused on solving today's challenges but are proactively anticipating and addressing the technological needs of tomorrow, helping our partners expand their digital footprint and build stronger customer connections.

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Competitive salary and benefits package-medical, dental, vision, 401K, etc.

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