resume
Praise for Roman Hauksson
“I also just have to say, your code is very exemplary in its organization and overall cleanliness. And so are your commits. I have a thing or two to learn from you!”
“You're the most technically skilled member on our team.”
“I really do mean it when I say you're more capable than you have a right to be at your age...”
education
University of Texas at Dallas
B.S. in Computer Science
Aug 2021 – Dec 2025 (Expected)
- National Merit Scholar, Cybersecurity Group officer, Open Source Software Club officer
work experience
Baby Steps
Frontend Engineer
Aug 2024 – Current • Remote
Supabase Next.js Typescript Tailwind CSS Figma
- Building web app from scratch to help users compare medical services using success rate data, for grant-backed healthcare startup with 4-person team
Capital One
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 • McLean, VA
React Go Linux
- Built Chrome extension with React
- Completed 4-week curriculum on full-stack technologies including Go, React, and Linux
Joint Special Operations Command
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2022 – Aug 2022 • Remote
Python React Node
- Created Python interface for internal Node API; improved React frontend
research experience
Dioptra
Independent Research Assistant
Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 • Remote
Python
- Helped create GameBench: a benchmark to test the strategic reasoning ability of large language models
- Coded benchmark task, conducted literature review, wrote related works section, did factor analysis, and helped present at the Language Gamification Workshop at NeurIPS 2024
ACM UTD Research Program
Director
May 2022 – Dec 2022
- Directed semester-long undergraduate research program with 15% admission rate
- Managed 4 teams of 6 students each, hosted poster presentation event for 50+ attendees
Team Lead
Dec 2021 – Apr 2022
- Fine-tuned GPT-3 to generate targeted password guesses, achieved 3+ times higher accuracy than baseline, won poster presentation contest versus 5 other teams, amassed 70 stars on GitHub
- Presented at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference to audience of 20+
Assistant
Sep 2021 – Nov 2021
- Trained LSTM model with team of 4, won poster presentation contest versus 5 other teams
projects
Demo for "I"
Figma Next.js Vercel Supabase Tailwind CSS
- Simulated trading platform for securitized income share agreements
Manifold Markets Depth Chart Feature
React Typescript
- React component to visualize market depth of prediction markets
- Won 3rd place in hackathon and pushed to production on site with 800+ daily active users
MF FOOM
Python GPT-3 ElevenLabs
- Fine-tuned GPT-3 on the lyrics of 96 MF DOOM songs to write lyrics in his style, then cloned his voice to edit those lyrics into a song
Just Arrived – HackUTD VIII
Flutter
- Frontend for mobile app to help international students, won hackathon challenge
professional development
Global Challenges Project Existential Risk Workshop
Nov 2023 • Berkeley, CA
Program on AI and Reasoning
Aug 2023 • Cambridge, UK
- Studied AI and cognition at 10-day camp for mathematically talented students (2.5% acceptance rate)
AI safety workshop
Nov 2022 • Berkeley, CA
Effective Altruism Introductory Program
Oct 2022 – Nov 2022 • Remote
TexSAW 2022 Capture The Flag Winner
Apr 2022 • Dallas, TX
- Won cybersecurity CTF competition with a partner against 10+ teams
CodePath Cybersecurity course
Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 • Remote