resume
Acclaim 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 – May 2026 (Expected)
- National Merit Scholar
- Officer for Cybersecurity Group, Open Source Software Club, and Philosophy Club
work experience
Baby Steps
Founding Engineer
Aug 2024 – Current • Portland, OR (Hybrid)
React (Next.js) TypeScript PostgreSQL (Supabase, Neon) Tailwind CSS Stripe Figma
- Building web app to help prospective parents decide which IVF clinic to go to, using a personalized success rate forecasting model, with 3-person team
- Backed by Astral Codex Ten Grants and a private investor
Capital One
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 • McLean, VA
React Go
- 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
Research Assistant
Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 • Remote
Python
- Helped create GameBench, an LLM benchmark for strategic reasoning ability
- Coded benchmark task, conducted literature review, wrote related work section, ran factor analysis, and presented at the Language Gamification Workshop at NeurIPS 2024
- Researched the Wassenaar Arrangement as inspiration for international AI governance
ACM UTD Research Program
Research Assistant → Team Lead → Director
Sep 2021 – Dec 2022
Python
- Trained LSTM model with team of 4, won poster presentation contest versus 5 other teams
- Fine-tuned GPT-3 to generate targeted password guesses, achieved 3+ times higher accuracy than baseline, won poster presentation contest versus 5 other teams
- Presented research at Hackers on Planet Earth conference in NYC to audience of 20+
- Became youngest director of semester-long undergraduate research program with 15% admission rate; managed 4 teams of 6 students each and hosted poster presentation event for 50+ attendees
competitions
HackRice 2025: Warp Challenge winner, TwelveLabs challenge 2nd place
Sep 2025 • Houston, TX
React TypeScript Convex
- Built TouchGrass, a web app to help programmers avoid burning out, with team of 3
Manifold Markets Hackathon: 3rd place
Mar 2023 • Berkeley, CA
React TypeScript
- Built a React component to visualize the market depth of prediction markets
- Helped push to production the next day, on a site with 800+ daily active users
TexSAW 2022 Capture The Flag competition: 1st place
Apr 2022 • Dallas, TX
- With team of 2, versus 10 other teams
HackUTD VIII: Project Nebula challenge winner
Nov 2021 • Dallas, TX
Flutter
- Built mobile app for international students, with team of 3
projects
Research Project Page Template
React TypeScript Astro Tailwind CSS
- Open-source website template and component library to help researchers present their papers
- 400+ GitHub stars, used by hundreds of labs, including teams at ByteDance Seed, NVIDIA Research, MIT CSAIL, Oxford, Princeton, and Imperial College London
Demo for "I"
React (Next.js) TypeScript PostgreSQL (Supabase) Tailwind CSS Figma
- Simulated trading platform for securitized income share agreements
Your Life (Before the Singularity) in Weeks
React (Next.js)
- Simple web app showing you how much of your pre-AGI life you've lived, using the Metaculus API
professional development
Global Challenges Project Existential Risk Workshop
Nov 2023 • Berkeley, CA
- Studied existential risks from AI and bioengineered pathogens
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 Weekend Workshop
Nov 2022 • Berkeley, CA
Effective Altruism Introductory Program
Oct 2022 – Nov 2022 • Remote
CodePath Cybersecurity course
Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 • Remote