Alice Hau

Eng at DE Shaw

New York, New York, United States

About

Experience

  • Engineering at The D. E. Shaw Group
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • ML Engineer at Block
    Jul 2022 - Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    2024 - Present: Building open-source AI agents (https://github.com/block/goose) 2022 - 2024: Building ML-based product features for Square

  • FINESSE (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Advisor
      2020 - Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Co-Founder & CTO
      2018 - 2020 · 2 yrs

      Raised $4.5M to leverage AI on social and online data + community feedback to predict trends, forecast demand, and optimize distribution within fashion. www.finesse.us

  • United States Senate (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
    • Professional Staff Member, Senate Commerce Committee
      2022 - 2022 · Less than a year

      Owned the science and emerging technology portfolio, including the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation. Key staffer in bicameral negotiations over provisions in the CHIPS and Science Act (enacted in August 2022).

    • TechCongress Fellow
      2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

      Advising on tech policy across emerging tech, regional innovation, and federal R&D for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  • Congressional Innovation Fellow at TechCongress
    2021 - 2022 · 1 yr