[ BH — ARCHIVE // VOL. I ]2026

BRAXTON

HAWKINSENG // DJ

Software Engineer

DJ · Curator

Systems & Sound

[ CODE · CURATION · ARCHITECTURE · GROOVE ]SCROLL

ABOUT

I build software for clarity, and I DJ for feeling — two practices that share more than it seems.

By day I engineer systems — designing APIs, wrestling data pipelines, building tools that reduce friction and surface meaning. I care about systems that are simple at the edges and honest about their complexity in the middle.

By night I build crates. I've been DJing long enough that it stopped being a hobby and started being a lens. The same instincts I bring to software — restraint, structure, knowing when to add and when to subtract — show up behind the decks.

I write about both. Not as separate threads but as a single ongoing inquiry into what it means to make things that feel inevitable.

Languages

Java
TypeScript
Rust
Python
SQL

Frontend

React
Next.js
Vue
Framer Motion
Tailwind

Backend

Node.js
PostgreSQL
Redis
REST / GraphQL

Tooling

Docker
CI/CD
Vercel
MongoDB

StatusAvailable for select work

BaseRaleigh, NC

Domain[ ENG // DJ ]

Vol.I — Ongoing

Currently

[ BUILDING ]

Archival — a DJs personal toolkit

[ LISTENING ]

Cole Knight · Brunello · Derrick Carter

[ READING ]

“SPEAK” — Tunde Oyeneyin

[ ENG ] — EXPERIENCE

EX-001

2021 — Present

Durham, NC

FULL-TIME

Full-stack Developer

IBM

Developing and maintaining a portfolio of 20+ containerized applications supporting 500K+ internal and external users across systems that drive $7B in annual revenue. Working across modern and legacy stacks with a focus on modernization, reliability, and zero-downtime delivery.

—Migrated authentication and authorization from SOAP to REST APIs using Java Spring Boot as part of a large-scale modernization effort
—Subject matter expert on auth and audit for IBM's quoting system — regularly involved in architectural decisions and code reviews
—Rewrote Jenkins deployment pipelines to migrate from Artifactory to IBM Cloud Container Registry using Docker and Kubernetes
—Documented end-to-end customer sign-up testing process; maintained zero revenue loss SLA under IBM's production incident standards
—Continuously building expertise in AI and Agentic AI systems

[ ENG ] — SELECTED WORK

BH-001·2026

[ IN PROGRESS ]

Cue Analysis AI

A minimal app that allows for uploads of tracks, and analyzes them for the best spots for cue points.

Stack

React NativeTypeScriptExpo

Sole EngineerREPO →

BH-002·2026

[ COMING SOON ]

Tempo

Upload a screenshot from Rekordbox at the exact moment a mix feels perfect — Tempo reads the waveform positions, BPMs, and cue markers to intelligently extract and log what made it work.

Stack

React NativeTypeScriptExpoVision AI

Sole Engineer

[ More on GitHub ]github.com/braxhawk →

[ DJ ] — SOUNDS & SETS

Recorded Sets