# Braxton Fair (@braxton.is)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/braxton.is
Headline: Software Engineer, Protocol-intrigued, Cat parent
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

## About

I started programming at 12, trying to homebrew my Wii, and never stopped. Since then I've built websites, game mods, and a few toy compilers.

At work I'm a full-stack engineer on Westlaw and CoCounsel at Thomson Reuters. I mostly write TypeScript and React on the front end and Java on the back end.

Evenings go to my homelab, where I tinker with Nix and write Rust and Zig. I like data structures, algorithms, and protocols, especially ATProto.

## Career

- **Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters (United States)** (Apr 2026 - Present)
  Full-time · Hybrid
- **Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters (United States)** (Jun 2024 - Apr 2026)
  Full-time · Hybrid
- **Software Engineer Contractor at Thomson Reuters (United States)** (Mar 2022 - May 2024)
  Contract · Mankato, Minnesota, US · Hybrid
  Contractor at Maverick Software, contracted out to Thomson Reuters. I integrated with their team to work on QA tasks and a migration from on-prem to AWS.

## Skills

### Technical
- Quality Assurance
#### Backend
- AWS
- Java
- Spring Framework
#### Frontend
- React
- TypeScript
### Creative
- Architectural Design
### Interpersonal
- Communication

## Education

- **Minnesota State University, Mankato** — BSc, Computer Science (Bachelor) (Aug 2020 - May 2024)
  Minor in Mathematics

## Links

- Forgejo: https://code.biscuits.at
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/braxtonfair/